The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the winners of the 2017 Energy and Environment (E&E) Awards, recognizing outstanding environmental and community relations efforts that go above and beyond what is required.

Scott Anderson, Keystone Structural Concrete, LLC, Houston, Texas, has been elected president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Missouri, for 2015-2016.

The International Grooving & Grinding Association (IGGA), a non-profit organization dedicated to serving as the leading technical and promotional resource for acceptance of diamond grinding and grooving as well as pavement preservation and restoration, has announced the election of new board members for 2015.

A new remote-controlled floor grinder from Husqvarna made its first appearance on the market at World of Concrete 2015.

FCICA, the Flooring Contractors Association, in cooperation with Ardex Americas and Nora Systems Inc., have announced the Bruce Newbrough Memorial Scholarship for the Certified Installation Manager (CIM) program.

Aggregate operations require vibratory equipment that can perform well during high-volume production and also withstand dirt, dust and corrosive conditions. Eriez offers vibratory feeders that provide maximum control with maximum throughput while feeding in the harshest atmospheres.

PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) protective and marine coatings business announced that four individual coatings and primers and two combined coating-and-primer systems have been certified by NSF International for water-tank applications.

Common Ground Alliance (CGA) announced findings from its comprehensive 2014 Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report, which confirmed again the importance of making a free call to 811 to reach a local one call center as the simplest and easiest way to reduce excavation-related damage to underground facilities. According to the report, when an excavator notifies a one call center before digging, damage can be avoided more than 99 percent of the time.