Category: Concrete
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Equipment Today’s Annual Equipment Showcase: Roadbuilding
Wirtgen’s SP 33 concrete pavers enable the paving of monolithic concrete profiles such as curbs and berms, rectangular profiles, and concrete safety barriers. Wirtgen Group Equipment Today’s Annual Equipment Showcase highlights industry-leading equipment and solutions for the commercial and highway/heavy construction market. The Roadbuilding category is focused on bringing contractors the latest in compactors, concrete equipment and…
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Challenging Concrete: Profile of Tarlton Corp.’s Concrete Group
Concrete contractors are as varied as there are projects. As every job is going to be different, every contractor looks for a different type of project. Then there are the few that look for the difficult projects. The jobs that test the skills of everyone. Tarlton Corp.’s Concrete Group is one of those teams actively…
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Women in Concrete: ACI Vice President Maria Juenger
As part of a series featuring women in the concrete industry, Concrete Contractor has queried a few individuals to represent various aspects of the job and share their points of view on the industry. We connected with Dr. Maria Juenger, Vice President of the American Concrete Institute over email for a few questions. Dr. Maria Juenger…
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Rethinking Pricing as Tariffs Hit
Trump’s election will likely improve demand conditions for construction spending but also include risks based on tariffs, project timing, and completion due to labor and supply implications from policies. Early themes from builders, remodelers, and contractors indicate optimism from the election outcome partly due to clarity and certainty of administration tone for the next four…
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Attentive.ai Partners With Asphalt Kingdom On AI Pavement Push
Attentive.ai has already been a forward thinking leader of AI-based takeoff software in the construction space, and now they are looking to expand their influence and reach by partnering with Asphalt Kingdom. The two companies are looking to transform the way that contractors and other pavement pros look at new technology like AI (artificial intelligence). …
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What’s in the Drum for Concrete in 2025
The 2024 presidential campaign is behind us, and the election of President Donald Trump, plus Republican control of both chambers of Congress, means the nation is positioned for a near-total reset of federal energy and environmental policy. Among other outcomes, that could free up additional volumes of coal ash for use in concrete production. First,…
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Q1 2025 Construction Hires and Promotions
Even though it hasn’t been a full first quarter yet, 2025 has seen multiple changes in construction industry leadership. Here is a roundup of the main promotions and recruitment. Matt Humes, national account manager for demolition at Genesis Attachments.Genesis Attachments Genesis Rehires Matt Hughes as Demolition National Account Manager Genesis Attachments announced Matt Hughes has…