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Schwing America is pleased to announce a new alignment of responsibilities and territories for two members of their sales team to better serve the concrete production and handling equipment market.

A new app just arrived to make the lives of concrete contractors - and concrete pumpers - a little easier. Designed by Holcim, this FREE weatherAPP can help contractors plan accordingly to a four-day forecast of a building site's weather conditions. Developed using methods outlined in ACI 305, the weatherAPP not only displays expected weather conditions but also calculates the evaporation rate based on wind speed, relative humidity, air temperature and concrete temperature.

Mike Poppoff, Poppoff, Inc., Moxee, Washington, has been elected president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Missouri, for 2013-2014. Scott Anderson, Houston, Texas; Rocky Geans, Mishawaka, Indiana; Chris Plue, San Mateo, California and Thomas Zinchiak, Woodbine, Maryland were elected vice presidents. Keith Wayne, Kannapolis, North Carolina was re-elected secretary/treasurer. Mario Garza, Southfield, Michigan; Heston Hamilton, Orem, Utah and Jason Swagert, Apex, North Carolina were elected as new directors.

MIT researchers have found that a pavement property called “deflection” could save more that $15 billion in annual fuel costs.

Pavement deflection occurs when a car makes slight indentations in the road, from which it must constantly drive out of, and which then results in burning more fuel. The effect is similar to someone walking on sand: with each step, the person’s feet sink and create a dip.