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Precast Forecast: No Change in 2012
By Ty Gable, President, National Precast Concrete Association It’s anything but typical. The economy has been in recovery in the United States since June 2009, but if you’re connected in any way with...
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Precautions for Cold-Weather Concreting
By Phillip Cutler, P.E., and Evan Gurley For precast concrete producers in the northern latitudes, it is once again that time of the year when Mother Nature blows in her frigid temperatures. It is also...
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Top Precast Plant Operational Deficiencies – Part 1
A staff engineer reports on pre-assessment audits for the NPCA Plant Certification Program. By Evan Gurley Quality has everything to do with high expectations, whether in the precast concrete industry...
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Respirators: Because What You Can’t See Can Hurt You
By Sue McCraven Many things like bees and rattlesnakes, if left alone, won’t cause you any harm. Once agitated, however, they can be deadly. It’s the same with silica. Crystalline silica is found in...
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Squeezing Costs Out of Your Supply Chain
Surviving and thriving in an unfavorable business environment requires solid business strategies that help reduce costs across the total supply chain. By Bridget McCrea You’ve cut back on staff and...
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Canadian Standards Association
Disaster led to the birth of CSA’s first standard. By Sue McCraven On a muggy June morning in 1907, an inspection engineer noticed the steel girders on a Quebec bridge under construction – the biggest...
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Arto Brick has SoCal Swagger
By Kirk Stelsel In the early 1900s, a puzzle was developed that challenged people to connect nine dots in a box formation. The catch was that it had to be done using four straight lines while never...
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Making the Most of Trade Shows – As an Exhibitor or a Visitor
Trade show veterans have a lot to offer to make your time worthwhile. By William Atkinson Trade shows can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be. The more effort you put into them, the more...
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Green Piece: Precast Concrete: Resilience in the Face of Fury
By Claude Goguen, P.E. What is resilience? In the study of physics, it is the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after a deformation that does not exceed...
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Precast Plays Two Roles in the George Street Bridge
By Thomas G. Zink, P.E. | Photos courtesy of Gannett Fleming Inc. (www.gannettfleming.com) To appreciate precast concrete’s contribution to the George Street Bridge project in historic New Brunswick,...
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Precast Inc January/February 2012 Issue
Click Here to View Issue For Exclusive Content Including Video and Photos Featuring Arto Brick Click Read More…. The post Precast Inc January/February 2012 Issue appeared first on National Precast...
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Precast Forecast: No Change in 2012
By Ty Gable, President, National Precast Concrete Association It’s anything but typical. The economy has been in recovery in the United States since June 2009, but if you’re connected in any way with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Precautions for Cold-Weather Concreting
By Phillip Cutler, P.E., and Evan Gurley For precast concrete producers in the northern latitudes, it is once again that time of the year when Mother Nature blows in her frigid temperatures. It is also...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Top Precast Plant Operational Deficiencies – Part 1
A staff engineer reports on pre-assessment audits for the NPCA Plant Certification Program. By Evan Gurley Quality has everything to do with high expectations, whether in the precast concrete industry...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Respirators: Because What You Can’t See Can Hurt You
By Sue McCraven Many things like bees and rattlesnakes, if left alone, won’t cause you any harm. Once agitated, however, they can be deadly. It’s the same with silica. Crystalline silica is found in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Squeezing Costs Out of Your Supply Chain
Surviving and thriving in an unfavorable business environment requires solid business strategies that help reduce costs across the total supply chain. By Bridget McCrea You’ve cut back on staff and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canadian Standards Association
Disaster led to the birth of CSA’s first standard. By Sue McCraven On a muggy June morning in 1907, an inspection engineer noticed the steel girders on a Quebec bridge under construction – the biggest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arto Brick has SoCal Swagger
By Kirk Stelsel In the early 1900s, a puzzle was developed that challenged people to connect nine dots in a box formation. The catch was that it had to be done using four straight lines while never...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making the Most of Trade Shows – As an Exhibitor or a Visitor
Trade show veterans have a lot to offer to make your time worthwhile. By William Atkinson Trade shows can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be. The more effort you put into them, the more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Green Piece: Precast Concrete: Resilience in the Face of Fury
By Claude Goguen, P.E. What is resilience? In the study of physics, it is the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after a deformation that does not exceed...
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