INSTALL, the International Standards and Training Alliance, is in the process of rolling out polished concrete training. In support of this training, Ardex Americas created a polished topping curriculum for INSTALL and implemented the training by providing an instructor. Among the first polished topping training locations were: New Jersey Local 251, Detroit Local 248 and Ohio Local 373.

The previously announced merger of Adenna and NuTrend is complete and will become official April 1, 2019. The intent to merge the two independent companies was announced last September, with the operations of both companies being consolidated under the Adenna name.

International engineering firm Walter P Moore opens its 20th U.S. office in Charlotte, North Carolina, appointing Chuck Cardwell as the Managing Director for the firm’s Structures Group, which encompasses structural engineering, enclosure engineering, construction engineering, secure design, and parking consulting. The Charlotte office officially opened on May 6, 2019.

A fire erupted at a 109-year old wood-framed apartment building in Harlem, claiming the lives of 6 people, including two girls ages 11 and 6 and two boys ages 8 and 3. Three others suffered from smoke inhalation and required hospitalization.

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions from the cement sector is technically and financially possible by 2060 according to the Sectoral Focus published today by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC). This Sectoral Focus presents in more detail the underlying analysis on cement industry decarbonization that fed into the ETC’s integrated report Mission Possible: Reaching net-zero carbon emissions from harder-to-abate sectors by mid-century.

Ethan Graff is a logistics guy. Perhaps it’s his dedication to finding solutions that intrigued him about precast concrete panels. Having previously learned about the wall panels while working on a programming job at Northeast Precast, it’s no surprise that when it came time to build his own home, he turned to Superior Walls products.

A three-alarm fire swept through a South City construction site in Downtown Memphis, causing an estimated $5 million in damage and halting construction for the foreseeable future. The construction site, located at the corner of Danny Thomas Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, featured multiple stories and wood framing.

The new five-year forecast from the American Rental Association (ARA) updated on May 2, 2019 calls for equipment and event rental revenues in North America to surpass $61.3 billion in 2019, including $55.8 billion in the United States and $5.3 billion in Canada, up 5.0 percent compared to 2018.

The Concrete Surface Treatment Chemicals Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $8 billion to over $15 billion by 2025; as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc.