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Lehigh issues first EPD based on Cement Product Category Rule 2.0

Details: Published: Friday, 26 June 2020 14:46; Written by Concrete News

Lehigh Hanson, Inc., Irving, Texas; CP staff

Lehigh Cement has published the industry's first Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) utilizing the new North American Product Category Rule (PCR) for Portland, Blended, Masonry, Mortar, and Stucco Cements. The latter document enables Lehigh and fellow Portland Cement Association and Cement Association of Canada members to tailor EPD to sustainability and green building practitioners' increasingly robust transparency standards.

Clark Pacific, Wells Concrete team on turnkey building envelope venture

Details: Published: Friday, 26 June 2020 10:48; Written by Concrete News

Sources: Clark Pacific, West Sacramento, Calif.; CP staff

Major architectural and structural precast producers Clark Pacific and Wells Concrete have entered a partnership to support nationwide availability of Infinite Facade, a prefabricated concrete panel and glazing solution the former company unveiled in 2019.

Report questions 90-minute discharge window in ASTM C94

Details: Published: Tuesday, 23 June 2020 14:20; Written by Concrete News

Sources: Ready Mixed Concrete Research & Education Foundation, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff

Findings in a new RMC Research & Education Foundation report, "Impact of Extended Time to Discharge on Concrete Durability and Performance," support reexamination of the 90-minute delivery threshold in ASTM C94, Standard Specification for Ready Mixed Concrete.

NPCA to resume audits for precast plant certification

Details: Published: Monday, 22 June 2020 10:02; Written by Concrete News

Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.

After a nearly four-month, pandemic-spurred hiatus, National Precast Concrete Association Plant Certification resumes July 6, the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Committee modifying the program to allow for virtual and in-plant audits through the remainder of 2020. All annual renewal audits, regardless of method, will be unannounced and scored against the current NPCA Quality Control Manual for Plant Certification grading schedule.

Liebherr engineers invite small orders with self-service batch plant

Details: Published: Monday, 22 June 2020 09:20; Written by Concrete News

Sources: Liebherr-Mischtechnik GmbH, Germany; CP staff

Virginia-based Liebherr USA's parent company plans a global launch this summer of an automated batch plant tailored to small professional or do-it-yourself project customers. With output at about 35 yd./hour, the model will be equipped for adjustable height discharge of .20- to 2.5-yd. loads in small trailers or larger vehicles, including conventional mixer trucks.

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