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…
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Maryland 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…
Read MoreICC-ES veteran to spearhead ACI NEU, NEX certification work
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The American Concrete Institute has enlisted Mahmut Ekenel to support development of certification and conformity assessment programs, primarily those of two ACI Centers of Excellence: NEU for Carbon Neutral Concrete and NEX for Nonmetallic Building Materials. He brings extensive experience in acceptance criteria for building material evaluation in accordance with the…
Read MoreNPCA CEO Grubbe to replace ACI EVP Burg
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff National Precast Concrete Association President and CEO Fredrick Grubbe, MBA, CAE, has been named successor to American Concrete Institute Executive Vice President Ronald Burg, who is retiring after 13 years with the Institute. “As one of the premier global authorities on all things concrete, ACI…
Read MoreOrganizations – May 2023
The Concrete Industry Board of New York has elected AECOM Tishman Senior Vice President, Civil and Structural Engineering Maggie Kwan to a two-year term as president, succeeding Benjamin Pimentel. She will advance CIB’s mission, support its members and grow the organization’s presence within the industry. In her AECOM Tishman capacity, she is involved in the construction of every tower project…
Read MoreUniversity of Miami’s Nanni leads ACI 2023-24 officer slate
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff University of Miami Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering Chair and Professor Antonio Nanni has been elected American Concrete Institute 2023-24 president. His institute activities have included work on ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code plus International Advisory and Technical Activities Committees, along with ACI Board of Direction and ACI Foundation…
Read MoreACI releases 2023 Collection of Concrete Codes
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices includes dozens of newly published documents, led by ACI 440.11 “Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars.” The Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair,…
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