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    The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has accredited the NPCA Plant Certification Program as of May 2012.

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    A group of students and faculty from New Jersey Institute of Technology's College of Architecture and Design recently experienced some "Beyond the Classroom" events as part of the ongoing work of the PCI Foundation.

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    Ozinga uses compressed natural gas to fuel a portion of its fleet.

  • Spanning the Lone Star State

    How three Texas precasters are meeting the challenges of a booming infrastructure market.

  • Mobile Block and Paver Plant

    Concrete block and paver producers can maintain healthy margins and extend their delivery territories by using a mobile block plant.

  • Longer, leaner beams give precast an advantage

    Many state DOTs are collaborating with industry associations and experts to develop bridge beams that are more efficient for both bridge designers and precast producers.

  • Third Straw

    Continuous 12-day concrete pour challenges barge-mounted concrete placing system to place special mix 390 feet underwater.

  • Profiting from Quality Concrete

    There is a widely held and incorrect belief in the concrete industry that a producer's quality control (QC) department takes away from and does not add to the bottom line.

  • Lean Machine

    Bakersfield lacks the notoriety, glamour, and fame of other California cities, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. Yet many outside the Golden State probably don't realize that a huge population gain from 70,000 to 350,000 in just 40 years has catapulted Bakersfield almost into the...