NRMCA webinar covers draft Environmental Product Declaration standard for concrete

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

A free, one-hour webinar NRMCA is presenting at 3 p.m. (EST) March 1 and 15 will examine “Product Category Rules for ISO 14025 Type III Environmental Product Declarations for Concrete,” a draft download of which is open to comment through the end of the month.

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NPCA Plant Certification shifts to new Quality Control Manual criteria

Source: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.

Effective March 1, the NPCA Quality Assurance Committee is applying the 9th Edition of the Quality Control Manual for Precast and Prestressed Concrete Plants to producers seeking or renewing plant certification. Available for free download, the manual is the baseline reference for a plant certification program now required by 34 state departments of transportation.

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