Entries for July 2025

From: Phil Diekemper, Executive Director – PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Productivity  Poorly coordinated and/or incomplete design drawings result in inaccurate bids, and they force contractors to complete the needed coordination and design through multiple requests for information (RFIs). The disjointed process leads to delays, added costs, change orders, and a gene...

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Tom Pelo, Jeff Huff, Tarek Khan, and John Luciano (Retired) Master Builders Solutions Admixtures US LLC – June 2025 Introduction Given the recent interest in low-embodied carbon concrete (LECC), there are new cementitious materials, multiple supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) and admixture chemistries available to reduce the embodied carbon content of concrete. For example, Typ...

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Jim Klinger, Concrete Construction Specialist The Slab Newsletter July 2025 Question:  We just returned to our office from a mandatory project kick-off meeting with major project stakeholders, including the Owner (a well-known, high-profile winemaker), the architect, the structural engineer, and the general contractor (GC). Based on a few of the meeting discussion topics, we now find ou...

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