C O N C R E T E P R O D U C T S . C O M
VOL. 117 NO. 4
Contents
APRIL 2014
Concrete ®
products
DEPARTMENTS
4 EDITORIAL
• Industry floods OSHA with negative
commentary on proposed rulemaking for
General Industry and Construction silica
exposure levels
• American Chemistry Council Silica Panel
reinforces challenge to OSHA
• Construction and business communities
challenge Department of Labor's "persuader
rule"
• PCA suggests feds factor pavements into
vehicle fuel economy, reduced emissions
equation
• Road builders concur with White House on
transportation funding reauthorization
• Mi-Jack programs simulator for Travelift
gantry crane operators
• Tornado-prone community enlists Midwest
Precast, Molin for FEMA-grade shelter
• Business optimism abounds at The Precast
Show 2014
• NPCA projects 6 percent shipment growth
• FHWA, MIT, Webcor officials lead International
Concrete Sustainability Conference
• NRMCA-led agreement ushers responsible
sourcing certification effort
• Lafarge eyes $60M prairie province precast
capacity upgrade
Fiber-reinforced polymer hybrid precast girders
make encore appearance at Transportation
Research Board meeting
Elematic E9 extrusion technology: Automation,
speed, concrete optimization
Carr Concrete streamlines sand storage for
sister Sidley operation
16 NEWS SCOPE
3O BRIEFS
48 FINAL FORM
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Gate Precast Co. delivered 2,431 precast pieces to the over 300,000-sq.-ft. Camp Shelby Army Oper-
ational Readiness Training Complex in Mississippi. As 2014 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Chairman, Gate Construction Materials President and COO Dean Gwin discusses high performance
marketing, business prospects and the industry's spirited challenge to OSHA's proposed revision of
respirable crystalline silica exposure levels.
6 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
44 INNOVATIONS
COVER STORY, P. 34
CONEXPO-CON/AGG REPORT, P. 18
CATALINA PACIFIC FEAT, P. 16
CARR CONCRETE, P. 48
PHOTO: Gate Precast
39 TECHNICAL TALK
42 INNOVATIONS REPORT
46 MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS
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