Masons First with Lightweight Concrete Masonry Units
January 2024

Masons First with Lightweight Concrete Masonry Units

A Look At How CMU Is Produced
July 2021

A Look At How CMU Is Produced

The Quarry Story
August 2018

The Quarry Story

Crushing Rock or Crushing Rocks
August 2018

Crushing Rock or Crushing Rocks

North Carolina's High School Masonry Day 2016 a Success
November 2016

Some 200 masonry students, instructors and school administrators from surrounding North Carolina counties participated in the High School Masonry Day at Gold Hill in mid-November.

New ASTM Standard Will Help Improve Concrete Production
October 2016

A new ASTM International standard will help with efforts to enhance the cement content in concrete while also reducing CO2 emissions during production.

Ash Grove Cement Co. Appoints New Personnel
September 2016

Ash Grove Cement Company, the largest American-owned producer of cement and the sixth largest producer of cement in the United States, has appointed a new communications director and technical center director.

QUIKRETE Celebrates 75 Years
May 2015

Seventy-five years of product and service are celebrated around the masonry industry for QUIKRETE

Do It Right: Brick Paver Installation Methods
September 2014

Brick, concrete, permeable, inte

The History and Relevance of Codes
April 2014

Think of the types of events that might have forced the creation or adoption of a national system of codes and standards. Probably the last thing that would ever come to mind is a flood of molasses cascading through the streets of Boston.

Big News for the Masonry Industry: Holcim, Lafarge Announce Merger
April 2014

ASTM Lime Committee Elects Graves as Chairman
February 2014

Committee C07 oversees 25 ASTM standards related to lime and limestone

WL Ross & Co. Acquires Three Companies
October 2013

Combined operations to produce sand, gravel, limestone aggregates and ready mix

Holcim US Names Ruiz as President, CEO
February 2013

Bernard Terver will serve as chairman of the board

Graves Elected to ASTM International Board
January 2013

Robin E. Graves, Ph.D., holds two industry patents.

ESCSI Names Castrodale as Director of Engineering
December 2012

Focus will be directed toward decision makers in transportation area