NRMCA Details How Improving Concrete Quality Course Benefits Learners and the Industry
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The Improving Concrete Quality course is an excellent option for concrete producers, ingredient material suppliers, testing labs and design professionals looking to understand the impacts of investments in concrete quality on their businesses. NRMCA Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Karthik Obla and instructor of the course points out that quantifiable concrete quality indicators are often not tracked in the industry, meaning that the returns on quality investments are not well understood. However, he provides a tangible example of how producing higher quality concrete can significantly save costs, explaining “if you reduce the variability of concrete, if you’re producing a more consistent product, then you don’t have to increase your overdesign. You can save on concrete material cost - you can save a lot of money.” Professionals enrolled in this course can expect to gain a greater understanding of many other ways in which improving concrete quality can increase profitability and the performance of their products.
The course is also heavily focused on quantification methods and practices to reduce variability and improve the quality of concrete products. Karthik summarizes this by saying “that’s one of the special things about the class. We try to focus more on quantifying the impact of improved quality.” Members interested in finding out more about the contents of this course can view the schedule on this informational page which outlines numerous topics related to quantifying concrete quality among the other subjects covered in this program.
In addition to Obla, the course is taught by Kevin A. MacDonald, president and principal engineer of Beton Consulting Engineers LLC. Together, they adapted the book Improving Concrete Quality, published by Obla in June 2014, into this convenient one-day course. NRMCA encourages members to register for the next session on Wednesday, September 25, in Metro Kansas City while there are still open seats remaining.
