CTLGroup, the internationally-recognised consulting and testing firm, has completed its acquisition of Williams Building Diagnostics, an architectural consulting firm with over 25 years of expertise in building enclosure services. WBD has operations in Bradenton, FL and Philadelphia, PA. Its capabilities include the evaluation of building performance issue and innovative moisture management solutions that enhance the durability of commercial, institutional and residential buildings.
"We're excited to welcome Williams Building Diagnostics to the CTLGroup family," said Dr. Brent Nixon, President and CEO of CTLGroup. "Their extensive portfolio of building enclosure solutions combined with CTLGroup's 99-year legacy in engineering, architecture, and materials science will enhance the combined firms' ability to meet our clients' diverse needs."
Optimisation 2020 provides a unique online forum for cement industry professionals to hear first-hand from experts through a series of exclusive presentations from cement producers and industry experts.
World Cement Editor, David Bizley, sat down with Michael Tay, Advanced Analytics Product Manager at Rockwell Automation to discuss his recent article in World Cement.
Entitled ‘Smooth Sailing’, this article explains how machine learning can help save energy, reduce downtime and predict equipment failures, thus enabling the smooth running of cement plant operations.
Dirk Schmidt and Eugen Geibel, KIMA Process Control, discuss how the methods of High-Level Control (HLC) have been used in the cement industry in the early 2000s and control ever more complex closed-loop-controlled processes where standard controllers fail.
On 5 February 2015, W. R. Grace & Co. announced that its Board of Directors had approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies – New Grace and New GCP.
Cohrs will serve as chairman of CTLGroup’s Board of Directors, in addition to his current role as president of American Cement Company, LLC, and chair of the PCA’s Board of Directors.
