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LEARNING CENTER
Bring practitioners, researchers and policy makers together to exchange the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing. View schedule.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Each session offers AIA Continuing Education and Professional Development Hours. Complete the form provided for each session to receive credits. 


AWARD PROGRAM
Recognizes outstanding achievements in concrete performance and sustainability. See award winners.

Schedule

SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING SESSIONS
Tentative schedule. All time are shown in U.S. eastern time zone.

2024

CONCRETE INNOVATIONS AWARDS

 

The NRMCA Concrete Innovations Award Program recognizes outstanding achievement in concrete design and construction. Innovative projects that demonstrate outstanding achievements in performance while lowering environmental impacts including embodied and operational carbon footprint are awarded. Award winners were announced on March 12 and were presented at Concrete Innovations Session 19. Visit On-demand to view the award presentation. Winners will be presented with their awards at several NRMCA events throughout 2024.

OCT 16

11:00-13:00

SESSION 25: LOW-CARBON CONCRETE STRATEGIES

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION FORM

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Action Steps Towards Low-Carbon Concrete

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Logan Kelley, Senior Associate, Mithun

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Concrete is both an invaluable tool for resilient and durable buildings, and the single greatest source embodied carbon in new construction.  To bring down the construction industry's global warming potential, designers, owners, and contractors must rethink the typical concrete specification process in order to achieve a balance of performance, cost, constructability, and embodied carbon. By championing collaboration and early goal setting, projects can achieve dramatic reductions in their global warming footprint utilizing appropriate specifications, new technologies, and local market realities. Join Logan Kelley from Mithun as he gives an overview of current strategies and case studies including the award winning 681 Florida Street affordable housing project in San Francisco.

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​Product Spotlight - Climate Earth​

The Next Era: EPD Information Management Systems

 

Chris Erickson, Climate Earth, President and CEO

 

Discover how to use EPD Information Management Systems to meet emerging low carbon requirements and strategically harness insights at the mix, plant, and company level.

  • Gain new insights: Manage EPD data across all your plants for greater insight and improved decisions.

  • Stay ahead of regulations: ACI 323 automated analysis and reporting.

  • Optimize mix designs with Tarantula Curve mix optimization: In a single click, optimize strength, workability, and sustainability.

  • Integrate with other systems: use API technology to integrate EPD data with all your systems.

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​Prologis Nexus: An Innovative and Sustainable Industrial Building

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Claudia Tarpin, Director of Development at Prologis and Alana Guzzetta, National Research Laboratory Manager at Vulcan Materials Company

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Prologis partnered with Central Concrete Supply (a Vulcan Materials Company), Whiting Turner, Bradley Concrete, and HSA Structural Engineers to create a state-of-the-art 260,000 sq ft, 40-ft clear height industrial building in San Leandro, CA. Prologis Nexus, is a very innovative and sustainable industrial building with embodied carbon emissions reduced by over 40% without relying on carbon credits. This presentation will discuss how the design and build team implemented low-carbon strategies to reduce embodied carbon from a traditional Prologis warehouse baseline.

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Product Spotlight - American Society of Concrete Contractors

Low-Carbon Concrete: Contractor Challenges and Opportunities

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Sarah Rege, Senior Sustainability Director and Eric Peterson, Director at Webcor

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New requirements and policies for low-carbon concrete are sometimes implemented without thorough consideration of potential coordination issues with other policies and practices that haven’t yet been modified for consistency. Significant changes in cementitious materials and methods of evaluation of these materials are making their way into marketplaces and material standards. Concrete contractors (and designers) must pay closer attention to these changes than they have in the past. For a concrete contractor, it is a time to participate in discussions with producers, governments, code-writing bodies, technical associations, materials suppliers, and contractors associations. Doing so will help ensure that the coordination and information transfer that must occur without disrupting our industry and its economics can be facilitated. The challenge is keeping communication channels open so everyone understands what needs to happen to appropriately facilitate and implement these industry changes. Information awareness and communication are the underlying messages of this presentation.

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NOV 20

11:00-13:00

SESSION 26: DECARBONIZING CEMENT

 

​Product Spotlight - Heidelberg Materials

Deep Decarbonization with CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage)

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Larry Rowland, Larry Rowland, Sustainability Market Manager, Heidelberg Materials

 

​This presentation will explain the need to decarbonize the industry and the role CCS and CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage) play in the Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality. This session will discuss a variety of technologies being deployed and present real-life examples of how CCS is being used to produce Net Zero Cement and why this is significant. It will provide a in depth information that industry professionals, designers and stakeholders should understand to make informed decisions regarding low carbon concrete produced in association with this emerging technology. 

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Product Spotlight - CalPortland

Unlocking the Potential of Pozzolanic Materials to Curb CO2 Emissions in Cement Manufacturing

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Luis Baquerizo, Director Central Research Laboratory and Karin Perissinotto, Sustainability Manager, CalPortland

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Cement manufacturing offers key opportunities to enhance efficiency and cut its carbon footprint in the journey towards global net-zero CO2 emissions. This webinar will delve into the role of natural pozzolanic materials in decreasing the CO2 footprint of cement production. Historically utilized around the world, natural pozzolans can help reduce the clinker factor in cement, resulting in lower process emissions and reduced energy consumption, while also enhancing the durability of the final concrete product. Participants will gain insights into CalPortland's development of blended cements incorporating natural pozzolans, exploring innovative solutions that can transform the cement industry towards a more sustainable future. Join us in discovering how these sustainable practices can contribute to our commitment to reaching net zero by 2045.

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Product Spotlight - WAP Sustainability and GCCA

Regulatory Landscape and Support for EPDs

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James Salazar, Director of Sustainability, WAP Sustainability

Andrew Minson, Director of Concrete And Sustainable Construction, GCCA

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This session will provide an in-depth look at the regulatory landscape and support mechanisms for low carbon procurement through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). It will discuss the importance of benchmarking and procurement baselines and provide updates on various green procurement schemes and their structures for North America and internationally. For North America, the session will cover federal initiatives such as those by the EPA, GSA, and FHWA. Participants will receive updates on funding mechanisms supporting manufacturers, including the Low Carbon Transportation Materials (LCTM) program and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) EPD assistance grants. It will also cover international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions highlighting collaborative efforts of the GCCA and the United Nation's Industrial Deep Carbonisation Initiative (IDDI) in developing proposals for setting emission bands and defining low carbon concrete.

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Technical Session TBD

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DEC 18

11:00-13:00

SESSION 27 - INNOVATIVE CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS

 

Towards Innovative Cementitious Materials

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Larry Sutter, Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Tech

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Several innovative cementitious materials are entering the market to support low carbon concrete initiatives. Users should be assured that these materials can produce the required concrete properties. This presentation will discuss some of the types of materials and efforts to develop standards to evaluate and permit their use. The talk will also cover ongoing research, demonstration projects, and federal funding for new cementitious materials.

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Product Spotlight TBD

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Product Spotlight TBD

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