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Article: A long or short 50 years.(Hime & Erlin on Concrete)
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- Concrete Construction
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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Fifty years, five decades, half a century is a long time to some. To others it seems like an instant, or just a period when memories were created that provide things to think about, including things you did or things did not do but intended to do. To Bill it means over 50 years of life in the portland cement and concrete industries, to Bernie it's exactly 50 years, and to CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 50 years is its lifetime.
We remember 50 years ago when Bill Avery began CC. In 1956 Bill Hime already had five years in our industry and was a chemist at the Research and Development Laboratories of the Portland Cement Association (PCA); Bernie was just beginning his ...