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Earlier this month, NRMCA Engineering Staff traveled to Seattle to attend the ASTM meeting of Committees C09 on Concrete, C01 on Cement, and E05 on Fire. The following is a summary of action with ready mixed concrete implications.

 

C09.20 Aggregates - Some of the aggregate test methods will be reviewed for revisions as they approach a time limit on the last version. Revisions to the specification for mineral fillers, ASTM C1797, to remove a requirement to measure total organic carbon will be balloted. The subcommittee continues to work on simplifying the deleterious material limit for coarse aggregates and to possibly remove the map representing weather regions in the U.S.

NRMCA in conjunction with the Arkansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association is presenting the one-day course Improving Concrete Quality, intended for concrete producers, ingredient material suppliers, engineers, testing labs and contractors, on September 14 in Little Rock. Improved concrete quality can benefit all stakeholders in a concrete construction project. This course will address the following:

 

NRMCA’s Annual Safety Award acknowledges the significant contribution that safe work practices gives to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry as a whole. The NRMCA Annual Safety Award is presented to an individual or company whose actions represent the very highest in the advancement of safety in the ready mixed concrete industry. The award program is generously sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB).