Concrete

E-Z Drill - Thu July 26, 2018

E-Z Drill's Multi-Gang Slab-Rider Drills Offer Accuracy, Versatility

E-Z Drill offers a line of multi-gang slab-rider drills for accurate concrete drilling from an easily maneuverable machine. The series consists of three self-propelled models: the three-gang 210-3 SRA, four-gang 210-4 SRA and five-gang 210-5 SRA....

GSSI - Wed July 11, 2018

GSSI Adds Drill Hole Feature to StructureScan Mini XT All-In-One GPR Concrete Inspection System

GSSI, the world's leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, has announced the addition of a new drill hole feature to the StructureScan Mini XT – the newest generation of GSSI's popular all-in-one concrete inspection GPR system....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 11, 2018

Ozinga Stands for Faith, Family, Visionary Practices

Martin Ozinga is president of Ozinga, the construction materials, logistics and energy company headquartered in the Chicago metro area. In fact, Martin Ozinga has presided over the company for 90 years, just not the same Martin Ozinga....

CEG - Wed June 20, 2018

ROMCO Equipment Hosts Cemen Tech's Texas Roadshow

ROMCO Equipment Co. hosted the 2018 Cemen Tech Texas Roadshow in San Antonio May 22 to 23 and in Houston June 5 to 6. Both Roadshows featured three demos that showcased fast-setting concrete, flowable fill and typical concrete production....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 13, 2018

Crews Perform Huge 19-Hour Concrete Pour

With meticulous planning, crews from J.H. Findorff and Son Inc. and Ozinga Bros. , the concrete supplier, successfully poured close to 6,700 cu. yd. of concrete for the foundation of the new Irgens Partners BMO Harris Tower in Milwaukee, Wis., on June 2....

Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 12, 2018

Cracking Concrete Puts Stadium in the Spotlight for All the Wrong Reasons

High school football stadiums are a big deal in Texas. A big heavy deal. A big heavy cracking deal. A new $70 million stadium and event center in McKinney is the latest Texas venue to be scandalized by cracking concrete....

Dubai Creek Tower - Mon June 04, 2018

Dubai Creek Tower Sets New Milestone With Completion of Pile Cap

Dubai Creek Tower, the global icon in the heart of the six-square-kilometer Dubai Creek Harbour, has completed concrete placement for the pile cap two months ahead of scheduled completion. The concrete pouring commenced in September 2017 and reached over 50 percent completion in January 2018....

Mon May 07, 2018

Smith-Carolina Plant Announces Major Expansion

Smith-Midland Corporation's North Carolina precast concrete plant, Smith-Carolina, will expand in Rockingham County with a larger manufacturing facility on 46 acres in Reidsville. The company plans to invest more than $3 million in a new 15,000 sq.-ft....

Emily Buenzle - Fri May 04, 2018

Green Concrete Could Be Industry Game-Changer

Scientists in the U.K. have created a new type of environmentally-friendly concrete that is more than twice as strong as its traditional counterpart. The material is made by adding in microscopic pieces of graphene, which is a kind of carbon, NBC News reported....

Mon February 19, 2018

Save Time, Control Costs, 'Go Green' on the Job Site

The search for efficiency in terms of labor, materials and timelines has come with the territory in the construction industry from the moment someone first made a brick out of mud and then wondered if there was a better way....