C09 – Concrete Products

ASTM C01/09 summer meetings canceled; alternatives pursued

April 27, 2020 Concrete News

Source: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.

ASTM International staff will confer with C01 Committee on Cement and C09 Committee on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates leadership regarding alternatives to meetings scheduled June 28-July 2 in Boston, all of which have been canceled. ASTM announced the change in response to continued review of information and recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and other governmental bodies; input from ASTM International members whose organizations are increasingly concerned with travel; and, specific information on the projected city restrictions, with input from the hotels. Looking forward, ASTM will rely on these and other relevant criteria and input points to assess the status of future standards development meetings.

ASTM C09 publishes UHPC testing, RCC density and air standards

August 29, 2017 Concrete News

The new ASTM International C1856/C1856M–17 Standard Practice for Fabricating and Testing Specimens of Ultra-High Performance Concrete covers requisite procedures for a material increasingly specified in bridge deck closures; thin-section architectural precast concrete elements; and, high-end, decorative furnishings or components.

Environmental Product Declarations workshop dovetails ASTM C09 committee meetings

July 29, 2013 Concrete News

Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff

“An Introduction to Product Category Rules (PCR), Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and Other Aspects of Sustainable Process and Resilient Materials” will be held December 8 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville (Fla.) Riverfront, host venue of ASTM Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates standards development meetings.

Global cement group guides Environmental Product Declarations for plain concrete

February 13, 2013 Concrete News

Sources: World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Geneva; CP staff

WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative’s (CSI) new Product Category Rules (PCR) for unreinforced concrete offer producers a common methodology to prepare Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for their mixes. CSI membership includes all multinational companies with integrated North American operations: Argos, CRH, Cemex, GCC, Heidelberg, Holcim, Lafarge, Taiheiyo, Titan and Votorantim.

NRMCA set to verify Environmental Product Declarations per new LEED, IgCC versions

September 4, 2012 Concrete News

Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.

NRMCA has become an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Program Operator, a designation enabling it to help members meet new requirements in LEED v4, International Green Construction Code (IgCC) and the Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products. EPDs are third-party verified reports published by product manufacturers that provide quality assured and comparable information regarding the environmental performance of their product.

C09 advances Lightweight Aggregate for Internal Curing

October 31, 2011 CP Staff

Improved understanding of internal curing processes and how pre-wetted, lightweight aggregate economically increases concrete durability is driving development of an ASTM International standard, WK34078, Specification for Lightweight Aggregate for Internal Curing of Concrete.