
TITAN Group joins the GCCA
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.
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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.

Under its brand Master Builders Solutions, BASF presents new MasterCast additives to improve AAC production.

The Global Cement and Concrete Association has announced six new members, including Buzzi Unicem and SCG Cement, as well as the US-based Portland Cement Association as an affiliate.

Central Concrete is to install CarbonCure’s technology at its seven ready-mixed concrete plants in the San Francisco Bay region.

The Latin American-based conglomerate was founded in January 1918 and is now active in 24 countries.

Concesión Costera (a consortium made up of Mario Huertas, MECO, Colpatria, and Castro Tcherassi) officially delivered the viaduct that rises over La Virgen Swamp in the department of Bolívar. This mega-project is not only the largest viaduct in the country, which spans 4.73 km, it is also the first 4G road to be completed.

Timber is growing in popularity as a building material, even of high-rise structures. But arguments in its favour are often overstated, argues William Larson of the Pacific Northwest Building Resiliency Coalition.