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The PCA reports the cement industry has been expanding modestly during the past few years, but significant increases in capacity are expected to materialize from 2008 to 2012. The U.S. cement industry has announced plans to increase clinker capacity by nearly 25 million metric tons between 2007 and 2012. The aggressive capacity expansion reflects a $5.9 billion investment. The expansion affects 25 plants with a mix of greenfield sites (seven), as well as expansions of existing facilities (18). In addition to capacity expansions, changes in U.S. specifications allowing for the use of limestone in Portland cement could increase the potential domestic supply even further. Depending on how plants elect to exercise the option to use limestone, domestic cement supply could increase by as much as two million additional tons by 2012. Finally, increases in EPA production variances could add the potential of another 1.1 million metric tons of domestic supply. Taking all factors into consideration, total domestic supply could increase by as much as 28 million metric tons by 2012. PCA?EUR??,,????'???s Economic Outlook PCA chief economist Ed Sullivan believes that as the economy weakens, due in large part to the subprime crisis, coupled with increased energy costs, overall nonresidential construction will experience declines, negatively affecting cement consumption. The housing market, according to the PCA forecast, is not expected to rebound until mid-2009. ?EUR??,,????'??Our forecast anticipates the impact of a significant economic growth slowdown in the construction industry, but does not predict a recession,?EUR??,,????'?? said Sullivan. However, if a recession occurs, Sullivan says construction spending ?EUR??,,????'??would decline nearly 13 percent and cause a 10 percent decline in 2008 cement consumption and decreasing kiln utilization rates to 85 percent.?EUR??,,????'?? Under that scenario, Sullivan would anticipate an additional 3.8 consumption decline in 2009, followed by growth in 2010. New President/ CEO for PCA At its annual meeting on October 23, 2007, the PCA board of directors named Brian McCarthy president and CEO. Mr. McCarthy succeeds John Gleason Jr., who retired earlier this year after serving as PCA president since 1986. McCarthy was COO for the Computing Technology Industry Association and led efforts to expand the group?EUR??,,????'???s membership, its products and services. Prior to joining CompTIA in 1999, McCarthy was executive director of the International Reprographic Association, Printing Industry of Indiana, and the Master Printers Association of Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Based in Skokie, Ill., with offices in Washington, D.C., PCA represents cement companies in the U.S. and Canada. With a staff of 91 employees and an annual budget of $26 million, PCA conducts market development, engineering, research, education and public affairs programs. PCA was founded in 1916.
The PCA reports the cement industry has been expanding modestly during the past few years, but significant increases in capacity are expected to materialize from 2008 to 2012. The U.S. cement industry has announced plans to increase clinker capacity by nearly 25 million metric tons between 2007 and 2012. The aggressive capacity expansion reflects a $5.9 billion investment. The expansion affects 25 plants with a mix of greenfield sites (seven), as well as expansions of existing facilities (18).
In addition to capacity expansions, changes in U.S. specifications allowing for the use of limestone in Portland cement could increase the potential domestic supply even further.
Depending on how plants elect to exercise the option to use limestone, domestic cement supply could increase by as much as two million additional tons by 2012. Finally, increases in EPA production variances could add the potential of another 1.1 million metric tons of domestic supply. Taking all factors into consideration, total domestic supply could increase by as much as 28 million metric tons by 2012.
PCA chief economist Ed Sullivan believes that as the economy weakens, due in large part to the subprime crisis, coupled with increased energy costs, overall nonresidential construction will experience declines, negatively affecting cement consumption. The housing market, according to the PCA forecast, is not expected to rebound until mid-2009. ?EUR??,,????'??Our forecast anticipates the impact of a significant economic growth slowdown in the construction industry, but does not predict a recession,?EUR??,,????'?? said Sullivan. However, if a recession occurs, Sullivan says construction spending ?EUR??,,????'??would decline nearly 13 percent and cause a 10 percent decline in 2008 cement consumption and decreasing kiln utilization rates to 85 percent.?EUR??,,????'?? Under that scenario, Sullivan would anticipate an additional 3.8 consumption decline in 2009, followed by growth in 2010.
At its annual meeting on October 23, 2007, the PCA board of directors named Brian McCarthy president and CEO. Mr. McCarthy succeeds John Gleason Jr., who retired earlier this year after serving as PCA president since 1986. McCarthy was COO for the Computing Technology Industry Association and led efforts to expand the group?EUR??,,????'???s membership, its products and services.
Prior to joining CompTIA in 1999, McCarthy was executive director of the International Reprographic Association, Printing Industry of Indiana, and the Master Printers Association of Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois.
Based in Skokie, Ill., with offices in Washington, D.C., PCA represents cement companies in the U.S. and Canada. With a staff of 91 employees and an annual budget of $26 million, PCA conducts market development, engineering, research, education and public affairs programs. PCA was founded in 1916.
The Lincoln Memorial Garden near Springfield, Ill. was planned in 1936 by landscape architect Jens Jensen, using native plants to re-create the character of Illinois as Abraham Lincoln knew it in his youth. Jim Matheis, the garden?EUR??,,????'???s executive director, reports upgrades to the site are in the works: interlocking brick pavers to replace the gravel parking lot, adding lighting and a new concrete sidewalk.The new earth tone pavers will add a rustic look and the practical benefit of improving the lot?EUR??,,????'???s problematic drainage, via water percolating through the paver cracks and flowing to the back of the lot to a drain. The sidewalk that leads from the parking to the nature center?EUR??,,????'???s building displays motley styles of concrete because of past repairs. The new concrete walk will be wider and uniform.
The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has announced the 2007 winners of its annual Brick in Architecture Awards. The program recognizes outstanding works of nonresidential architecture completed since 2002 in which clay brick is prominently featured. BIA presents multiple awards within each of these award designations: Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Under Best in Class, for instance, there are six awards given. The category pertinent to landscape architecture is ?EUR??,,????'??paving landscaping.?EUR??,,????'?? Best in Class for Paving Landscaping went to Pressley Associates Landscape Architects for the Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., hardscape. Brick Show 2008, the BIA annual get-together, is scheduled for April 17-19. For more information about the awards or events, visit gobrick.com.
The Brick Industry Association (BIA) has announced the 2007 winners of its annual Brick in Architecture Awards. The program recognizes outstanding works of nonresidential architecture completed since 2002 in which clay brick is prominently featured. BIA presents multiple awards within each of these award designations: Best in Class, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Under Best in Class, for instance, there are six awards given. The category pertinent to landscape architecture is ?EUR??,,????'??paving landscaping.?EUR??,,????'?? Best in Class for Paving Landscaping went to Pressley Associates Landscape Architects for the Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., hardscape.
Brick Show 2008, the BIA annual get-together, is scheduled for April 17-19.
For more information about the awards or events, visit gobrick.com.
At a joint press conference in Indianapolis, representatives from the Cast Stone Institute (CSI), the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI), the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and the Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the International Concrete Exposition (Icon Expo), February 26-28, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Since the 1980s, the NCMA has joined with other organizations to sponsor a combined trade show for producers of concrete, masonry and hardscape products. NCMA is the principal organizer of the Icon Expo. The 2007 show, held earlier this year in Orlando, featured a floor that was filled with more than 100,000 net square feet of the latest production equipment, materials, and services for the precast concrete, concrete masonry, interlocking pavers, and concrete pipe sectors of the industry. For more information visit iconexpo.org.
At a joint press conference in Indianapolis, representatives from the Cast Stone Institute (CSI), the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI), the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and the Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced the International Concrete Exposition (Icon Expo), February 26-28, 2009 at the Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Since the 1980s, the NCMA has joined with other organizations to sponsor a combined trade show for producers of concrete, masonry and hardscape products. NCMA is the principal organizer of the Icon Expo. The 2007 show, held earlier this year in Orlando, featured a floor that was filled with more than 100,000 net square feet of the latest production equipment, materials, and services for the precast concrete, concrete masonry, interlocking pavers, and concrete pipe sectors of the industry.
For more information visit iconexpo.org.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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