Fri January 26, 2018
Minnich Manufacturing Celebrates 50 Years of Commitment to the Industry
In 1968, Roger Minnich and two employees began building concrete vibrators at a gas station in Mansfield, Ohio. From those humble beginnings, Minnich Manufacturing has become the industry leader in vibrators, vibrator monitoring systems and concrete dowel pin drills....
Wed January 24, 2018
Terex Advance Charger Series of Front Discharge Mixer Trucks Targets Urban Concrete Delivery
The Terex Advance Charger front discharge mixer truck series is the company's first true city-class truck, designed and built specifically for delivering concrete in urban areas. Starting from a fresh design slate, the new Charger truck is lighter, shorter and offers the same tight turning radius characteristics of traditional Terex Advance front discharge mixers, meeting the expectations of concrete producers delivering concrete in densely populated cities....
Wed January 24, 2018
Minnich Manufacturing Launches Stinger Flex Shaft Vibrator
Minnich Manufacturing's Stinger electric flex shaft concrete vibrator is a 14.5 lb. (6.5 kg) universal motor that can drive the full line of Minnich vibrator shafts and heads from ¾ to 2½ in....
Emily Buenzle - Thu January 18, 2018
Self-Healing Concrete? Researchers Say It's Possible
Researchers at Binghamton University, SUNY, have developed a new kind of self-healing concrete that could help prevent damage to infrastructure across the U.S. According to Congrui Jin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton, big concrete infrastructure issues usually begin with the smallest of cracks, Science Daily reported....
Vincent West - Tue January 02, 2018
How Technology is Driving Trends in the Construction Industry
Construction is single-handedly the largest branch of manufacturing in the economy of the United States, contributing as much as 4.7 percent to the country's gross national product. It's only normal for such an important field to undergo massive changes and progress over the years....
Wed December 27, 2017
Video: Major Concrete Placement Completed for Vogtle Unit 4
Significant progress continued the week of Dec. 18 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Ga., with the placement of nearly 1,300 cu. yds. of concrete inside the Unit 4 containment vessel....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 18, 2017
Concrete Salvaged From Wildfire Damaged Repurposed For New Roads
Burned concrete salvaged from the recent fires in Sonoma County, Calif., is being repurposed to create new roads. Dump trucks are in the process of delivering the damaged concrete to the Stony Point Rock Quarry, where it will be crushed and recycled, Aggregates Manager reported....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Wed December 06, 2017
Cellulose-Infused Concrete Is One Step Closer to Reality
On a sunny summer day at Oregon State University, before an audience of researchers and representatives from the construction industry, a Knife River-owned ready-mix cement truck poured a batch of concrete....
Tue November 14, 2017
2018 GOMACO University Course Schedule Now Available Online
GOMACO University has released its 2018 schedule and is now accepting registrations for the new season of specialized courses covering GOMACO's full line of concrete paving equipment. Each week, from January through April, courses are taught by GOMACO instructors with a combined experience of more than 100 years with GOMACO equipment....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 30, 2017
New Mixture Could Strengthen Concrete Up to 15 Percent
Some MIT students have found a way to create stronger, more environmentally friendly concrete. A team of undergraduate students have learned that exposing plastic flakes to small amounts of gamma radiation, grinding them into dust and then mixing the dust with cement paste and fly ash will produce concrete that is up to 15 percent stronger than a traditional mixture, MIT News reported....
