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• ASTM Highlights Sustainability, Harmonization of Standards

  Posted On: December 29, 2010

  The Think Concrete blog is back after a brief hiatus for the holidays and we’d like to wish everyone a happy holiday season and healthy new year. We’d like to start with an update from the ASTM meetings held in New Orleans earlier this month, highlighting sustainability, limestone provisions and ...

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  Category: Sustainability

• NIBS Seeks Second Presentation of HPBRS

  Posted On: December 15, 2010

  The National Institute for Building Sciences (NIBS) recently requested a second presentation of PCA’s High Performance Building Requirements for Sustainability (HPBRS).  The NIBS High Performance Building Council (HPBC), was formed with the charge to “explore the potential for accelerating development of consensus-based voluntary standards to set requirements for less resource-intensive, ...

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  Category: Sustainability

• MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Releases Preliminary Research

  Posted On: December 13, 2010

  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released preliminary research findings that will help set a new standard in life-cycle assessment (LCA) modeling. The studies are part of the ongoing research initiative at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, which was formed in late 2009 in collaboration with the Portland Cement Association ...

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  Category: Sustainability

• UNH Researches Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements

  Posted On: December 09, 2010

  Late in summer 2010, the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (UNHSC) initiated research on permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICP).   Approximately 14,000 square feet of permeable interlocking concrete pavers were installed on a driveway and parking lot, replacing an existing, worn asphalt pavement

  The pavement cross section consists of 3-1/8 ...

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  Category: Education

• Washington Post: Stimulus Was Here, But Where Are the Jobs?

  Posted On: December 06, 2010

  As we’ve seen in numerous reports here and elsewhere, a lot of the early emphasis of the stimulus plan was spent on shovel-ready projects. One of the unfortunate side effects of this approach has been that the creation of jobs – one of the primary goals of the stimulus investment ...

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  Category: Paving Projects

• October Producer Price Index: Steel Up, Others Flat

  Posted On: December 01, 2010

  Steel prices rose 1.4 percent from September to October while prices for other building materials remained flat, according to the October Producer Price Index. Lumber declined by 0.7 percent and asphalt prices were down 0.5 percent. Concrete prices were unchanged.

  For the last 12 months, steel prices have increased by ...

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  Category: Market Intelligence

• PCA Celebrates Sustainable Legacy of Marina City

  Posted On: November 29, 2010

  Marina City’s concrete twin towers stand as an architectural achievement and an icon for the city of Chicago. Marina City is also a milestone for sustainable construction. The concrete structure’s durability has proven to be adaptable to several re-uses and its initial concept of a “city within a city” was ...

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  Category: Sustainability

• Salt River Materials Group Honored For Energy Leadership

  Posted On: November 18, 2010

  Salt River Materials Group (SRMG) was honored recently by the Arizona Authority and the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED) with The Excellence in Economic Development and Energy Leadership Award. The award, which was presented by Gov. Jan Brewer during the Governor's Rural and Regional Development Conference in Flagstaff, Ariz., ...

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  Category: Awards

• World Cement Consumption Expected to Grow 5.3% This Year

  Posted On: November 17, 2010

  World cement consumption is expected to grow 5.3 percent this year, despite economic distress that continues to grip developed countries, according to a recent PCA Market Intelligence report.  This will be followed by gains of 5.8 percent and 5.1 percent in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

  Growth in cement consumption among ...

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  Category: Market Intelligence

• Transportation Leaders Support Deficit Commission Proposal

  Posted On: November 15, 2010

  PCA was part of a diverse coalition of transportation interests that released a statement last week on the draft proposal issued by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility that would increase the gas tax by 15 cents to support vital transportation infrastructure improvements. The statement reads as follows:

  "We applaud ...

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  Category: Legislation

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