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  • TCP supports industry efforts to produce high-quality concrete

    On a beautiful May afternoon in Chicago, BASF product manager Joe Daczko had the full attention of 85 concrete aficionados as he compared placing self-consolidating concrete (SCC) to serving an adult beverage. “You’re not pouring a glass of beer,” said Daczko, as the group watched the fluid...

  • What Lies Ahead for 2013

    The concrete industry's recovery will be very robust for this year and beyond.

  • Buy Low, Sell High

    Every investor's dream is to buy a stock when it is low and then sell when it is high. But, of course, this is much easier said than done.

  • Changing Times

    The industry should be thankful it has changed with the times, just like our Influencers.

  • 2 Billion Square Feet and Counting

    There has been some discussion lately about whether the sustainability movement has lost steam. When we asked this question on our website last year, 57 percent of you said it was losing momentum, 24 percent said it was gaining momentum, and 19 percent said it had hit a plateau.

  • January: Quick Poll

  • Bamboo we are Not

    WHEN WE DECIDED to tweak TCP's annual survey project several months ago, we hoped to take some focus off of the revenue figures and put it on other issues that are important to producers. I can safely say that we accomplished that in spades. Out is the TCP100, and in is the TCP Survey.

  • August: Quick Poll

  • July: Quick Poll

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