Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CMCM staff The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is accepting through October 6 applications for producers to contribute data underpinning the Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration Version 4.0 (IW-EPD v4) and Benchmark Report. The new document will feature carbon dioxide emissions and other Read more…
Sources: Federal Highway Administration; CMCM staff Federal Highway Administration Sustainable Pavements Program team members are engaging with representatives of the 40 state departments of transportation implementing Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Sustainable Project Delivery. The initiative is part of the 2023-2024 round of Every Day Counts, an FHWA program launched Read more…
Sources: Chaney Enterprises, Gambrills, Md.; CMCM staff Chaney Enterprises’ new Ever Concrete Series affords architects, engineers, contractors and owners an opportunity to consciously reduce the embodied carbon of their projects by selecting from a range of mixes that utilize less carbon-intensive ingredients, coupled with innovative sustainable solutions and carbon offsets. Read more…
Sources: CarbonBuilt, Los Angeles; CMCM staff Commercial production of the world’s first ultra-low carbon concrete masonry units (CMU) is under way at Blair Block of Childersburg, Ala. plant. The operation leverages CarbonBuilt technology that reduces embodied carbon by 70-100 percent compared to traditional concrete blocks. The charter production line will Read more…
Sources: U.S. General Services Administration; CMCM staff The U.S. General Services Administration has commenced a six-month procurement pilot to test Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) submittal requirements for asphalt, concrete, glass and steel specified in 11 Inflation Reduction Act-backed building or paving projects. The pilot will generate insights into regional market Read more…
The American Institute of Steel Construction stakes Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges (ANSI/AISC 303-16) on ASTM A6-19 product. AISC issued the Industry Wide Fabricated Hot-Rolled Structural Sections Environmental Product Declaration in 2021, based on member producer and fabricator survey data. The majority of steel used in Read more…
More commonly known as rebar, ASTM A615/A706 concrete reinforcing bar is milled in common diameters, #4 through #12, from Grades 40 to 120 carbon steel. The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute issued its second Industry Wide Steel Reinforcement Bar Environmental Product Declaration in September 2022. The carbon dioxide emissions factor in Read more…