The 2024 World of Concrete provided the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute a springboard for 100th anniversary observances. Founded in 1924 with priorities that included legal measures to ensure fabricator payments, CRSI has emerged as the trusted industry resource and standards development organization for steel reinforcement, specifically rebar, in concrete construction. Since its inception, the Institute has continually built upon partnerships…
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Nmai, Khan anchor Master Builders Solutions Sustainability Group
Master Builders Solutions has formed a Concrete Sustainability Group aimed at positioning the admixture giant as a go-to knowledge provider for low embodied carbon concrete. The group will focus on fostering effective collaboration among architects, engineers, producers, and contractors to ensure successful outcomes of projects with low-embodied carbon concrete requirements. The company has tapped Director of Sustainability Dr. Charles Nmai,…
Read MoreACI spotlights Low-Carbon Concrete Code at global climate conference
Sources: NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff American Concrete Institute and NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete previewed ACI 323, Low-Carbon Concrete Code at (Conference of Parties) COP28, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-hosted meeting in Dubai. The soon-to-be-released document was the subject of an…
Read MoreEPA, Commerce, Energy, FHWA officials empower Carbon Neutral Summit
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Federal Highway Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology representatives offered and compiled takeaways as participants in the first Summit on Accelerating Carbon Neutral Concrete Materials and Technologies. NEU: An American Concrete Institute Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete hosted the early-fall event to engage public and private construction stakeholders…
Read MoreNPCA names public and private sector-minted executive as new chief
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff The National Precast Concrete Association has appointed Nick Rhoad as president and chief executive officer, effective December 1. He will arrive with 20-plus years of experience in association management, state government roles and private sector economic development work. Rhoad was most recently chief executive officer of the Association of Real Estate…
Read MoreACI 302, ASCC survey stakeholders on portland-limestone cement mixes
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff American Concrete Institute Committee 302, Construction of Concrete Floors, and the American Society of Concrete Contractors are inviting practitioners to share their experiences placing and finishing mixes bearing ASTM C595, Type IL portland-limestone cement (PLC). Their 15-question survey, posted here, launches as cement producers rapidly roll out Type IL—typically ground clinker plus…
Read MoreMaryland ushers third ACI Resource Center
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff Opening just after Labor Day, the American Concrete Institute Mid-Atlantic Resource Center will help meet the region’s increased demand for ACI knowledge through hands-on training and educational offerings. Like the charter ACI Resource Centers in suburban Chicago and southern California, the new Columbia, Md. facility will offer an array of custom…
Read MoreLindsay Precast veteran Hoffman appointed interim NPCA chief
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff The National Precast Concrete Association Board has named Mike Hoffman of Canal Fulton, Ohio as interim chief executive officer. He will oversee the group’s 27-person staff and manage day-to-day headquarters operations while a national search continues for a full-time CEO. Hoffman served as 2018-19 NPCA chair, part of his 13-year involvement…
Read MoreACI presents “Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint”
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CMCM staff A July 18 American Concrete Institute webinar will help design and construction professionals understand the basics of embodied carbon of concrete; evaluate immediate steps that can be taken to reduce carbon footprint when specifying concrete; prioritize design strategies to realize the greatest reductions in carbon footprint using current technologies and design…
Read MoreOrganizations – June 2023
The Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences has named Marshall Brown, founder and chief executive officer of Georgia-based ACM Chemistries, to the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists—the Upstate South Carolina institution’s highest honor. Brown earned undergraduate and graduate Civil Engineering degrees from Clemson, and completed his doctorate in 1988. He has devoted many years…
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