The Safety and Risk Management Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors in St. Louis has published a new Safety Bulletin: OSHA’s New Final Rule on Crystalline Silica Dust.

Keith Wayne, president/CEO of Wayne Brothers Inc. in Davidson, North Carolina, was honored by the Safety and Risk Management Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors with its ASCC Member Owner Safety Award at the association’s annual conference in Minneapolis in September.

The National Association of Women in Construction installed Connie Leipard, CIT, as its 62nd national president during its annual meeting and education conference in San Antonio, Texas, in August.

Continuing its 90-year tradition of innovation and development, Solomon Colors has recently completed a new decorative sealer production facility in Springfield, Illinois.

The American Society of Concrete Contractors Education, Research and Development Foundation has awarded a $5,000 scholarship to Daniel Greene, a student in the Concrete Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The Concrete Industry Management program, a business-intensive program that awards students with a four-year bachelor’s degree, received its signature item for the annual auction at World of Concrete — a Mack Granite Axle Forward model mounted with a McNeilus 11-cubic- yard Bridgemaster concrete transit mixer.

The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association will hold its 45th Annual Convention and Tech Fair in the Caribbean, March 14-18, at the Gran Meliá Golf Resort in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

Smooth-On Inc. in Macungie, Pennsylvania, has acquired the Buddy Rhodes Concrete Products Co. from Delta Performance Products in Covington, Georgia.

Builder John Mirenda had many job site challenges on his mind when he started to re-construct a commercial site in Northfield, N.J. Demolition of an existing building. Saving portions of the slab and foundation for zoning and cost saving purposes.

Incorporating a life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) provision into federal infrastructure legislation could save taxpayers $91 million for every $1 billion spent on projects, according to a new report from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Intelligence Group.