Recently added articles from Concrete Construction:
PCA staff in Capital's first green office building.(News & Events)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has relocated its Washington, D.C., offices into a sustainable building, re-affirming the cement industry's commitment to sustainable development. PCA moved its D.C. offices to the National Association of Realtors building in June. The ...
Building with concrete competes with steel.(News & Events)
Sep 01, 2006 ... According to the Boston Globe, the developers of a new luxury condominium in Providence, R.I., scrapped plans for a steel structure and drew up a new design in concrete. Other parts of the country favor concrete, which is more expensive, but in the East almost all modern towers and tall ...
Study details advantages of performance-based specifications.(News & Events)
Sep 01, 2006 ... A study by the NRMCA Research Laboratory compares the properties of concrete mixtures optimized for performance that may not comply with typical prescriptive provisions in specifications for concrete construction. The Prescription to Performance (P2P) Initiative has been ...
TCA forms seismic design task group.(News & Events)
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced the formation of a seismic design task group. According to Jim Baty, technical director of the TCA, the task group was formed as a proactive measure to involve the experts in the tilt-up industry. Responding to concerns about ...
A long or short 50 years.(Hime & Erlin on Concrete)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Fifty years, five decades, half a century is a long time to some. To others it seems like an instant, or just a period when memories were created that provide things to think about, including things you did or things did not do but intended to do. To Bill it means over 50 years of life in ...