American Concrete Institute Releases 2021 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practice
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute has released the 2021 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with nearly 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – including all guides and reports. The ACI Collection features ACI 318 “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,” ACI 301 “Spe...
Video: UN Program Winner Making Bricks From Recycled Plastics in Kenya
The Young Champions of the Earth prize is the United Nations Environment Programme's leading initiative to engage youth in tackling the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Seven winners were announced in December 2020. The winners are given funding and mentorship to support their environmental initiative. Since its inception in 2017, 28 environmental trailblazers have been recognised from every corner of the globe. Nzambi Matee (Kenya) is a materials engineer and head of Gjenge Ma...
A Unique FRP Repair System Receives ICC-ES Certification: QuakeWrap Inc.
ICC-ES reports QuakeWrap FRP structural repair materials like the carbon and glass fiber pictured here meet or exceed 2021 IBC and other regional building codes. Photo courtesy of QuakeWrap Inc. QuakeWrap fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) repair products and systems have been independently tested by ICC-ES and certified for 2021 international building codes as well as other U.S. building codes. TUCSON, Ariz. – QuakeWrap FRP systems – the leading engineered FRP repair and strengtheni...
High Strength Thermoplastic Drainage Pipe Added To Master Municipal Construction Documents
Allows State-of-the-Art Alternative for British Columbia Infrastructure Projects HILLIARD, Ohio – Thermoplastic polypropylene (PP) pipe has been added to the Master Municipal Construction Documents (MMCD) list of approved products for use in highway, culvert and other infrastructure projects in British Columbia. The listings for polypropylene pipe can be found in MMCD Section 33 40 01: Storm Sewers, Mainline Profile and in Section 33 42 13: Pipe Culverts, Open Profile. According to A...
New Mix Could Double Concrete’s Carbon Uptake
Marian Velay Lizancos and her students are developing concrete that can sequester carbon dioxide more successfully and efficiently than traditional mixes. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced every year. Cement, a component of concrete, produces 8% of the world’s carbon footprint. Looking to lower th...
Project Frog adds a new metal Kit-of-parts OPTION to its collection of componentized buildings
Non-Combustible Solution Ideally Suited for K-12 and Higher Education Projects; Improves Design Efficiency, Shortens Build Cycles and Reduces Costs San Francisco, CA – Project Frog, a leader in developing scalable Industrialized Construction (IC) solutions using an integrated building system product and technology approach, today announced the immediate availability of a componentized metal building. Designed to reduce overall cost and expedite build cycles, the new structure still allows...
ACI and ICRI Publish New "Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures"
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute and International Concrete Repair Institute have published an updated “Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures.” This guide provides licensed design professionals with the knowledge, skill, and judgment to interpret and properly use the ACI 562, “Code Requirements for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures.” This updated guide is separated into three m...
Flashing Plastic Ash Completes Recycling
Rice lab’s turns pyrolyzed ash into graphene for improving concrete, other compounds HOUSTON – Pyrolyzed plastic ash is worthless, but perhaps not for long. Rice University scientists have turned their attention to Joule heating of the material, a byproduct of plastic recycling processes. A strong jolt of energy flashes it into graphene. The technique by the lab of Rice chemist James Tour produces turbostratic graphene flakes that can be directly added to other substances like films of...
View’s smart building network platform, AI-powered products to transform passenger wellness and travel experience in DFW’s New “Gate of the Future”
View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that its smart windows will be installed in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s new expansion of Terminal D, a project that adds 4 gates to the terminal and showcases DFW’s “Gate of the Future,” a fundamental rethink of gate design in which the health and experience of passengers take priority. The expansion will be the first in an airport to deploy View’s latest smart building digital network, AI and machine learning powered environmental...
AISI Updates Six Cold-Formed Steel Design Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has updated six cold-formed steel design standards. AISI is an accredited consensus organization by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for developing American National Standards (ANS). The task of creating and updating cold-formed steel design standards is accomplished through two voluntary consensus committees—the AISI Committee on Specifications and the AISI Committee on Framing Standards. The standards are available...
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