The American Society of Concrete Contractors' (ASCC) Foundation for Education, Research & Development, St. Louis, MO, has received a donation of $250,000 from Somero Enterprises, Ft. Myers, FL, a sustaining member of the organization. "This gift is one of the most significant ever received by the ASCC foundation," said Scott Anderson, foundation president, "and will go a long way toward funding the research and educational programming that will continue to improve the quality and productivity of our contractors."
The National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program – a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management – is pleased to announce they raised more than $1.740 million in gross revenue at its annual auction, held in conjunction with the World of Concrete on Wednesday, Jan. 19.
Putzmeister America, Inc. has announced the 2022 schedule for its growing service school program, Putzmeister Academy. This year, the company has once again expanded classes and updated the curriculum to help meet customers’ ever-changing needs.
Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (CPH), a leading provider of concrete pumping services and concrete waste management services in the U.S. and U.K., announced that it has completed the acquisition of Pioneer Concrete Pumping Service, Inc. (Pioneer).
Ben Pellegrin will be assuming the role of Plant Manager for CPE America. Ben has over 20 years’ experience in executive and operations management with roles focused on customer service. Ben has a technical background with a special focus on developing people and excellent customer relationships.
SCHWING America is proud to announce the hiring of Adam Wallace as regional sales manager for the Midwest region, effective October 2021. Adam comes with extensive experience in the concrete industry and has held multiple sales roles with SCHWING America in the past.
“Adam is a welcome return to our sales team and brings great knowledge, understanding and passion for the concrete industry,” said Bill Murray, CEO of SCHWING America.
DY is committed to exceeding customers’ demand for high quality concrete pumps, industry-leading service and after-sales support with a new 50,0000-squarefoot production facility expansion. When complete, the structure will have the capacity of producing over 150 concrete pumps a year.
SCHWING America is proud to announce the promotion of Scott Roisum to the position of vice president of product support. Scott brings with him more than 23 years of experience at SCHWING America with his most recent role as director of engineering.
Putzmeister America, Inc. appointed Carlos Pineda as a technical trainer for Putzmeister America.
Pineda joins Putzmeister America with a background in technical and virtual training in the automotive and manufacturing industries. His education is in mechanical engineering, and he is trilingual — fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Align Financial Holdings, LLC (“Align”), a leading general agency and specialist program underwriting manager, has announced that it has acquired NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc. (“NBIS”), an underwriting manager specializing in providing risk management, underwriting and claims handling expertise to the crane and rigging, specialized transportation, concrete pump, and equipment rental and dealer industries.
Cherokee Materials has become an authorized dealer for Access Equipment’s mini-conveyors. These electric powered belt systems are lightweight and portable. They are ideal for relocating loose material: rock, sand, debris, concrete, etc. They have been used extensively for below-grade excavating, mining, tunneling, construction, demolition, disaster restoration, landscaping, pool installation, firewood conveyor and all tight access jobs.
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program — a business-intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in concrete industry management — is pleased to announce that the signature item for its annual auction at World of Concrete is a truck-mounted 38M concrete pump donated by Alliance Concrete Pumps, NORCAL Kenworth and Kenworth Truck Company.
The beautiful hill country of Texas set the stage the weekend of October 16 and 17 for the American Concrete Pumping Association’s first-ever Operations, Safety and Maintenance (OSM) conference. As part of the ACPA’s mission to promote safe, effective concrete pumping, the OSM conference is the industry’s only event dedicated to concrete pumping professionals who want to...
The American Concrete Pumping Association is proud to announce Leighton Landreth, Dominick Willman and Shelby Willy as co-recipients of this year’s Bob Weatherton Scholarships. These inspiring students represent the same leadership and spirit exemplified by the late “Big Bob” Weatherton of The Concrete Pump Store in California. Bob served on the ACPA Board of Directors for more than 40 years and is remembered as one of the industry’s most avid champions.
Infrastructure Week has finally arrived! After years of lobbying in support of federal investments, leadership in Washington finally heard the construction industry and its many partners. The $1.2 trillion federal investment will be matched by significant state and local government investment, increasing the economic benefit over time. President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law on November 15, 2021.
