Concrete Credentials: Transforming the Concrete Industry's Response to the Climate Crisis with Yasemin Kologlu and Eric Long from Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, a firm committed to responding to the climate crisis....
Building a Habitat for Humanity home takes a village. Suppliers, labor, volunteers, donors, and plenty of sweat equity. For the Haro home, it also took a lot of concrete and insulated concrete forms. Despite delays, the Haro family of 5 moved into their ICF concrete home just in time for Christmas. ...
NRMCA's Gregg Lewis talks with Jerry Reimer, Founder & President of Urban Waters Development, and discuss why he is using Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) in upcoming projects....
NRMCA's Gregg Lewis & President and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council Mahesh Ramanujam, discuss green building standards, environmental sustainability, and LEED certification....
Habitat for Humanity Northern Utah, Utah , Geneva Rock, Altaview Concrete, Jack B. Parson , ICF Manufacturers Association, American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA), and National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, are all working together to deliver a sustainable and resilient concrete home for a ...
In this episode, Gregg sits down with Senator Paul Feeney & Representative Dan Donahue of the Massachusetts State Legislature. They discussed H.2449 and S.1589 — An Act Relative to Safe Building Materials which would strengthen the building code & promote the use of non-combustible materials...
REGISTER NOW for the 2022 Utah Concrete Conference, hosted by the URMCA and ACI Intermountain Chapter. The Concrete Paving Awards will be announced at the conference, to be held March 9, 2022 at Little America, Salt Lake City....
How the cement and concrete industries are working together to drive down the embodied carbon in their products, a conversation with NRMCA's Build with Strength and PCA's Shaped by Concrete executives....
Andrew Athias, Social Media Coordinator for Silvi Group Companies, discusses with NRMCA’s Gregg Lewis why social media is more important than ever for the concrete industry, and how even small producers can make their mark on the internet. ...
How Concrete is Tackling Embodied Carbon and the importance of embodied carbon and the strides the concrete industry is making to reduce carbon output....
Brad Stevenson, executive director of the Utah Ready Mixed Concrete Association, was honored with the State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award at The NRMCA 2021 Annual Convention by the president of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Michael Phillips....
Concrete Credentials episode, Why Perspective Matters in Concrete, featuring Jennifer Mitchell, Sr. Manager, Design+Build at LinkedIn with NRMCA Executive Vice President Gregg Lewis, AIA, LEED AP. "The future for the concrete and construction industries is a much more sustainable one..."...
Concrete Credentials presents a conversation with Jamie Gentoso, CEO-- US Cement at LafargeHolcim and NRMCA Executive Vice President Gregg Lewis, AIA, LEED AP on how the concrete industry is working towards a greener future....
All aspects of pavement engineering, including the applications and use of ready-mixed concrete for streets, local roads and parking areas, including conventional concrete, concrete overlays, roller compacted concrete, and pervious concrete....
Every industry is working to decrease their carbon emissions and become more “sustainable.” That includes the construction industry, and in particular concrete. Its long history of innovation has yielded significant results, some of which are discussed in this article in the New York Times. ...
Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) Announces Formation of Concrete Paving Committee, Leveraging the resources of the Pave Ahead Program will be members of the former Utah Chapter ACPA (UCACPA) to to promote concrete pavement for highways, parking lots, city streets, and roads....
Concrete is the most widely used building product in the world. New innovative concrete products and manufacturing methods include self-cleaning, bendable, cementless and self-consolidating concrete. ...
“One of the problems here in Florida is termites. It is the number one cause for insurance claims … People who have their homes designed and built using concrete block save a substantial amount of money as opposed to wood."...
Road salt is cheap to purchase, but communities often pay a big price down the road. Once chloride-based road salt gets into the water table, lakes and streams, it cannot be removed. It is also toxic to fish and other animals and is corrosive to cars and infrastructure. ...