PCI publishes Industry Average EPDs for each of nine regions

Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff Using data from 62 producer member plants, the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has released Industry Average Environmental Product Declarations for Architectural, Insulated and Structural precast elements. Each IW EPD reflects cradle-to-gate parameters and provides global warming potential plus other requisite metrics for products in two combined and seven individual PCI regions: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic,…

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ASTM C01/09 call for Low-Carbon Concrete Workshop papers

Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff ASTM Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates are accepting 250- to 300-word abstracts of candidate papers for Workshop on Low-Carbon Concrete, scheduled for December 7, 2025 amid standards development meetings in Atlanta. The program will examine the release of new code requirements, government grants, and increased use…

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LCA survey pinpoints growing demand for EPD submittals

The 2025 Carbon Experts Report from One Click LCA, a sustainability platform with Helsinki headquarters and New York satellite office, underscores the positive impact of life-cycle assessments (LCAs) on reducing embodied carbon in construction, increasing influence of building material choices, and barriers to further progress. LCAs are tools for calculating the environmental impact of processes and products during their life…

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The ABCs and Ds of Environmental Product Declarations for Concrete

I want to start this column by saying I am frequently surprised when we get a call from producers requesting EPDs that the first question is: “I have a big project coming and I need EPDs, can you explain what they are? And how do I get one?” This column will focus on what they are, so the many of…

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Destiny Unlocked

A visit with 2024-25 National Precast Concrete Association Chair Kevin Camp Many years working on the family farm and at Milton, Vt.-based Camp Precast Concrete Products has led Kevin Camp to his latest adventure—chair of the NPCA. The second-generation owner of Camp Precast always knew he was destined to work with precast. In addition to wanting to follow in his…

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NEU releases Carbon Neutral Concrete Summit initiatives

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete—a pioneering force in accelerating the adoption and use of reduced-carbon concrete technologies—assembled members, allies and federal agency representatives in Columbia, Md. for its Fall 2024 Summit. The event focused on federal initiatives to accelerate reduced-carbon concrete technologies and marked a milestone in collaborative efforts to address the challenges of implementing…

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Gotham Ready Mix: Leading by Innovation

Gotham Ready Mix, a concrete supplier in New York City, is no stranger to innovation, delivering performance materials to mid- and high-rise residential or commercial projects across the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx boroughs. The producer started in 2019 with 35 trucks and three plants in Brooklyn and Bronx. Fast-forward to 2024 and it has grown drastically. Gotham Ready Mix…

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LCA specialist opens largest carbon database for construction

Sources: One Click LCA, Helsinki and New York; CP staff One Click LCA, a sustainability platform for construction stakeholders, presents Materials Compass as a new tool giving designers, engineers, and specifiers access to the world’s largest construction life-cycle assessment (LCA) database—showing the environmental impact of 250,000-plus construction materials or products. With comprehensive global data from environmental product declarations (EPD), Materials…

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Energy Department spawns Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence

The Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) will create a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon material technologies. U.S. National Laboratories can receive up to $9 million through an upcoming competitive call to organize and lead the effort. DOE and IEDO officials envision the center as a) supporting…

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EPA funding fuels NRMCA promotion of low carbon concrete

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has secured a $9.63 million Environmental Protection Agency Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction Materials and Products Program grant, enabling the group and its Build With Strength team to further educate the architectural and engineering communities on designing and specifying low carbon concrete.…

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