ASTM to Co-sponsor 2013 Sustainability Conference, Consider Papers for Advanced Materials Journal

ASTM International has agreed to co-sponsor NRMCA’s 2013 International Concrete Sustainability Conference. The 8th annual conference, scheduled for May 6-8 in San Francisco at the Hotel Sofitel San Francisco Bay (Redwood City, CA), will provide learning and networking opportunities on the latest advances, technical knowledge, continuing research, tools and solutions for sustainable concrete manufacturing and construction. In addition, ASTM International has committed to reviewing papers submitted for the conference. Authors will be contacted by ASTM and considered for publication in the ASTM journal titled Advances in Civil Engineering Materials.

This year’s conference is being conducted in cooperation with the Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the RMC Research & Education Foundation along with over 30 additional co-sponsors. Researchers, academics, students, engineers, architects, contractors, concrete producers, public works officials, material suppliers and concrete industry professionals are invited to present and attend the conference. Over 60 world renowned experts will present the latest developments related to design, specifying, manufacturing, testing, construction, maintenance and research of concrete as they relate to sustainability. Topics include:

• Life Cycle Assessment

• Low Impact Development

• Green Concrete

• New Concrete Technology

• Sustainability Initiatives

• Functional Resilience