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Equipment
SAKRETE's 75-Year Legacy is Right Mix of Innovation, Quality and Customer Support
The history of SAKRETE as evolved from bagged concrete mix to packaged building materials.
Sponsored Content
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Construction Technology
ACI Foundation's Strategic Development Council Releases Building Information Modeling Strategic Plan
BIM plan has five goals in various areas that have been implemented by several concrete organizations.
Surveying & Layout
Contractors Say Robotic Total Stations Put More Profit in Concrete Jobs
Contractors tell how robotic stations save labor, materials and money on concrete work
Trimble's new Field Link for structures layout solution has a 7-inch screen, a built-in camera, job reporting capabilities and allows a contractor to load a building model and see what he’s doing in 3-D.
Decorative Concrete
Water-based Stains Offer Environmentally Friendly Options
Many contractors are attracted to the characteristics of water-based stains for a variety of jobs, especially those in the decorative realm.
Proper surface preparation is essential when using water-based stains. The stain soaks into the concrete so the concrete needs to be clean and dry.
Decorative Concrete
Reusable Edge Liners
Proline Decorative Concrete
Edgeliner 10226214
Concrete Equipment & Products
Dtec 12- and 14-in. Superior Diamond Blade
Affinity Tool Works, LLC
Superior14inch 10225915
Business
Strategic Development Council Sets Spring 2011 Meeting
Session #29 meeting will be held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on March 10-11, 2011.
Concrete Plants
NRMCA Launches Sustainable Concrete Plant Certification Program
Program aimed at enabling concrete producers to lower environmental footprint.
Sustainability
Sustainable Concrete Plant Guidelines Version 1.0 Released
RMC Research & Education Foundation releases a tool to assist ready mixed concrete producers in making plant operations sustainable.
Decorative Concrete
ASCC Announces Decorative Concrete Council Awards 2011 Winners
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
Cutting Edge Decorative Concrete wins the WOW! Award for best overall project.
Concrete
TCA Announces Winners of the 2010 International Student Design Competition
Winners announced at the TCA Annual Winter Meeting on January 20, 2011.
Equipment
Duke University Parking Structure Receives LEED Certification
Cast-in-place, post-tensioned concrete parking structure is the first single-use stand-alone LEED Certified parking facility in the United States.
Among its sustainable features, the Research Drive Garage includes two cisterns to collect rainwater, green trellises and walls to help reduce the 'heat island' effect and rain gardens to filter excess stormwater.
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