Congratulations to longtime AltusGroup member Wells on its acquisition of GATE Precast. With more than 110 years of combined experience in the industry, the partnership aligns two companies dedicated to innovation, solutions and services across the United States. With this acquisition, Wells grows to more than 20 locations across the United States with 14 manufacturing facilities totaling […]
New free AIA CEU program available
Our new self-paced course on AEC Daily — Insulated Precast Enclosures: Strategies for Controlling Performance, Quality, and Cost — explains and illustrates how high-performance, fully composite insulated precast sandwich wall panels can be designed and specified to manage aesthetics, quality, performance, and cost. It explores the attributes of wythe connectors such as carbon fiber reinforced […]
AltusGroup speaks at international carbon fiber summit
AltusGroup board members Dave Schneider (High Concrete Group LLC) and John Leatham (Chomarat) spoke at the JEC Summit this March in Paris about the Statue of Liberty Museum and secondary screening facility, an award-winning project that used CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels with C-GRID carbon fiber grid reinforcement. Their presentation focused on how the […]
Wanted: visionary innovator to lead top precasters in North America
AltusGroup is seeking a new executive director in advance of the February 2025 retirement of John Carson. Carson has held the executive director position since July 2012. During his tenure, the organization expanded its geographic footprint into Canada while solidifying its coast-to-coast presence United States, with AltusGroup members now operating 27 manufacturing facilities across North […]
Mid-States expands capacity, expertise with acquisition of ICP
AltusGroup member Mid-States Concrete Industries, which produces structural and architectural precast concrete systems, has recently acquired International Concrete Products, Germantown, Wis. Both companies specialize in precast concrete building systems. By combining the high-end architectural precast capabilities of International Concrete Products and Mid-States Concrete’s expertise in structural precast solutions, the combined company will provide its customers […]
Welcome and thank you to our 2024 Board of Directors
AltusGroup’s unique co-opetition model brings together businesses that cooperate on product development and marketing, then compete with one another in their regional market areas. A good deal of the collaborative spirit emanates from the volunteer board of directors. AltusGroup’s board of directors guides the organization and provides strategic direction. Board members are selected from AltusGroup’s […]
AltusGroup members awarded for UHPC Innovation
AltusGroup members Spring Valley Corp and Gage Brothers were recognized for exemplary UHPC design, engineering and production at the Third International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC), this June in Wilmington, Del. The awards were presented for innovative technologies and progressive practices by architects, engineers, owners and materials specialists to promote excellence in design, […]
AltusGroup Expands Innovation Partner Roster with BASF
BASF, with its Neopor® GPS graphite polystyrene rigid foam insulation suitable for precast insulated wall panels, has joined AltusGroup as its 10th Innovation Partner. BASF launched the ultra-low embodied carbon version of Neopor® Graphite Polystyrene called Biomass Balance (BMB) at the 2022 AIA Conference. The biomass balance approach combines renewable feedstock with traditional fossil feedstock […]
Meet the “carbon” in CarbonCast: C-GRID carbon fiber grid used in precast insulated wall panels
C-GRID is carbon fiber grid the enabling technology that gives CarbonCast products their outstanding strength and thermal efficiency. We talked with John Leatham, Director of Sales and Marketing at Chomarat North America, to learn a little more about C-GRID, how it was developed, how it is made and how it delivers its performance characteristics. How […]
Precast walls for data centers
As our needs for data storage increase with cloud-based data storage, streaming video, virtual reality and much more, data center operators are seeking the most dependable and cost-competitive exterior wall solution. With an unmatched combination of strength, speed, quality and energy efficiency, CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Systems are a preferred choice. Several of our […]
