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Concrete

Cemex, Calgary firm sign deal to expand use of industrial by-products in concrete
Concrete and cement producer Cemex has signed an agreement…

Slimming project pipeline a big concern for construction supply chain as frantic 2020 nears end
Construction materials suppliers have spent much of 2020 digging…

Canadian Concrete Expo rescheduled to 2022
Canada’s concrete industry will need to wait another year…

Update to Giatec concrete sensor gives SmartRock dual temperature functionality
Re-designed for their third generation, the latest version of…

Ligchine launches ScreedSaver Elite with ‘game-changing’ side-shift
The latest laser-guided concrete screed machine from Ligchine offers…
World of Concrete 2021 rescheduled to June amid COVID-19 uncertainty
World of Concrete 2021 is shifting from January to…

Canada’s CarbonCure adds Amazon, Microsoft to list of prominent backers
Canadian cleantech company CarbonCure Technologies Inc. has landed several…
PCL partners with Ottawa-based concrete testing and sensor firm Giatec
PCL Construction is adding another facet to its evolving…

Cement and concrete industry targets carbon neutrality by 2050
More than three dozen major cement and concrete producers…
$198.6M project to repair aging Pie-IX bridge starts in Montreal
A major bridge repair project is underway on the…

Sensing a change: Concrete sensor technology gaining acceptance as contractors look to the future
Breaking concrete cylinders to test the compressive strength of…

A new lease on life: More bridges entering old age mean more repair and upgrade projects
It’s no secret that Canada’s population is aging. Fewer…

Giatec AI assistant Roxi takes on human errors in concrete mix calibrations
An artificial intelligence program developed by Canadian concrete technology…

BM Group acquires Vancouver Ready Mix, Fraserway Prekast, adding to portfolio of construction firms
The BM Group of Companies has added two concrete…

Allen Engineering introduces new AW16 Wheel Buggy
Concrete equipment manufacturer Allen Engineering has rolled out…
Bird wins contract for concrete foundation, paving work at LNG project in northwest B.C.
Bird Construction Inc. will be taking part in work…

The next pave: Next generation of concrete pavers focus on keeping it simple for operators
As in all Conexpo-Con/Agg years, it was all hands…

Tilting at convention: A different take on site-cast concrete slowly gains ground in Canada
With wooden forms spread along a floor slab like…

Wacker Neuson adds to battery-powered lineup with new backpack vibrator
A backpack concrete vibrator is the newest addition…

New deicing pad at Calgary airport marks largest use of clean concrete tech in Canada
With temperatures routinely falling into the negative double digits,…