September/October 2007
Cementscope
Ash Grove cancels Southern Nevada mill project
Overland Park, Kan.-based Ash Grove Cement Co. announced in late August that its board of directors voted to cancel the company's planned $250 million,...
News Americas
In I-35W failure wake, ARTBA culls highway and bridge condition data
In view of extensive coverage following the Interstate 35-West steel bridge collapse in Minnesota, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association...
House hearing probes structurally deficient bridges
With an eye toward immediate, bipartisan action on a funding plan potentially based on a temporary additional five-cent federal motor fuel tax, U.S. House...
SLOW DOWN IN CONSUMPTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH FORECASTED
Rapidly deteriorating economic conditions, caused primarily by the sub-prime crisis, have prompted the Portland Cement Association (PCA) to adjust its...
MCGRAW-HILL GAUGES 6% DROP IN NEW CONSTRUCTION
In its 2007 Construction Outlook Midyear Update, McGraw-Hill Construction reports that new construction is pacing $641.4 billion, or 6.0% below the 2006...
CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION DOWN BUT NOT OUT
A recent report provides market intelligence for the sizable California construction market that reveals the region will be a mix of pluses and minuses...
LEHIGH'S ERHARD TO RETIRE; SCHEUER NAMED NEW CEO
On the same day it was announced that Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Cement Co. parent company HeidelbergCement of Germany had finalized its $15.8 billion...
LAFARGE, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SET FOR PUGET SOUND DEVELOPMENT
Lafarge North America recently partnered with a number of its customers to donate materials and labor for building the first three homes in Habitat for...
CAL PORTLAND MOJAVE PLANT SET TO GO OFF THE GRID IN OCTOBER
California Portland Cement Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony and recognition luncheon on August 30 at its Mojave, Calif., plant to celebrate the construction...
CEMEX PLANS SIX WEST SACRAMENTO SILOS
Six high-rises will soon change the skyline in West Sacramento, Calif., but they are not condos. Houston-based Cemex is scheduled to build six cement...
PCA ANNOUNCES SPRING SEMINARS
Portland Cement Association's Education and Training Department's spring course schedule continues the association's commitment to offering seminars that...
PCA EDUCATION FOUNDATION SELECTS 2007 RESEARCH FELLOWS
The Portland Cement Association Education Foundation awarded eight graduate students with the educational fellowships at the association's recent fall...
CBO PROJECTS $5 BILLION HTF DEFICIT AT SAFETEA SUNSET
As part of its recently released mid-session budget and economic review, the Congressional Budget Office revised Highway Trust Fund projections to reflect...
AGC SEES HOMEBUILDING FREE-FALL, NONRESIDENTIAL UPTICK
Assessing a December 1 Census Bureau report showing construction put in place in October totaled $1.178 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate...
BLENDED SCM STANDARD FAVORS SILO-CONSTRAINED OPERATORS
ASTM's proposed Specification for Blended Supplementary Cementitious Materials standard will enable more concrete producers to blend slag, natural pozzolans,...
PCA promotes Niehoff to residential group director
Jim Niehoff was named director of residential construction programs by Portland Cement Association recently. Niehoff, who previously served as the program...
Reese joins Cadence Environmental team
Ken Derksen, chief operating officer of Cadence Environmental Energy, announced recently he appointment of Ted Reese to the position of director of commercial...
Shoptalk
Cruz Azul uses Cummins power units for recent startup
Cementos Cruz Azul (Blue Cross Cement) recently constructed a new cement plant near the town of Palmar del Bravo, about 50 miles south of the city of...
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U.S. Cement: A Most Integrated Enterprise
Editor's Note: All tonnage figures mentioned in this article are in metric tons (mt). Portland cement demand in 2006 recorded a pause in its growth gains,...
