[PODCAST] Bekaert Shares the Advantages of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Fiber reinforced concrete requires less labor and saves material.

November 25, 2019

Curt Bennink sat down with Tim Lussier, national sales manager with Bekaert Corporation, to talk about fiber reinforced concrete and how it offers concrete contractors savings in both labor and materials.

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US Housing Starts Bounce Back, But the Housing Shortage Continues to Grow

May construction growth counteracts starts rates that have drifted down from early-year highs, but detailed annual analysis of housing data shows frenzied pandemic home building disregarding first-time-buyer and low-income housing needs

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What Does Workforce Management Mean for the Construction Industry?

Here's a look at what construction workforce management is and how it can help your construction company succeed.

The Week’s Hottest 10 Construction Stories: Husqvarna Battery Cut-Off Saw Matches Gasoline Power

Why the most-read construction stories include OSHA’s new COVID-19 standard, lumber prices falling, Astec rebrand explained, 2021 Top Asphalt Businesses, outcome of the first Davis-Bacon Senate vote in 10 years, 2021 Top Paving Contractors

Emerging Concrete Technologies to Reduce Embodied Carbon

Emerging Concrete Technologies to Reduce Embodied Carbon

The architecture, engineering, and construction industry must shift focus to include embodied carbon’s role in sustainable design. Responding to changing trends, many concrete technologies have emerged to tackle carbon reductions in concrete.

HeidelbergCement Sells U.S. West Business to Martin Marietta Materials Inc. for $2.3 Billion

Sale of Lehigh Hanson business in the West expected to allow HeidelbergCement to develop core North American regions -- Canada, Midwest, Northeast and South -- through acquisition

Verksbyen, a sustainable neighborhood in Fredrikstad, Norway. Building project by Arca Nova As. The wall elements of these Kerto LVL-based 5-story buildings are made of Kerto LVL Q-panels.

Hybrid Sandwich Wall Element – Sustainable & Efficient Construction

Hybrid construction offers construction companies more sustainable way of building without changing the current way of construction.

Georgetown University Uses Low-Carbon Concrete in New Residence Hall Construction

Georgetown University Uses Low-Carbon Concrete in New Residence Hall Construction

The first major construction project for the Washington D.C. area to use ECOPact low-carbon concrete from Aggregate industries is a Georgetown University Residence Hall, construction to complete 2022.

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Michael Keaton's Next Project is in Building, Brings 100s of Green Jobs to Pittsburgh

Michael Keaton, best known for his role as Batman and The Vulture in Marvel's Spider-Man movies, partnered with sustainable concrete alternative company Nexii.

Curbing CO2 at the Source Across the Concrete Lifecycle

Curbing CO2 at the Source Across the Concrete Lifecycle

Learn how advanced chemistry, and technology can help concrete producers achieve greater strength, sustainability, and savings.

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Innovative Green Precast Concrete Uses Recycled Glass

The story behind Space Age Concrete and how it reduced the weight of precast concrete while producing a high-strength product.

Figure 2. Photograph of a fluorescent thin section in UV light, which makes the concrete glow.

New Developments in Quality Assurance for Concrete Pavement Mix Design

New developments in concrete pavement quality assurance can provide important information on the quality, durability, and compliance with mix design specifications.

The walls and pillars are created layer by layer. In this method of construction, no formwork is needed. The formulation of Korodur’s CyBe MORTAR building material was matched precisely to the requirements of the 3D printing process.

3D Concrete Projects From Around the World

3D concrete can be used to create a wide range of projects - from buildings all the way to the tables in the backyard. These are a few examples that exemplify creative work.

The Impact of Admixtures on Sustainability

The Impact of Admixtures on Sustainability

Two examples that illustrate how admixtures can be used to reduce the CO2 footprint of concrete.

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Cold Weather Concreting - Tips for Smaller Projects

The factors and considerations concrete contractors should be aware of for placing concrete in cold weather

TWINTIER® The strongest battery powered tool on the market for tying rebar

TWINTIER® The strongest battery powered tool on the market for tying rebar

TWINTIER® technology offers ironworkers a battery-powered solution to easily form snap ties and reduce cases of musculoskeletal injuries from the repetitive motion of hand-tying rebar.

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Sakrete Pro-Mix Family

The Sakrete Pro-Mix™ Line offers speed and jobsite flexibility for commercial and DOT projects.

Blue Planet’s limestone-coated light weight aggregate specified in Interim Boarding Area B at San Francisco International Airport was included in concrete poured in 2016 by Central Concrete. Testing showed that it met all necessary specifications.

Investment to Create Synthetic Limestone Aggregate

Using sequestered carbon dioxide, Blue Planet Systems Corp. is developing a construction-grade rock, and ultimately concrete, that would have net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint.

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Cortex Composites Receives New U.S. Patent for GCCM Cortex

Cortex Composites Inc. was granted a new patent for its geosynthetic cementitious composite mat (GCCM) product, Cortex.

The WCA Appoints New Directors

The World Cement Association appointed Roland van Wijnen, CEO of PPC Ltd, and Mehendra Singhi, Managing Director & CEO of Dalmia Cement.

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Mission: Carbon Zero

The players driving sustainability and reducing carbon emissions within the cement and concrete industries.

CustomTech TechLevel WSF Fiber Reinforced Self-Leveling Underlayment for Wood Subfloors

CustomTech TechLevel WSF Fiber Reinforced Self-Leveling Underlayment for Wood Subfloors

Vertua Low Carbon Read-Mix Concrete

Vertua Low Carbon Ready-Mix Concrete

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Spiders, Caterpillars, Dragonflies Inspire Construction Material Research

The National Science Foundation awarded grants to three universities to develop new technologies and materials to be used in biomanufacturing, cyber manufacturing and eco-manufacturing.

TigerLoc Signs Exclusive Agreement with Nox-Crete

TigerLoc Signs Exclusive Agreement with Nox-Crete

Nox-Crete and JK Thermal have partnered in an exclusive distribution agreement of the domestic TigerLoc products.

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Setting C02 in Concrete Improves Its Strength

According to one company, CarbonCure, injecting C02 into concrete can increase the concrete's strength

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NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE

NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE

The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.