332 – Residential Concrete – The research funded by the RMC Research & Education Foundation at the University of Washington was presented to the above grade wall subcommittee. The work was very well received with several people asking how they can participate in the upcoming testing and looking at ways to incorporate the results in ACI standards.

522 – Pervious Concrete –The committee is working to address TAC comments on the 522R guide document. The committee is soliciting pervious concrete topics for research. Amanda Hult maintains representation in ACI 522.

555 – Recycled Materials – ACI’s TAC has advised the committee to split the existing document into three reports: 1. removal of hardened concrete; 2. reuse of hardened concrete; 3. unbound recycled concrete applications. Karthik Obla maintains representation in ACI 555.

560 – ICF Buildings – The committee is working on developing/updating its guide documents on design and construction of ICF buildings.

Concrete Research Council (CRC) – The Council of the ACI Foundation selected eight research projects – four in materials and four in structural design – for funding in its 2021 cycle. Projects are supported by ACI committees and funded at a level of $50,000. There were in excess of 40 proposals submitted for funding. CRC also recognized Professor Michael Thomas for lifetime achievement for research in concrete with the Robert E. Philleo Award. Thomas is an instructor in the NRMCA Concrete Durability Course. Also recognized by the ACI Foundation were Antonio Nanni with the Boase Award for Structural Research and Claude Bedard with the Jean-Claude Roumain Innovation in Concrete Award.

For more information, contact Colin Lobo at clobo@nrmca.org.