Ireneusz Janik is Managing Director of the precaster Fabet located in the Polish city of Kielce and, at the same time, is Deputy Chairman of the National Association of Concrete Manufacturers (SPB),...
Energy costs have a considerable impact on production costs. Therefore, a reduction in energy costs directly results in a reduction of the production costs. The main objective is to save energy costs,...
“Concretes of the future” is the heading under which the precast industry will meet once again at the BetonTage congress to be held in Neu-Ulm, Germany, from 24 to 26 February 2015. Attendees will...
At the end of October of 2014, the Institute for Construction Research (ibac) at the University of Technology, in Aachen, Germany (RWTH) conducted the 48th Construction Materials Conference at the...
Holcim White has further broadened its products portfolio. With CEM I 52,5 – quick and CEM I 52,5 – slow, the company had until now offered two white cements that differed primarily in their...
Since July 2014, the EN 206:2014 standard has been in force to specify the requirements for concrete for buildings and engineering structures; it superseded EN 206:1:2000. This standard provides the...
As planned at the appointment in 2013, Director Finn Buus Nielsen (65) will resign by the end of 2014 as Group Manager and CEO of Skako A/S (Holding). The Board of Directors have decided to appoint a...
Advanced Concrete Technologies, Inc. (ACT) celebrated their 25th anniversary as one of North America’s leading providers of single-source concrete mixing and batching plant equipment. ACT marked its...
Michael Tidwell, President of Bartow Precast in Cartersville, Georgia, has been appointed the National Precast Concrete Association’s Chairman of the Board. Tidwell began his one-year term on...
