The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
course “Improving Concrete Quality“
Online course with live 3-hour Zoom sessions over 3 days:
DAY 1: Tuesday, April 19, 2022:
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | BREAK | 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
DAY 2: Wednesday, April 20, 2022:
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | BREAK | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
DAY 3: Thursday, April 21, 2022:
11:00 am Group Discussion and Q&A
Improved concrete quality can benefit all stakeholders in a concrete construction project. This course will answer some of the following questions:
• How do you know if you have good quality—what should be your quality metric?
• How to become more profitable through better quality?
• What are the key statistical calculations you need to know in concrete?
• How to control the mixing water content in concrete?
• How to deal with temperature and delivery time variations?
• What is the most effective way to ensure that your materials ingredients are of good quality?
• How to improve batching accuracy, mixing uniformity?
• How to identify non-standard testing and curing? How to improve testing quality?
• Tests a producer should do, internal audits and many more…
COURSE INSTRUCTORS:
Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D., FACI, President and Principal-Beton Consulting Engineers LLC-Mendota Heights, MN; President, MN Chapter-ACI, Member, Steering Committee-Aggregate & Ready Mix Association-MN—He has specific expertise in the production and performance of concrete
Karthik Obla, Ph.D., P.E., Vice President, Technical Services-NRMCA; Director-NRMCA Research Laboratory; —30 years of experience in concrete technology, he is responsible for NRMCA’s concrete producer quality initiatives as well as various educational and technical programs.
TEACHING GOALS: This course is intended for concrete:
• Producers will learn readily implementable steps to manage variability and attain a more consistent product
• Ingredient suppliers will learn how material variation affects concrete variation
• Engineers will learn the opportunity for improving quality through specifications
• Testing lab professionals will learn to measure and improve testing quality
PROGRAM:
- Overview of Quality Organization
- Quantifying Impact of Quality Systems
- Statistical Concepts for Monitoring Quality
- Monitoring and Controlling Water Content in Mixtures
- Quantifying Variability of Ingredient Materials
- Quantifying Variability Associated with Manufacturing
- Quantifying Variability Associated with Testing – Monitoring Test Data
- Producer Product Testing to Minimize Variability
- What to do with acceptance test data – A case study of 3 projects
- Impact of Specifications on Quality
- The Quality-Sustainability link
- Quality Management System (NRMCA Quality Certification Program)
PURPOSE: Through a variety of resources, this course will help unlock the benefits of improved concrete quality, which has far reaching benefits in:
• Improved performance
• Reduced time
• Costs
• Lower environmental footprint of concrete
• Overall improvement in the quality of concrete construction
Text/Handouts – Publications ($350-worth) will be given to registered participants
CREDITS & PROFESSTIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOURS (PDHs):
—This course earns 8 credits towards a Certified Concrete Professional (CCPf) designation in the Concrete Technology career track. CCPf is the highest professional designation in the industry.
—Upon successful completion of the course, attendees will earn 8 PDHs, a certificate of completion, and credits toward NRMCA’s STEPS program.
To REGISTER, for PROGRAM, and for more information and staff contact, please go to: https://www.nrmca.org/course/improving-concrete-quality-online/
For QUESITONS, please contact: Karthik Obla: E-mail: kobla@nrmca.org
NRMCA’s 2022 Annual Convention
March 15 – 18, 2022 | San Antonio, TX
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter | 101 Bowie StreetSan Antonio, TX 78205
NRMCA’s 2022 Annual Convention (March 15 – 18, 2022) is co-located with the Portland Cement Association’s Spring Committee Meetings (March 15 – 17, 2022) and is being held at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, TX. Register now to take advantage of fee discounts. Please see important links below:
AGENDA: https://web.cvent.com/event/5d7756ec-9e9d-4fe2-92c4-1d39e668fa23/websitePage:4e896cc6-9264-4e39-a17d-e56d70982cc2
FLYER: https://web.cvent.com/event/5d7756ec-9e9d-4fe2-92c4-1d39e668fa23/summary
Hotel, travel information, and more: https://web.cvent.com/event/5d7756ec-9e9d-4fe2-92c4-1d39e668fa23/summary
If you have any questions, please reach out to the NRMCA meetings department at 703-706-4852.
NRMCA PUBLICATION:
Concrete In Practice (CIP) covers the use of Portland Limestone Cement in a series of one-page information sheets on important technical topics, written in a non-technical “What, Why and How?” format. CIP’s are a great resource for common Concrete problems for Ready mix producers, Contractors, and Finishers. Give them to contractors and they’ll know that you deliver quality and value and make them a part of your promotion and education program.
Testing Concrete Series (10 topics: Jobsite Addition of Water, Discrepancies in Yield, Loss of Air Content In Pumped Concrete, Acceptance Testing of Concrete, Making Concrete Cylinders in the Field, Testing Compressive Strength of Concrete, Low Concrete Cylinder Strength, Strength of In-Place Concrete, Flexural Strength of Concrete, Concrete Maturity)
Troubleshooting Series (16 topics: Cracking Concrete Surfaces, Plastic Shrinkage Cracking, Crazing Concrete Surfaces, Cracks in Concrete Basement Walls, Dusting Concrete Surfaces, Scaling Concrete Surfaces, Concrete Blisters, Aggregate Popouts, Delamination of Troweled Surfaces, Curling of Concrete Slabs, Discoloration, Corrosion of Steel in Concrete, Discrepancies in Yield, Low Concrete Cylinder Strength, Thermal Cracking of Concrete Alkali Aggregate Reactions)
Best Practices Series (11 topics: Ordering Ready Mixed Concrete, Concrete Pre-Construction Conference, Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade, Finishing Concrete Flatwork, Curing In-Place Concrete, Vapor Barriers Under Slabs On Grade, Concrete Slab Moisture, Cold Weather Concreting, Hot Weather Concreting, Alkali Aggregate Reactions, Durability Requirements for Concrete)
RMC Value Series (10 topics: Ordering Ready Mixed Concrete, Supplementary Cementitious Materials, Chemical Admixtures for Concrete, Synthetic Fibers for Concrete, High Strength Concrete, Self Consolidating Concrete, Structural Lightweight Concrete, Pervious Concrete, Flowable Fill Materials, Grout)
For all details, for more information, and to purchase, please go to: www.nrmca.org/association-resources/research-and-engineering/cip/
NRMCA CONCRETE WORKS 2022 *EXHIBITION
September 29 – October 3, 2022 | Aurora, CO
NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2022 *Exhibition
NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2022
*Exhibition, Registration and Driver Championship
information will be available Spring 2022
For more information, please contact: Jessica Walgenbach | Phone: 703-706-4852
For NRMCA updates to events above, please go to:
www.naylornetwork.com/nrc-nwl/newsletter-v5.asp?issueID=82448