Concrete Products - Your Leading Source for Concrete Industry News

OSHA programs application for Form 300A data submission

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:21; Written by Concrete News

Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA plans an August 1 launch for the Injury Tracking Application (ITA), a web-based form allowing employers to electronically submit injury and illness data from their 2016 Form 300A. The agency published a notice of proposed rulemaking in June to extend the data submission deadline to December 2017 to afford affected entities sufficient time to familiarize the electronic reporting system, and the Trump Administration an opportunity to review the new electronic reporting requirements.

New FHWA index measures materials’ steady cost escalation

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 09:17; Written by Concrete News

Sources: Federal Highway Administration; CP staff

The new National Highway Construction Cost Index, dubbed NHCCI 2.0 following major methodological revisions to improve accuracy, shows asphalt, concrete and metal prices rising 107 percent, 61 percent and 45 percent, respectively, from 2003 to 2016.

ACI Council forum to spotlight algae-based binder, CO2-formed aggregate

Details: Published: Tuesday, 25 July 2017 08:54; Written by Concrete News

Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.

The ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council has scheduled showcases on new binder and aggregate developments, plus pavement joint testing methods during its Technology Forum 42, September 6-7 in Reston, Va.:

NRMCA research finds cause to revisit ACI 318 chloride limits

Details: Published: Tuesday, 18 July 2017 09:42; Written by Concrete News

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff

In collaboration with Dr. Neal Berke of Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Tourney Consulting Group, NRMCA has completed research to a) establish a relationship between the calculated total (initial) chloride content and measured water-soluble chloride content in hardened concrete; and, b) potentially give ready mixed producers latitude in mixture adjustments on projects bound by ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.

Penn State affiliate sets 2018 launch for concrete science major

Details: Published: Monday, 17 July 2017 09:32; Written by Concrete News

Sources: Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport; CP staff

A two-year associate degree in concrete science technology will be offered in the fall 2018 semester through the Penn College School of Construction & Design Technologies. Presented as the East Coast’s only program of its kind, it will prepare students for success in concrete production and analytical evaluation.

Concrete News Currents

Concrete News Scope

Final Form - Precast

Help and Support

Contact Details

SEMCO Publishing

8751 E. Hampden Ave B1

Denver, CO 80231 USA

303-283-0640
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.mining-media.com

About Us

Concrete Products covers the issues that attract producers of ready mixed and manufactured concrete. With an editorial focus on equipment and material technology, market development and management topics, Concrete Products provides practical information for management professionals on how to run their day to day business.