The latest news and information on construction materials from the editors at Associated Construction Publications - the leading source of information for the heavy, highway and non-residential construction industry en-us http://www.acppubs.com/community/Other+Construction+Materials/48559.html?nid=4225 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:28:41 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6656630.html?nid=4225 Workers resorted to an unusual brew of concrete and expandable foam when plugging sinkholes in Plant City and North Tampa ... Wed, 06 May 2009 08:36:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6651864.html?nid=4225 For two decades, the city of Steamboat Springs, CO, held its classical and popular music concerts in a large tent. In fall 2008, the tent was replaced by an elegant timber-framed concert hall that is already drawing record crowds. Steamboat Springs is now celebrating the completion of its $4.3-million Strings Music Festival Pavilion. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6653648.html?nid=4225 Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, TX, was the successful bidder at an auction sale to buy eight ethanol plants owned by VeraSun Energy Corp., Sioux Falls, SD. On April 1, transactions closed on plants in Charles City, Fort Dodge and Hartley, IA; Aurora, SD; and Welcome, MN, for $350 million. Two additional plants in Albion, NE, and Albert City, IA, will close by the end of April. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650902.html?nid=4225 Gig Harbor, WA— The Northwest Cement Producers Group, a multistate association headquartered in Washington, has merged into the national Portland Cement Association. John V. Arroyo of Gig Harbor, who has managed the marketing cooperative as executive director since its inception in 1994, will continue in that capacity to serve the architectural, engineering and construction industries in ... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6652183.html?nid=4225 When spring arrives, people usually are upbeat and look forward to better weather. But, that's not the case in the Red River Valley as melting snow and rain gushed downstream and overflowed the Red River of the North until the plains of the Upper Midwest were covered with water that saturated the clay soil and then couldn't go anywhere. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6651263.html?nid=4225 On today's construction sites, time is most assuredly money — and time spent handling construction materials ... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648454.html?nid=4225 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC recently announced the results of a study, developed with Turner Construction of Boston, MA, that shows significant scheduling — and therefore financial — benefits of using Dens™ Brand paperless, moisture-resistant fiberglass mat gypsum products. Paperless fiberglass mat gypsum panels are designed as a replacement for paper-faced panels in commercial... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6650223.html?nid=4225 The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is now offering the newest version of "Design and Control of Concrete Mixture," newly updated in 2008. It addresses the fundamentals of freshly mixed and hardened concrete, including materials, air-entrainment, mix and curing procedures, hot- and cold-weather concreting, commonly used control tests for quality, and many more. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6647050.html?nid=4225 The past and future are coming together at a historic city park in downtown Houston as planners, architects and contractors work to tie the many features of the park together. Hermann Park Plaza is within walking distance of the Texas Medical Center, Rice University, the Museum District, and the Third Ward. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6648846.html?nid=4225 A new kind of hard-surfaced porous pavement made from recycled glass is beginning to make its mark around the country, from the ... Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6645600.html?nid=4225 The new MTS (Material Transfer System) from FINN Corporation can carry and discharge a variety of materials including aggregate, soil mixes, mulch, sand, and palletized loads. The MTS has a reversible main floor conveyor and cross belt that gives users the option to unload material from either side of the machine. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6637462.html?nid=4225 The dominant features of a unique structure being expanded in Newton Square, PA, are massive glue-laminated (glulam) timbers in an L-shaped configuration. The building, which is a 425,000-square-foot expansion of the headquarters of Systems Applications and Products Co. (SAP), is a four-story structure organized around a 400-foot-long atrium. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6637838.html?nid=4225 General aviation runway repairs and maintenance typically represent a significant cost item in an airport's operating budget. Recognizing this, Cobb County recently advertised a runway rehabilitation project that also included an option for use of portland cement concrete whitetopping to remediate the 6,305-foot-long Runway 9-27 at the county's McCollum Airport. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6640290.html?nid=4225 When it comes to recycling wood waste on Mackinac Island, MI, the city's public works director admits that he's trying to accomplish a very normal feat in a very abnormal place. Mackinac Island, nestled in the straits of Mackinac where the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan meet, is a national historic landmark and is special in the fact that motor vehicles, excluding emergency vehicles, ha... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6634916.html?nid=4225 The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), like other state DOTs, strives to hold the line on highway maintenance costs, especially for petroleum-based asphalt and binders. VDOT uses asphalt concrete to pave most of the roads in Virginia. VDOT's research division, the Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC), is investigating several green technologies to help VDOT save money R... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6634903.html?nid=4225 This issue of Construction News focuses on asphalt. We have found some interesting contractors, producers and projects to feature. With the price of liquid asphalt (AC) rising to as much as $800 per ton in some regions, every effort is being explored to work with asphalt as economically and efficiently as possible, whether in the production phase or in the lay-down phase. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6633193.html?nid=4225 When remodeling a shopping center in Hagerstown, MD, engineers figured out how to design a storm water detention system that would handle the expanded site's storm water runoff as well as the surrounding area's. The challenge was that there was no more land available to accommodate the larger system. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6630599.html?nid=4225 Cypress, CA— CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation has announced the formation of the CTS Research Alliance. According to CTS Cement founder Ed Rice, the CTS Research Alliance will bring together educational leaders to research and develop knowledge related to the use of calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) rapid-hardening and expansive cements. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6631633.html?nid=4225 When the city of Fort Worth experienced a soil degradation problem caused by a bad bottom in a 78-inch corrugated metal storm drain in the spring of 2008, it became bad enough to cause a sinkhole that allowed water to shoot through during a heavy rain and destroy both a residential yard and a driveway. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6629052.html?nid=4225 Sakrete®, North America's original bagged dry cement mix brand, together with the Carolina Panthers recently presented a check for $5,000 in team member Julius Peppers' name to HomeAid (www.homeaid.org), a leading national nonprofit provider of housing for the homeless and its local chapter in Charlotte. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST