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As the first international commercial concrete and masonry construction show in 2008, World of Concrete will offer all the new products, the latest technologies, an informative education program consisting of 90-minute and three-hour seminars, indoor/outdoor exhibits, events & demonstrations, plus...
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Preparations are nearly complete for the 10th North American Masonry Conference (10NAMC) and TMS Meetings that will be held this June in St. Louis, Missouri.
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AGC economist Simonson notes nonresidential employment grows at double the overall rate
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Nationally Syndicated "Your House & Home" TV program to showcase benefits of insulating concrete forms.
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After months of wrangling, Cemex and Rinker agreed to terms of a deal that creates a concrete producing behemoth in North America.
Women may be a minority at World of Concrete, but gather them all together and you'll have one noisy room. That's because there are a lot more women in the industry to talk to now more than ever.
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Many products can help concrete producers with logistics. There are software packages, GPS monitoring systems, and other digital items for improving efficiency. But one area that deserves the same attention is the ready-mix truck itself. A good suspension is about more than just a smooth ride. It...
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In a few short weeks, more than 500,000 construction professionals will invade the Munich Trade Center in Germany for bauma 2007. For six days, from April 23–29, construction leaders from around the world will pause and look at the future of construction. The expansive event is located about 20...
So I've been writing in this space for a little more than half of TCP's 10 years. We've traveled many miles together.
Almost two years ago, I wrote about the trends I believe our industry will experience through 2010. Here is a fresh updated look at a dramatically changing industry, which I presented at World of Concrete in January.
Although it sounds familiar, the concrete industry has come a long way in the past decade. Ready-mixed production topped 348 million cubic yards a decade ago, and in less than 10 years, the figure has increased by more than 100 million yards.
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In a typical month, we devote this space to a new product or technology that may not have reached a show's exhibit floor or the press release stage. Since this is our 10th Anniversary issue, we wanted to take that one step further.
What was going on with the Internet when the first issue of THE CONCRETE PRODUCER came out in January 1997? It was still in the early stages of its existence and there were few signs of an Internet presence yet in the concrete industry.
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The die was cast long ago when the Daffin Concrete Mobile revolutionized the concrete producing industry. While the “round guys,” or conventional ready-mix producers, continuously mix the product from the batch plant to the jobsite, the “square guys,” or mobile or volumetric mixers, actually...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. One item that has stayed constant during the last 10 years is the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's (NRMCA) Industry Data Survey. Each year, NRMCA surveys its members about their sales, costs, profits, and production. Allen Villere...
Ten years, 120 covers. Being on the cover of a magazine is not all glitz and glamour. These people who agreed to our request to be photographed often posed for hours in the early morning. (That is when the lighting is best, our photographers say.) Sometimes it's bitter cold, other times it's hot...
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