Titan America is building a new 70,000-ton dome at its Roanoke Cement Company import terminal in Chesapeake, Virginia. The investment will strategically position the company to meet the growing demand for its products in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.3 months in March, according to an ABC member survey conducted March 22 to April 5. The reading is up 0.5 months from March 2021.
Volvo Penta has appointed Fredrik Högberg as its new North America president. Högberg takes up his new role on 15 May 2022, replacing Tony Kelleher, who has served as acting president since December 2021.
Oldcastle APG, a CRH company, has acquired Calstone, a leading manufacturer of pavers, concrete masonry, segmental retaining walls and packaged products based in Northern California.
National nonresidential construction spending was down 0.1% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualised basis, nonresidential spending totalled US$844.5 billion for the month.
Lafarge says its Richmond, Western Canada plant will manufacture only OneCem, the company's lower carbon portland limestone cement, for use in materials across British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.
