Entries for 2024

April 15, 2024 – The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO is excited to announce the launch of its Sixteenth Annual International Decorative Concrete Council Awards program for the year 2024. This prestigious award program recognizes and celebrates exceptional decorative concrete projects from around the globe.

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Joe Whiteman, Director of Safety Services, The Voice Newsletter, March 2024 Attention ASCC member companies operating in California: California's recent enactment of SB 553/California Labor Code Section 6401.9 mandates comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans for almost all employers in the state. This development, often exemplified by the saying "as goes California, so goe...

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Ryan Klacking, CPC Council Director The Voice Newsletter March 2024 With the ever-changing construction industry, more companies are familiarizing themselves and their employees with artificial intelligence (AI). It revolutionizes how we plan our projects, how we analyze vast amounts of data, and even how we hire. It enhances our safety and our productivity – but how do we implement and u...

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Rich Cofoid, DCC Council Director, The Voice Newsletter March 2024 March means Spring has arrived and with it the start of another busy (and hopefully profitable) construction season. March also means that committee week at ASCC is just around the corner, and it is time to get travel plans set to visit St. Louis. Last year was the first for the DCC to attend Committee Week and hold its April...

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Clark Branum, Decorative & Polished Concrete Specialist, The Voice Newsletter March 2024 Is winter over? It seemed like that a couple of weeks ago, and now I am sitting in my office and watching it snow outside my window. There are a lot of things happening at the ASCC and in our industry as well. The ACI Spring Conference will be held in New Orleans here at the end of March. The ACI-ASCC 3...

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Jim Klinger, Concrete Construction Specialist The Voice Newsletter March 2024 "I heard it...I heard it...I heard it on the X..." ______________________________________________________________________________ Full Disclosure (back story):  Every so often, the ASCC Hotline receives calls for assistance regarding concrete that is resistant to elevated temperatures (aka &qu...

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Mike Hernandez, Technical Director, The Voice Newsletter March 2024 The current and future challenges of concrete construction are what the ASCC Technical staff focuses on each day. Those challenges can come in many forms. Jim Klinger has a vast library of documents and decades of experience in structural concrete and receives Hotline calls. Clark Branum, the Decorative and Polished Concrete Sp...

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Ray Hefner, Executive Director, The Voice Newsletter March 2024 Collaboration is the foundation the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) has been built on for years. This industry collaboration has resulted in an association of members who have thrived. Why and how does it work? Knowledge Sharing: Collaboration allows members to share their expertise, experiences, and best practic...

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Phil Diekemper, Executive Director, ACI PRO The Voice Newsletter February 2024 A Construction Dive headline from October 12, 2023, states: “Construction lost as much as $40B on poor productivity in 2022.” The article shares that the construction industry was surveyed, and half of all contractors see labor inefficiencies worsening. As an industry professional, how does that make us ...

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Ed Sullivan, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Market Intelligence, Portland Cement Association The Voice Newsletter February 2024 Edward Sullivan is Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Market Intelligence for PCA.  His analysis and views regarding the national construction, cement and concrete industries are widely used in corporate planning efforts, the financial ind...

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