Ball Consulting Ltd. has announced two new products for GFRC contractors — an entry-level GFRC sprayer and a line of bag mixes for GFRC countertops. Ball Consulting makes the Fast Stone C family of bagged mixes for the GFRC countertop industry. Fast Stone C formulas are available in white or […]

Prosoco has added two new colors to its Consolideck ColorHard line: black and white. Consolideck ColorHard is a premeasured color concentrate specially formulated to mix with Consolideck LS to produce a ready-to-use color hardener that tints, hardens and densifies horizontal concrete in one step.

Butterfield Color Inc. has introduced a multitiered Cobble Circle pattern, which was crafted using the same hand-picked cobblestones used in making the Mayan Cobblestone pattern.

Blastrac has introduced a new line of Global Shot Blasters.

At Stone Construction Equipment, Tim Roberts of Kirkwood, Mo., has been promoted to district manager. His responsibilities include serving the needs of equipment dealers and rental houses in the states of Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri and parts of Texas.

Members of ASTM Committees C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates and C01 on Cement, as well as other interested parties, are invited to join the new Subcommittee C09.50 on Risk Management for Alkali Aggregate Reactions. The subcommittee will develop standards on the mitigation of harmful alkali-aggregate reactions in concrete.

The construction of Vancouver’s Olympic and Paralympic Village for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games involved all of Lafarge’s expertise in LEED certification, which was required by the specifications to reduce the buildings’ environmental footprint in terms of energy efficiency, water consumption, heating, use of local materials and reuse of any surplus.

Tindall Corp. has announced the completion of a new Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss., replacing one severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina and demolished in late 2007.

Expected increases in public construction activities will pave the way for improved cement consumption in 2010 and beyond, according to the most recent economic forecast from the Portland Cement Association.

Initially developed to treat concrete floors, two-component waterborne (2K WB) polyurethane coatings formulated with resins from Bayer MaterialScience LLC are now being applied to protect against the adherence of graffiti to vertical surfaces.