NRMCA Staff, Members Meet with Washington, DC, Transportation Officials
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Representatives of the ready mixed concrete industry recently participated in a public outreach effort hosted by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) that focused on Low Carbon Transportation Materials (LCTM) and held in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration’s LCTM program team providing training to DDOT officials.
NRMCA Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Phil Kresge joined NRMCA members Jan Holt, Chaney Enterprises; Tek Chua, Vulcan Materials; and Rene’ Marais and Henry Prenger, both from Holcim. A prime focus for DDOT is to incorporate Environmental Product Declarations (EPD’s) into its projects. Kresge shared that the ready mixed concrete industry has been very proactive regarding sustainability, explaining that NRMCA has been on the leading edge in producing EPD’s. He also cited the work of the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSH) at MIT, the Reduced Carbon Concrete Consortium (RC3) and the Concrete Advancement Foundation.
DDOT is due to receive at least $22 million, and possibly as much as $30M-$40M, through an LCTM grant from FHWA to implement low carbon materials strategies. Kresge offered the services of NRMCA, CSH and the Foundation to assist in education, outreach and implementation.
For more information, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org.
