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Lightning Awareness Week (June 19th – 25th)
by Tim Neubauer, MS, CSP, President of Exceed Safety LLC Each year, nearly 1,000 people are struck by lightning in the U.S. alone. Lightning strikes cause deaths and people often suffer from neurological issues if they survive. For construction workers, these dangers are magnified when site condition limit egress for the structure or the location […]
Tight Market Conditions Briefing
May 2022 – Portland Cement Association Introduction Material specifiers frequently need to choose between concrete and alternative building materials. As concrete’s use has grown, cement shortages have begun to surface. Specifiers need accurate information about the shortage situation, and this briefing is an effort to provide the latest available information. The Scope of Tight Market Conditions Tight […]
Concrete Foundations Convention 2022 (#CFACON22)
If you’re in the cast-in-place concrete industry, there is no better place to be in order to position yourself far ahead of your competition. Concrete Foundations Convention 2022 (#CFACON22) heads to the northeast to be part of the historic culture and context of the Freedom Trail and the birth of our Country. Boston, Massachusetts is […]
What Concrete Professionals can do about THE GREAT RESIGNATION
By Wayne Rivers, Co-Founder/President, Family Business Institute Inc. In early 2021, people began leaving their jobs in droves. Contractors and business owners have reported hiring as their top challenge, and this article lines out how to combat this. A new phenomenon is affecting the construction business—and it is called the Great Resignation or the Big […]
Make Your Company ROAR (Recruit, Onboard, Actuate, Retain) Talent
By Bill Humbert, the RecruiterGuy Is your company having difficulty identifying and recruiting people? You are in good company! Most companies around the United States are feeling your pain. Of course, your company does not have to be the company feeling that pain – you have enough other pains! Think about Concrete Foundations Association members, […]
Top 10 Frequently Cited OSHA Standards for Construction
By Evolution Safety Resources Each year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards from the previous fiscal year. By releasing the list, OSHA hopes to bring greater awareness to the standards most commonly cited for violations to help employers focus their employee-safety efforts in the workplace. “Throughout the […]
Magazine Issues
New Global Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of the Importance of Concrete
GCCA kicks off year-long outreach programme with campaign to tell ‘Concrete Stories’ ‘Concrete Stories’ a major new global communications campaign, which aims to increase awareness of the vital role concrete plays in everyday life, has been launched. The campaign, which is being directed by the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and its member companies […]
PCA Launches ‘Shaped by Concrete’ Educational Campaign
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) today announced Shaped by Concrete, a new educational campaign to increase awareness of the sustainability, resiliency and durability of concrete made with cement. The campaign will feature stories based on these themes, exploring how these construction materials shape the world around us to make our communities, cities and country better. […]
Mitch Mccaulley Named Nox-Crete VP of Business Development
Newest hire brings strong leadership, track record of growth to team Nox-Crete, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Mitch McCaulley to their team. As Vice President of Business Development, Mitch will provide best in class leadership to the strong Nox-Crete sales team and will lend his considerable talents to guide the company in […]
Euclid Chemical Introduces Three Innovative New Products for the Concrete Industry
Product Launches Include EUCOWELD 2.0, LEVEL TOP PC-AGG and KUREZ DR VOX The Euclid Chemical Company, a leading manufacturer of products for the concrete and masonry construction industry, announces the launch of three new products, Eucoweld 2.0, Level Top PC-AGG and new and improved Kurez DR VOX. Each high-performance product was developed in response to […]
One of our #CFAConcretePros Receives Local Recognition
MUDco Ready-Mix Concrete KRISTI EGENBACHER Current position: Chief Administrative Officer Years in business: I started my career in the restaurant sector in the early 1990s, launched my own bookkeeping business in 1997 to begin my journey of a “working-from-home mom,” began my concrete/construction career in 2007, and most recently partnered to open MUDco in 2015. […]
Letter From the Director
Fear vs Caution We are now gripped by the global news of COVID-19, and we are being asked to remain flexible and nimble in our reactions and expectations. This pandemic is reaching into every aspect of our worlds, and, no doubt, you can already list numerous disruptions to your businesses and personal lives. One of […]
Letter from the President
Waging Battles Dear CFA Members and Associates, By the time you read this article, we will all have experienced something that has never before happened to any of us. On March 12, 2020, the world changed (seemingly overnight) both in business and socially. I assume we will be feeling the ramifications of this change for […]
#CFAConcretePros Now Have Virtual Mixed Groups
Mt. Vernon, Iowa (April 1, 2020) — The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) – the voice and established authority for the residential concrete industry – has announced the availability of a new member resource instituted as part of the COVID-19 response. Virtual Mixed Groups (VMGs) have been started combining members at-large with Board members to combat […]
WHAT LEADING CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ARE DOING IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19
This article made possible by ConExpo-Con/AGG 2020 as part of industry participation by your Concrete Foundations Association. For more information on business practices by contractor members of the Concrete Foundations Association, reach out to CFA Executive Director, James Baty MILWAUKEE — As COVID-19 (coronavirus) brings countless businesses to a grinding halt, the construction industry remains resilient […]
Residential Construction now labeled an “Essential Infrastructure Business” by DHS
Over the past couple of weeks, the Concrete Foundations Association, in combination with the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA), NAHB and many others in both the residential construction sector and other labor organizations have been working tirelessly to demonstrate the need to keep construction moving forward. We are proud to report that the Department of […]
Congress Proposes Expansion to Paid Sick Time and Leave
Coronavirus Relief Act to be signed by President March 19. Bigger direct aid package up next for week of March 23. New legislation, signed into law on March 18, places significant new responsibilities on small- and medium-sized employers, including a large portion of the remodeling and home improvement industry, as the nation copes with growing […]
Euclid Chemical Awarded New Patent for Low-Dust Epoxy Grout Aggregate
CLEVELAND (February 24, 2020) — The Euclid Chemical Company (Euclid Chemical), a leading manufacturer of products for the concrete and masonry construction industry, announced today it has been awarded a new patent for its dust- limiting aggregate, DL TechnologyTM, which is used in Euclid Chemical’s line of E3 epoxy grouts. The patented technology was developed by Euclid Chemical […]
