Between its 14 cement plants, hundreds of ready-mix concrete plants and quarries, and distribution stations in the U.S., Cemex employs about 15, 000 American workers.

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Currently, he's buying Florida Rock (nyse: FRK - news - people ), one of the nation's biggest makers of ready-mix concrete.

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Three years ago Cemex would tell customers it would try to make deliveries of ready-mix concrete (the kind that comes in the trucks with rotating barrels) within three hours of agreed delivery times.

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The design is a mix of concrete pathways, ample seating areas and architectural features.

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The question is whether some cities have overdone it, meaning the boom will end sooner than expected as second and third tier cities look to fill in vacancies at residential and commercial developments before they mix more concrete to build more.

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While the old pier was held up by wooden pilings, the new structure likely will be built with a mix of wooden and concrete supports and made to meet tougher standards set by Seaside Heights and the state.

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In the foot-well and the wheel arches, scientists found traces of a distinctive mix of chalk, brick dust and concrete used to cover the road leading to the ditch.

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The large, spare rooms of the brick warehouses and concrete silos, where contemporary art and unusual antiques mix with farm tables and oversize slipcovered sofas, encapsulate his vision in its most elevated form.

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