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January 5, 2015
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
MIT Researchers Map FuelEfficient Roads
The Concrete Sustainability Hub at MIT recently released the research brief “Mapping of ExcessFuel Consumption” that illustrates a way to calculate what sections of a highway network have thehighest level of fuel consumption. The ratings are based on pavement material, structural properties,and roughness.
Working with data for the Commonwealth of Virginia, researchers integrated their analysis into aGeographical Information System to generate a map illustrating fuel consumption at differentlocations throughout the highway network.
They found that only 1.3 percent of the analyzed interstate network is responsible for 10 percent ofgreenhouse gas emissions, which means that the rehab of those few lane miles would result insignificant improvement.
Two factors contribute to how pavements affect fuel consumption: deflection and roughness.Deflection has a higher impact for trucks and heavy vehicles, while roughness is more important forcars.
The findings suggest that using stiffer pavements in roads with high truck traffic and smootherpavements in roads with high car traffic leads to the highest reduction in fuel consumption.Furthermore, higher excess fuel consumption is observed around cities with highvolume traffic.
Read more at ThinkHarder. Blog.
Member News
Wildlife Habitat Council Annual Symposium Features Titan America Plant
Titan America’s Pennsuco Plant was celebrated for corporateconservation after its threeyear effort to save native trees in around theFlorida plant. Maleuca trees, thought to be harmless and put in by theCorps of Engineers in the 1940s, were declared an invasive species inthe 1990s. The company removed the maleuca trees and replacedthem with native trees including gumbo limbo, live oak, and red maple.Titan Environmental Manager Muhammad Khan presented a casestudy on Florida’s ecological restoration at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s annual symposium lastmonth.
Titan employees at the Pennsuco complex received international recognition for their contributionsto conservation education at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s 25th Annual Symposium in 2013. Titandemonstrated its continued commitment to environmental stewardship by achieving CorporateLands for Learning certification at the complex.
The Wildlife Habitat Council is a nonprofit, nonlobbying organization dedicated to increasing thequality and amount of wildlife habitat on corporate, private and public lands.
Association News
PCA Staff Takes Active Role in ACI
Portland Cement Association staff continue to lend their expertise and talents to American ConcreteInstitute (ACI) boards and committees. For more than a century, ACI has served as the concreteindustry’s nonprofit technical society and standard developing organization. Below are the PCAstaff’s ACI engagements for 2015:
Wayne Adaska, director, pavements 98 TAC Construction Standards Committee, 229 ControlledLow Strength Materials, 230 Soil Cement, 325 Concrete Pavements, and 327 Roller CompactedConcrete
Richard Bohan, director, manufacturing technology – 351 Foundations for Equipment andMachinery, S802 Teaching Methods and Educational Materials, S804 Student and YoungProfessional Awards, and 701 Materials for Concrete Construction
James Farny, market manager, buildings 310 Decorative Concrete, 332 Residential ConcreteWork, 524 Plastering, 560 Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs), and C670 Masonry Certification
Patti Flesher, senior director, communications – Marketing Committee
Steve Kosmatka, vice president, research & technical services ACI Board, Membership, 63Marketing, 80 Publications, 123 Research, 232 Fly Ash, Concrete Research Council, and StrategicDevelopment Council Technology Transfer Advisory Group
Lawrence Novak, director of structural engineering 130 Sustainability of Concrete, 130AMaterials, 130F Social Issues, 130G Education/Certification, 209 Creep and Shrinkage, 318Structural Concrete Building Code, 318D Members, 318E Sectional and Member Strength, 318EAElectronic Version of the Code, 318W International Workshop, 445 Shear and Torsion, and 445AStrut and Tie Methods
Stephen Szoke, senior director, codes & standards Committee on Codes and StandardsAdvocacy and Outreach, 122 Energy Efficiency of Concrete and Masonry Systems (joint with TheMasonry Society), 216 Fire Resistance, and Fire Protection of Structures (joint with The MasonrySociety)
Paul Tennis, director, product standards & technology 201 Durability, 201A Durability of SulfateAttack, 211 Proportioning Concrete Mixtures, 211N Proportioning with Ground Limestone andMineral Fillers, 225 Hydraulic Cement, 532 Pervious Concrete, and C601H0 Cement Testing
Michelle Wilson, director, education E707 Specification Education, 201 Durability, 301Specifications for Concrete, and 329 Performance Testing Requirements.
Resiliency
Check Out Safe Rooms at Las Vegas Trade Shows
PCA is partnering with the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) and the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) to presenta Tornado Safe Room Showcase at both the International BuildersShow, January 2022, and World of Concrete, February 36, in LasVegas.
Safe rooms produced with precast, masonry, castinplace, andinsulating concrete form construction and adhering to the most currentFEMA guidelines for building safe rooms will be on display. Homebuilders and concrete contractors will be able to view up close
the inherent resilience of concrete systems.
Contact Donn Thompson or Alpa Swinger
Manufacturing
Registration Open for 57 IEEEIAS/PCA Cement Industry TechnicalConference
Registration is now available for the 57 annual IEEEIAS/PCA Cement Industry TechnicalConference, April 2530, 2015, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, Canada.
The largest conference in the industry, this meeting is an excellent opportunity to learn the latesteconomic forecast, industry news, government regulations updates, and the latest technology thatimpacts its operations and business continuity.
The meeting will include presentations from the industry’s top technical people, addressing thediverse technical issues and proposing potential solutions to the many challenges facing the cementindustry. In addition, St. Mary’s Bowmanville facility, Canada’s largest cement plant, will host tours.
Register online at www.CementConference.org.
Education & Training
PCA Offers Discounted World of Concrete Registration
As a World of Concrete 2015 cosponsor, PCA offers discount admission to exhibits. By registeringthrough PCA and using promo code A32, exhibit admission is only $20, a $40 savings.
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Additionally, PCA receives a rebate from HanleyWood based on thenumber of preregistered attendees who come to the show.
World of Concrete 2015 will be held in Las Vegas on February 26,2015. The largest, most comprehensive commercial concrete andmasonry event for the concrete industry features more than 1,500exhibitors and more than 100 seminars and conference sessions.
For discounted registration, click here.
Meetings and Events
2015 NAHB International Builders' ShowJanuary 2022, 2015 Las Vegas, Nevada More information
World of ConcreteFebruary 26, 2015 Las Vegas, NevadaMore information
FullDepth Reclamation SymposiumFebruary 1011, 2015 Greenville, South Carolina More information
PCA Spring Board and Committee MeetingsApril 79, 2015 Chicago, IllinoisMore information
2015 IEEEIAS/PCA Cement ConferenceApril 2630, 2015 Toronto, Ontario More information
International Cement Microscopy Association ConferenceMay 37, 2015Seattle, WashingtonMore information
University Professors’ Masonry WorkshopMarch 810, 2015State College, PennsylvaniaMore information
PCA Fall Committee MeetingAugust 31September 1, 2015Chicago, IllinoisMore information
PCA Fall Board MeetingNovember 1617, 2015Laguna Niguel, CaliforniaMore information
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