Concrete news

Aggregate Industries has highlighted the benefits of using lightweight concrete solutions made from secondary aggregates, such as its flyash-based Lytag product.

The total number of companies to join the GCCA has reached 20, as the group’s list of affiliates also continues to grow

The first US Coca-Cola plant to be built for a decade will be constructed with concrete from Argos

Dr Andrew Minson has been announced as the GCCA’s Concrete and Sustainable Construction Director

TITAN Group has joined the newly established Global Cement and Concrete Association, which aims to enhance and promote the sector’s contribution to sustainable construction.

The flyash was produced by a coal-fuelled generating station in the 1980s and 1990s, with the material stored in a covered dry stack on a 30-acre site.

CEMEX has supplied concrete, including special mixes of hyper-fluid and high-strength concrete, for the construction of L’Arbre Blanc in Montpellier, France.

Oldcastle Infrastructure has acquired Concrete Specialties, Inc., a manufacturer of precast concrete products that is headquartered in the Chicago metro area.

Holcim Mexico has inaugurated a new premixed concrete plant in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila, that will have a 120 m3/h capacity, doubling the production capacity of the previous plant.

US Concrete’s acquisition of Leon River will add over 400 acres of land and a processing plant to the company’s operations.