C O N C R E T E P R O D U C T S . C O M
VOL. 118 NO. 9
Contents
SEPTEMBER 2015
Concrete ®
products
DEPARTMENTS
4 EDITORIAL
• Mixer truck regulations could ignite
unintended carbon consequences
• Industry assesses fly ash designation
measures, EPA Clean Power Plan
• Concrete Contractors revise Safety Manual,
Management Plan
• OSHA revisits illness, injury recordkeeping
requirements
• Historic weather impacts a blip on Martin
Marietta, Vulcan Materials radar
• TXI assets CalPortland-bound
•Index shows nonresidential market strength
•Builder confidence
• Quality Concrete expands Atlantic Canada
footprint in Lafarge agreement
• Summit + Legrand Johnson
• 'Spent' prestressed poles live on to anglers
and marine species' delight
• Construction life cycle assessment pioneer
retools Buildings, Pavement programs
• Bayshore Concrete, Coastal Precast ship
near-record scale members instrumental in
New NY Bridge scheduling, economy and
site safety plan
• Molin Concrete Products envisions high
quality, consistency and timely delivery as
it dedicates unique, highly automated
precast panel plant
• Finfrock breaks in DualDeck system with
$30 million Hyatt House project
• ThyssenKrupp's elevator testing tower joins
German skyline
12 NEWS SCOPE
20 BRIEFS
56 FINAL FORM
www.concreteproducts.com September 2015 • 3
6 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
46 INNOVATIONS
COVER STORY, P. 34
AUTOMATING MOLIN, P. 38
In the second of a two-part report on the New NY Bridge, Bayshore Concrete Products deploys a
600-ton workhorse for transfer of 320- to 490-ton pier cap tubs bound for a massive Hudson River
jobsite north of New York City.
PHOTOS: Owen Blevins (cover); Concrete Products (above)
32 FEATURES
53 MARKETPLACE CLASSIFIEDS
FINFROCK, P. 42