Webinar frames “Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint”

Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CMCM staff National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Senior Director, Building Innovations Donn Thompson, AIA, LEED-AP-BD+C will lead “Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint,” a July 18 American Concrete Institute webinar to help design and construction professionals understand the basics of embodied Read more…

UN office facilitates global cement, concrete, steel PCR harmonization

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna; CMCM staff Officials of global or national cement, concrete and steel groups recently convened in Vienna for a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) workshop aimed at developing a harmonized guideline for Product Category Rules. PCR Read more…

Ready Mixed Concrete

Ready mixed concrete is defined in the ASTM C 94 standard and specified for cast-in-place, reinforced and/or post-tensioned structural conditions. It combines hydraulic binder, primarily portland cement but also supplementary materials such as Class F or Class C fly ash, slag or pozzolan; chemical or mineral admixtures; sand, gravel or Read more…