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Monday, 30 June 2025 Testing Concrete Quality Control – Check the Need for Additional Testing! » It has been observed that consulting engineers issue structural specifications with concrete testing requirements that may...
Sunday, 14 January 2024 Alternative Methods for Sand Quality Assessment for Lower Carbon Concrete » Carbon dioxide emissions from concrete production are mostly due to cementitious materials and often contribute over 80% o...
Thursday, 20 October 2022 Plant Audit Scheme Excellence Awards Reward Eight Plants With Gold Status » Congratulations to Allied Concrete's Nelson, Washdyke, Setters Line, Penrose and Silverdale plants, Firth Industries' Aote...
Sunday, 6 March 2022 Five Plants Secure Gold Status in the 2021 Plant Audit Scheme Excellence Awards » Congratulations to Allied Concrete's Nelson, Penrose and Setters Line (Palmerston North) plants, Terry’s Concrete's Te Hor...
Wednesday, 22 September 2021 Ready Mixed Concrete Production Q2 2021 » Statistics NZ has been collecting ready mixed concrete production data as an indicator of construction activity, and in tu...
Saturday, 8 May 2021 Concrete Production Standard Revised » Standards New Zealand is pleased to announce the publication of NZS 3104:2021 Specification for Concrete Production ....
Sunday, 20 December 2020 Allied Concrete Secures Gold Status Second Year Running in Ready Mixed Concrete Awards » Allied Concrete’s Penrose and Nelson plants secured Gold status once again at the 2020 Concrete New Zealand (NZ) Plant Aud...
Sunday, 23 August 2020 Higgins Concrete - The Green Team Goes Pink for Charity » Over the past few months Wellington and Manawatu locals may have spotted a pink concrete truck roaming the streets. A seco...
Thursday, 6 August 2020 Concrete NZ Readymix Sector Group Issues Pumping Health & Safety Guidance » Concrete New Zealand’s (NZ) Readymix Sector Group has urged ready mixed concrete producer member to no longer accept blow...
Monday, 14 October 2019 Excellence in Ready Mixed Concrete Production Celebrated with Inaugural Gold Status » Allied Concrete’s Penrose and Nelson plants secured the inaugural Gold status at the 2019 Concrete New Zealand (NZ) Plant...
Wednesday, 31 July 2019 Blow and Pump-Back Safety Alert Updated » This updated Concrete NZ Safety Alert addresses the issue of concrete blow-back and pump-back into the concrete truck mixi...
Thursday, 10 January 2019 Rewarding Community Concrete Project » Students from Canterbury’s Rolleston College have gained valuable, hands-on experience of working with concrete in a colla...
Sunday, 11 November 2018 Readymix Awards Celebrate Concrete Excellence » ‘Excellence in Concrete’ was celebrated at the recent Concrete NZ Conference at Claudelands in Hamilton which hosted the R...
Wednesday, 1 August 2018 Concrete NZ Readymix Sector Group Awards - Entries Open » Entries are now open for the 2018 Concrete NZ Readymix Sector Group Awards. This is an opportunity for Concrete NZ Readymi...
Friday, 20 July 2018 +IMPAC’s Concrete and Confined Spaces Course » When Kyle Earnshaw, Allied Concrete’s Health and Safety Advisor, contacted IMPAC about the Concrete and Confined Spaces...
Thursday, 1 February 2018 Concrete Truck Bowl Cleaning: Guidance Document » The Concrete NZ Readymix Sector Group has released the Concrete Truck Bowl Cleaning: Guidance Document , which seeks to...
Friday, 1 December 2017 2017 Readymix Awards » October’s concrete industry conference set a new benchmark by attracting 371 delegates, which eclipses the previous best g...
Monday, 16 January 2017 Readymix Awards Celebrate Concrete Excellence - 2016 » The 2016 NZRMCA Awards were presented recently at the New Zealand Concrete Industry Conference held at the Ellerslie Event...
Thursday, 22 January 2015 Readymix Awards Celebrate Concrete Excellence - 2014 » The 2014 NZRMCA Awards were presented recently at the combined Concrete Industry Conference held at the Wairakei Resort ne...
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