Holcim Ltd. has announced that Patrick Dolberg has been appointed to the executive committee of parent company Holcim Ltd. and Bernard Terver has been named chief executive officer of Holcim (US) Inc. Dolberg will relocate to Zurich, Switzerland, and assume responsibilities for Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. […]

iCrete, makers of the iCrete System, has named John C. Cushman III cochairman of the board of iCrete. Cushman serves on several other boards, including at global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc., where he is the chairman. He has also served as the national president for the […]

Ardex Engineered Cements and The W.W. Henry Co. have appointed Stephan Liozu as president and chief executive officer of the companies. Liozu has more than 15 years of professional experience in the industrial, consumer and building materials sectors. Most recently, he served as vice president and general manager for Freudenberg […]

Fritz-Pak Corp. has just completed construction of a facility in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The new 31,000-square-foot building is environmentally friendly. Its orientation takes advantage of prevailing wind flow, use of natural lighting, and reduced temperature loss through the use of Low E Glass. It also features lowwater- […]

Doosan Infracore International recently moved into its new global headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. The new headquarters will house approximately 100 industry leaders in the engineering, manufacturing and marketing of construction equipment. Doosan Infracore International was established following the $4.9 billion acquisition of Bobcat, Utility Equipment and Attachments from Ingersoll-Rand Co. […]

BSI Group, a leading global business services organization, has announced the amendment of BS EN 12620, which specifies the properties of aggregates and filler aggregates obtained by processing natural, manufactured or recycled materials and mixtures of these aggregates for use in concrete. It covers aggregates having an oven-dried particle density […]

The Polishing Institute has released the industry’s first technical concrete polishing specification developed from a real-world job-site perspective. The specification takes into consideration all controllable variables when processing concrete to a polished finish. It is written in a format that allows any manufacturer or specifier to easily specify equipment and […]

The Concrete Countertop Institute has created the first exhaustive stain-testing program for concrete countertop sealers, with a detailed protocol for rigorously testing and comparisons. The detailed protocol includes specific instructions that allow anyone to objectively test and compare the stain and acid resistance of concrete countertop sealers. The protocol includes […]

The Freedom Tower, located at the site of the former World Trade Center in Manhattan, is currently being constructed with iCrete, an environmentally friendly type of concrete from iCrete LLC. Use of the iCrete System means a reduction of up to 40 percent in greenhouse gases, plus advanced mix designs, […]

mJobTime Co., a provider of work-hour and attendance tracking software, has announced two new advanced features in its software system. The company recently announced the addition of integrated GPS technology to its latest version of mJobTime. This feature lets field foremen transmit wireless time-cards with no extra effort using GPS […]