A milestone has been achieved with the 1,000th student graduating from Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association training classes held November 6-15, 2003. Since the CSDA offered its first class, Cutting Edge, in 1993, 686 students have graduated from this program. Since Operator Certification was started in 1996, 161 students have […]

Members of the Portland Cement Association announced the latest effort by their industry to significantly reduce emissions and provide key environmental benefits by proposing a change in the manufacture of portland cement. Tom Chizmadia, PCA board member and chairman of the association’s Environment and Energy Committee, outlined PCA’s proposal to […]

Portland Cement Association has named David D. Shepherd, AIA, as Director, Sustainable Development. In the newly created position, Shepherd will be responsible for developing and promoting sustainable applications for cement and concrete. A registered architect, Shepherd joined PCA in 2000 as manager of residential technology and was responsible for coordination […]

Workers in the ready mixed concrete industry will benefit from a partnership agreement signed Nov. 4 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the NRMCA. Among the goals of the partnership are a 30 percent reduction over three years in the total case incident rate (TCIR) for member […]

In other Grace Construction news, the company has named three highly respected senior managers to new positions in its concrete and masonry products business lines. Lawrence R. Roberts has been appointed Technical Fellow, Timothy A. Durning has been named manager of marketing and technology planning, and Gregory S. Freeman has […]

Grace Construction Products has opened a new production facility in Larnaud, France, for its Grace/Pieri release agents. The new plant enables Grace to increase sales of release agents around the world, manufacture the products with higher flexibility, and speed delivery time to customers. Operations in Larnaud are designed to reach […]

Reward Wall Systems has added a new manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Ore., near Portland. The new plant started producing Reward’s iForm flat wall insulating concrete forms (ICFs) in November and will serve Reward’s growing customer base in the Northwest. Since introducing the iForm in early 2000, Reward has increased its […]

Firm-Fill 3310, a new gypsum concrete underlayment, and Hacker Sound Mat II, an environmentally friendly and costefficient new sound mat, are now included in 82 UL listings and available nationwide from Hacker Industries, Inc. The UL listings detail floor assemblies utilizing a Hacker Floor underlayment as an integral component to […]

Grace Construction Products has signed an agreement to license the use of its STRUX 90/40 synthetic structural fiber reinforcement technology in the U.S. and Canada to Polymer Group Inc. STRUX 90/40 synthetic structural fiber reinforcement is the latest addition to Grace’s growing line of high performance synthetic structural fibers. It […]

The new Vibra-Beam Countertop System is a state-of-theart, patent-pending countertop vibration system. This lightweight system can be attached to any standard sawhorse to create a highquality vibration table that produces an extremely tight, dense and void-free finish. The Vibra- Beam is ideal for both new construction and remodeling contractors. Available […]