CHICAGO - A draft of the next edition of the AISC Specification for Safety-Related Steel Structures for Nuclear Facilities (AISC N690) is now available for public review and comment. The 2024 update of N690 will supersede the 2018 version. The updated…
Improved AWWA C904 Important for Underground Potable PEX Water Service Line Installation
The updated AWWA C904-22 can help installers meet the rapidly growing need to replace lead pipes with PEX. Photo courtesy of PPI-member company…
Concrete Manufacturer Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Metsä Wood Develop New Hybrid Element
Swedish concrete manufacturer Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish producer of engineered wood products Metsä Wood, have initiated a cross-industry…
Time-traveling concrete: S&T researcher looks to ancient Rome to transform modern industry
Dr. Monday Uchenna Okoronkwo recently received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program award. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T. ROLLA, Mo. – A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology…
McKinsey Report: Procurement must play key role in decarbonizing construction
Chief procurement officers (CPOs) will be the main drivers for improving the sustainability of construction projects and overall profitability 19 April 2023: The latest research from McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) emphasizes that procurement in construction…
New USGS-FEMA Study Highlights Economic Earthquake Risk in the United States
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. Map showing distribution of average annualized earthquake loss by region. The high concentration of loss in California and the West Coast is consistent with that region’s high seismic hazard, significant population, and building…
American Concrete Institute Releases 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute has released the 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction,…
Project Will Test Regional Wood in High-Tech Timber Construction Products
The goal behind the UNH Cooperative Extension project funded by the Future Forest Economy Initiative is to increase demand for cross-laminated timber panels created using spruce-pine-fir lumber from the Northern Forest so that more mass-timber projects like…
American Concrete Institute Introduces New Guide for Shotcrete
FARMINGTON HILLS, MI: (March 16, 2023) The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 506, has released ACI PRC-506-22: Shotcrete—Guide. The newly introduced guide provides information on materials and properties of both dry-mix and wet-mix…
Circular Economy of Cement Could Be Worth €110 Billion by 2050, McKinsey & Company Report Shows
A circular economy of concrete and cement could produce €110 billion in net value and avoid or mitigate two billion tons of COâ‚‚ emissions by 2050, according to a new McKinsey & Company report. This will be driven by capture, storage and usage of CO2…
