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USGBC Fights to Improve Transparency of Recycled Content Claims
Royersford, PA – The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has the opportunity to continue to drive industry specificity with the reinforcement of its Recycled Content documentation clarification. The LEED Interpretation Ruling (LIR) from the USGBC (ID# 10246) released on October 1, 2012 set the standard for Recycled Content claims and documentation for LEED projects. This […]
Sauter Receives Prestigious Robert D. Sawyer Award for 2012
During the Annual Convention, J. Edward Sauter, current Executive Director for the Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) was awarded the Robert D. Sawyer Distinguished Service Award. The Annual Convention was held July 25-27, 2012 at the Grand Traverse Resort. Previous recipients Barry Herbert of Herbert Construction (2009) and Scott Smith of MPW Construction Services (2010) […]
WHAT A SUMMER!
Is that your response if asked how your summer went? Were you involved in enough work to cripple your social calendar? Did your company experience the stress resulting from the deep cutbacks in personnel now tasked with a rapid expansion of work? Whether a positive statement or a stressful one, if this title mimics your […]
OSHA Extends Residential Construction Temporary Enforcement Measures
Extended measures include priority free onsite compliance assistance, penalty reductions, extended abatement dates and more The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (http://www.forconstructionpros. com/company/10284135/occupationalsafetyhealthadministration) (OSHA) will extend for three months its temporary enforcement measures (http://www.osha.gov/ doc/residential_fall_protection/ residential_guidance.html) in residential construction through December 15, 2012. The temporary enforcement measures include priority free on-site […]
CONCRETE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS PARTNER TO FORM CERTIFICATION CONSORTIUM
In an effort to increase the awareness of certification opportunities for concrete professionals, while promoting the advantages of such programs, eight concrete associations have joined forces to form the Concrete Industry Certification Consortium (CICC). Comprised of the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA), Architectural Precast Association (APA), Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association […]
35 Ways to Reduce the Expenses of Your Construction Firm
Across the United States, contractors report “hitting the wall” of minimal cash in the bank and project prospects. It is time for survival. Look no further than construction employment stagnation. Business expansion has not included the contracting community. The basic rule “don’t run out of cash” takes on a whole new urgency. As you fight […]
Magazine Issues
BEP Big Panels – Saving Time and Manpower for Martinson Construction
“They pour nice walls – straight and square,” said Dave Martinson of Martinson Construction in Waterloo, Iowa of B.E.P. Forming System Inc.’s new Big Panels. They also allow Martinson to do work in less time with fewer workers. Martinson Construction used the Big iPanels and power ties to construct a data center for Team Technologies, […]
Association Marketing and Branding Efforts Focus Largely on Public Relations
For the past two years, the CFA has put tremendous focus on public relations efforts. Lacking the vast resources and dollars needed to embark on a national advertising campaign, your Association Board opted to build the awareness of cast-in-place concrete foundations through the PR vehicle and take advantage of the third-party credibility achieved with this […]
Concrete Above-Grade Wall Systems: What are Homebuilders Thinking?
A summary of the PCA market research’s The 2003 Homebuilder Report The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Market Research surveyed homebuilders across the United States in 2003 to assess the awareness and use of concrete above-grade wall systems and competing systems, as well as to measure the attitudes and perceptions of homebuilders toward these systems. In […]
CFA Board Member Changes Her Name
CFA board member Amanda Herbert married Josh Morris on Saturday, May 24th, 2003, in Allegan, Michigan. The couple exchanged vows in the company of family and friends, including CFA members: Charles Engelken, Bill Esker, Terry Lavy, Greg Peacock, and Arie Van Wyk. Congratulations Amanda Morris! Best wishes to you both!
CFA Website – Accessing and Working with Documents Online
Over the past couple of issues we have spent time together investigating the use of our member/non-member site access and dealing with the issues of membership maintenance and event registrations. This time around, I am taking you on an educational trip on the interaction with this site to view documents that we are providing to […]
Future Still Hopeful for Residential Construction Market
Construction Market Outlook of 2003 Second Quarter CONDENSED FROM FMI ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION OUTLOOK PUBLICATION Construction, like many other industries, suffered a disappointing start to 2003. However, residential construction proved to play a crucial role in the construction industry as a whole. To sum up the second quarter, the boom in residential construction may have peaked, […]
New Home Sales Rise Beyond The One-Million Mark in April
Sales of new single-family homes rose 1.7% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million units, according to the Commerce Department. It is the third time this year that new-home sales went above the million-unit mark. New-home sales rose in three out of four regions in April, with gains of 13.4%, 0.6%, […]
Getting the Most Out Of Your Cylinders
Dr. Heather Brown, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Concrete Industry Management Program Middle Tennessee State University What could possibly go wrong? The better question to ask when talking about accurate cylinder breaks is what can’t go wrong. 6” by 12” concrete cylinders are the standard of checking in-place compressive strength for job performance, acceptance, checking mix proportion […]
Testing Concrete
The concrete testing process garners little attention from the construction industry – until a problem occurs. At that point, everyone is intensely interested and all the parties involved become, for the most part, adversaries. Here’s a true example from a personal experience. A commercial project with a lot of structural concrete allowed the general contractor […]
Anderson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Daniel P. Anderson received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) at the association’s annual conference in Dallas, Tex., September 18, 2003. The award is given to outstanding individuals in the industry, for the body of their accomplishments furthering concrete construction. Anderson began his career in the concrete industry in […]
Foundation Builders, Inc.: A Solid Company with Loyal Employees
Foundation Builders, Inc. of Greeley, CO started out as a four-man company in 1972; however, it is far from a small concrete company now. There are currently 70 men and women employed at Foundation Builders, Inc. Owner Jack Renfroe and son Scott, are thankful for the quality of people working at Foundation Builders, Inc. and […]
Cold Weather Research Update: Strengths Proved Good, More Research on Long-Term Durability
Cold weather is a comin’… scratch that, it’s here! Companies throughout the CFA are gearing up with this in mind as they turn he calendar from October to November and recognizing that special considerations are needed for placing concrete during colder weather. However, at an increasing rate, the CFA is hearing that code restrictions imposed […]
