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Believe it or not, the traditional workwear of the painting and decorating trade has always been white pants and shirts. Some may ask, why on earth would a contractor wear white clothing on the job site? Well, the answer is simple. A professional painter should get very little paint on […]
The Federacion Interamericana Del Cemento (FICEM) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently completed an addendum to their International Partner Agreement which calls for a joint effort to achieve carbon neutrality in the concrete/cement sector. The efforts of FICEM and ACI will be propelled through NEU: An ACI Center of […]
Even with supply chain issues and labor shortages, U.S. equipment rental revenue, including both construction and general tool, is expected to grow by 11.1 percent to reach nearly $56 billion in 2022, according to the latest quarterly forecast released by the American Rental Association (ARA). Construction equipment rental is leading […]
Wooster Products’ FLEX-TRED anti-slip tapes enhance safety in industrial environments by providing a higher coefficient of friction on the applied surface, whether wet or dry. Many industrial areas can be slippery when wet, and FLEX-TRED Tape provides an easy solution. Available in rolls of various widths, standard die cut shapes, […]
Mixing multi-component materials can create costly problems. Let’s use synthetic resin as our example, which has both a resin and a hardener. Too much hardener speeds up the reaction and hardens too quickly. Too little hardener leads to weak spots. The only way to guarantee quality is when components are […]
A review of 2018-2021 Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) surveys of more than 5,000 member firms nationwide reveals that nonunion construction firms are facing significantly greater workforce supply problems than their union counterparts, and that these problems preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. The surveys, which include responses from 1,768 union […]
Blue Point Capital Partners and its BPCP III concrete industry platform, SASE Company, are pleased to announce the addition of Bartell Global, a provider of concrete finishing, site preparation and surface preparation equipment and consumables. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Bartell offers a comprehensive portfolio of products covering the entire concrete […]
Yanmar Compact Equipment North America recently launched a state-of-the-art website dedicated to its lines of compact equipment. The site comes as one of many new investments Yanmar is making in the North American market. It also corresponds to the company’s initiative to adopt a customer-focused approach in every facet of […]
Estonian technology start-up UP Catalyst and Norwegian start-up SafeRock joined forces in the Norway Grants “Green ICT” program carried out by Enterprise Estonia to start producing CO2 negative concrete with enhanced mechanical properties. The project, which secured a €400k grant for the first phase development, has the potential to add […]
The ACI Foundation has established the JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship through generous funding by the ACI Carolinas Chapter. The ACI Foundation announced the new award, the second honorary fellowship that the chapter has funded it, at the ACI Foundation 2022 donor recognition reception. The ACI Carolinas […]
