May 22, 2023 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) announced that Bruce Suprenant, P.E., PhD., FACI, and Bev Garnant, HACI, have been retained to develop and manage the association’s sustainability initiative. Suprenant and Garnant are ASCC’s former technical director and executive director respectively.

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Jason T.K. Anglin, SRMC director The Voice Newsletter May 2023 In recent years, one of the more complex challenges facing the construction industry is attracting new workers to the industry. As construction professionals, we also understand new workers pose a special hazard to both the project site and to themselves.  Inexperienced workers historically have higher rates of both incident...

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Jim Klinger, Concrete Construction Specialist The Voice Newsletter May 2023 Question:  We are building a post-tensioned (PT) concrete parking garage that features 3 levels below grade and 4 levels above street level. We bid the job to a General Contractor (GC) who in turn is working for a private developer. At bid time, the requirements for the quality of formwork and allowable deviations ...

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Mike Hernandez, Technical Director The Voice Newsletter May 2023 ASCC had a great Committee Week May 1st – 3rd in St. Louis both technically and socially. The Manufacturers Advisory Council discussed several issues including the need to bring new talent into the construction industry. We have an aging workforce and are losing people to retirement. Members encouraged one another to prov...

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Shawn Werner, SRMC director The Voice Newsletter April 2023 As the summer months approach, so does the threat of heat stress for our employees. It is important to start planning for warmer weather. Between the years of 2011-2019, BLS reported 344 heat related fatalities, an average of 38 workers a year. In April of 2022 OSHA launched a NEP (National Emphasis Program) for Heat Stress. This wa...

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Jim Klinger, Concrete Construction Specialist The Voice Newsletter April 2023 Full Disclosure: Every once in a while, we field ASCC Hotline calls that appear straightforward at first but quickly elevate into interesting exercises in onion-peeling. In this case, it takes a little bit of wordsmithing to arrive at truth's upper floor and save our ASCC Hotline callers from making a mistake or t...

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March 20, 2023 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) Education, Research & Development Foundation has announced the launch of a website dedicated to the construction industry’s transformation from hard-hats-to-helmets (H2H). Over the past few years many companies have made the H2H switch, and the new website is aimed at bringing further awareness to this life-saving...

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter March 2023 Construction Safety Week 2023 takes place May 1 through the 5. I chose March to discuss this event as we all know in construction time flies, and there is a lot to prepare for if you want your organization to be involved with this celebration. Construction Safety Week is exactly that, a celebration of safety which provide...

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Jim Klinger, Concrete Construction Specialist The Voice Newsletter March 2023 Full Disclosure: To recap our column that appeared in last month's ASCC VOICE newsletter (Feb. 2023, "Guidance for Concrete Contractors, #14 in a Series"): we introduced and explained issues related to the performance of the "new" ASTM C595 Type 1L portland-limestone cement, hereinafter referre...

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Mike Hernandez, technical director The Voice Newsletter March 2023 ASCC has been an organization that I have admired for years. I am thrilled to be the new ASCC Technical Director. I have been blessed to work with a lot of great teams on projects in the last 25+ years from a few thousand sf of commercial building additions to bridges, airport terminals, high rises and an NFL stadium. A successf...

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