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....
Press Release: Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) Announces Annual Scholarship Program
Why Massachusetts Should Build With Safe Building Materials
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...
Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association Concrete Pavement Award Nomination
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....
Brad Stevenson, Executive Director of the Utah Ready Mixed Concrete Association Receives State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award
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....
Video, Highlights & 2020 Paving Award Winners: Utah Concrete Paving Workshop
Watch the video of the entire Utah Concrete Paving Workshop: Moving the Economy, see the Concrete Paving Award winning projects, industry expert bios, the future of the industry & more. The workshop featured important topics, insights and analysis relevant to concrete paving. ...
Concrete Credentials: Why Perspective Matters in Concrete
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: Why We Pave With Concrete
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....
Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) Announces Formation of Concrete Paving Committee
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 roads that charge electric vehicles could transform the way we travel.”
How to alleviate “range anxiety” when it comes to driving EVs? Research and testing are ongoing worldwide on the viability or “concrete ‘eRoads’ that would inductively charge EVs as they travel. This inductive charging is wireless and would occur if the vehicle is stationary or moving. ...
Pervious Concrete Can Help Check Global Warming & Help Recharge Groundwater
Questions or concerns about ???????? ????????? Some of the points to consider: • Pervious concrete can help check global warming • Pervious concrete can help reduce ambient temperatures around • Can recharge groundwater • Cheaper than conventional concrete ...
Pervious Gravel Paving Part of Award-Winning Agricultural Design
The agricultural equipment storage structure is completely self-sufficient. Innovative materials were used – “including ???????? ?????? ?????? for all open vehicle storage bays and livestock pens, maximizing the amount of rainwater that is filtered back through the the soil... ...
Group celebrates completion of Highway 99 sidewalk section
A community group has been advocating to improve their little stretch of Highway 99 by adding safe sidewalks and bike lanes. They celebrated when their section was completed. The new sidewalks are made with pervious concrete that allows rain to drain through the pavement....
Concrete Military Listening Devices Inspire Concrete Lamps
Concrete “listening ears” were replaced by radar, but they left an impact on designers. Matali Crasset, the artistic director of French concrete specialist Concrete by LCDA, has created a collection of concrete furniture, including a lamp shaped like the military listening devices. ...
Urban Heat Islands: UHI. We know the definition.
Urban Heat Islands: UHI is when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. We know the cause is the different surfaces in each environment and how much heat they absorb and hold. One might assume that concrete is the cause. In fact, it can be a solution....
Save the Salmon – use pervious concrete!
"Every time a car drives down the road, it leaves little bits of its tires, little bits of its brake pads, little bits of its exhaust. Then when it rains, that rain carries all of that pollution into Puget Sound. That is part of what is killing our salmon and killing the ecosystem."...
What’s porous paving?
All new lots in New Orleans must (use porous paving) in city's fight with water woes. New Orleans is a city often inundated by water and, just as often, a city frustrated in its attempts to deal with it. Article by BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | STAFF WRITER at The Times-Picayune...
You Had Me at Concrete
A big thank you to everyone who came out for the Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF) training in Salt Lake City last week! 150 contractors and other professionals involved in the construction industry signed up and 140 showed up! Fortunately, everyone was gracious when we ran out of seats and it became ...
Concrete home withstands Hurricane Michael
The New York Times published...aerial images showing a mile-long stretch of Mexico Beach where at least three-quarters of the buildings were damaged, but Dr. Lackey saw his [concrete home] still standing, majestic amid the apocalyptic wreckage, the last surviving beachfront house on his block....
Dangers Shown in Recent SLC Apartment Fires
In a typical year, fire departments are called to more than 1.7 million fires, one every 18 seconds. Over 80,000 are in apartments, 2,000 in hotels and motels, and 740 in dormitories. These structure fires cause more than $9 billion in property damage each year, about half in residential properties....