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NACA New Website Addresses Timely, Weighty Topics for Concrete Industry

 The North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) has launched a website that provides a wealth of government affairs-related information and resources for the broader concrete industry. Formed in 2004, NACA is a […]

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ACPA Names 29th Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavements” Awards

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) named recipients of its 29th Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavements” awards at the 55th ACPA Annual Meeting held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA in

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2018 BC Concrete Pavements Workshop Held in Canada

The Cement Association of Canada, an ISCP affiliate, together with Concrete BC (Concrete British Columbia), held a series of “Sustainable Roadways Workshops”: 2018 BC Concrete Pavements Workshop was held in Burnaby,

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This Concrete Traps CO2 Emissions Forever—Video Included

Concrete is the most abundant man-made material on earth. But concrete’s essential ingredient, cement, has a large carbon footprint. Cement is what makes concrete strong, but the process of making cement

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Register for 2018 Swift Conference & CAPTG Workshop by Aug 30 (Early Bird June 29/Hotel Aug 7) to be Held Sept., Niagara Falls, Canada

Register now for the Summer Winter Integrated Field Technologies (SWIFT) Conference and Trade Show to be held at the Sheraton on the Falls in Niagara Falls, September 10-13, 2018. A

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TRB 2018 Presentation: “Highway 400 Precast Concrete Inlay Panel Project: Instrumentation Plan, Installation, & Preliminary Results”, Ontario, Canada

“Highway 400 Precast Concrete Inlay Panel Project: Instrumentation Plan, Installation, and Preliminary Results” Authors: Daniel Pickel, Susan Tighe, Warren Lee, and Rico Fung Presented at the 97th Annual Transportation Research Board

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ACPA Names Recipients of Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavements” Awards

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) named recipients of its 28th Annual “Excellence in Concrete Pavements” awards at the 54th ACPA Annual Meeting held in San Diego, California, USA. The Awards recognize

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Next in Series of CAC Cross-Canada Seminars: ACI 330.2R-17 Guideline to be Held November 9 in Montreal, Canada

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is hosting a cross-Canada seminar series highlighting the newly published ACI 330.2R-17 guideline “Guide for the Design and Construction of Concrete Site Paving for Industrial

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CAPTG Workshop & SWIFT Conference/Trade Show Held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

The 2017 “Summer Winter Integrated Field Technologies (SWIFT) Conference and Trade Show” was held September 18-21 following “The Canadian Airfield Pavement Technical Group (CAPTG) Meeting and Workshop” in Halifax, Nova

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Next in Series of CAC Cross-Canada Seminars: ACI 330.2R-17 Guideline to be Held September 19 in Halifax, NS, Canada

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is hosting a cross-Canada seminar series highlighting the newly published ACI 330.2R-17 guideline “Guide for the Design and Construction of Concrete Site Paving for Industrial

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GeoOttawa 2017 to be Held October 1 – 4 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in collaboration with the Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC) extend an invitation to GeoOttawa 2017—the 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and

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TAC Conference & Exhibition to be held September 24-27 in St. John’s, NL, Canada

Hosted by Newfoundland and Labrador Transportation & Works and the City of St. John’s, the 2017 Transportation Association of Canada (Association des Transports du Canada: TAC-ACT) Conference and Exhibition will

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The CAC & Canadian Cement Industry Rising to the “Climate Change Challenge”

Michael McSweeney, Cement Association of Canada (CAC), explored the Canadian cement industry, and looked at how Canada is dealing with the climate change challenge. In December 2016, Canada’s First Ministers

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CAC Hosting Cross-Canada Seminar Series Highlighting the New ACI 330.2R-17 Guideline

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is hosting a cross-Canada seminar series on “Concrete Pavement for Industrial and Trucking Facilities” – highlighting the newly published ACI 330.2R-17 guideline. The first workshop—the

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10th ACI/RILEM ICCM & Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete to be Held October 2017 in Montreal, Canada

The 10th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials (ICCM) & Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete will be held October 2-4, 2017 at the the Montreal Marriott Chateau Champlain in Montreal,

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Video: The Transtec Group Delivers Innovative Pavement Engineering for Winnipeg Transitway

Austin, Texas, USA-based pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group provided pavement design and life cycle advisement for the Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) project in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To read the

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Innovative Pavement Engineering & Life-Cycle Advisory for High-Priority Winnipeg, Canada Transitway

The Transtec Group, Austin-based pavement engineering firm, Texas, USA, provided pavement design and life- cycle advisement to Plenary Roads-Winnipeg—the concessionaire for the Southwest Rapid Transitway (Stage 2) project in Winnipeg,

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Publication: “Guide to the Prevention & Restoration of Early Joint Deterioration in Concrete Pavements”

Through a contract with the Iowa Highway Research Board (TR-697), the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) at Iowa State University (CP Tech Center) has developed a concise

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“Interns for the Future Program” Launched to Attract Students to the Concrete Pavement Industry

Meeting the challenges of our dwindling workforce can only be done by creating a path that introduces new students to (and exciting them about) the concrete pavement industry—concrete pavement promotion,

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ACPA Presents the 2016 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award, and 3 Distinguished Service & Recognition Awards

2016 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award: James “Doug” Pitcock, Jr., owner, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Williams Brothers Construction Company, in Houston, Texas, USA, was awarded the American Concrete Pavement Association’s 2016

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