Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter October 2022 Anyone who has attended an ASCC conference knows that safety is always part of the program. We wanted to provide an opportunity for members, however, to attend an event where safety is the main attraction. So, last year, in conjunction with the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, ASCC held its first Safety Summit. The purpose...

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Jim Klinger, concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter October 2022 Question: We poured a cast-in-place concrete residential basement wall one week ago. The mix was a standard 6-sack footing and wall mix typically specified in our local market, 3000 psi at 28 days with a design water-cementitious ratio of 0.55. We stripped the walls this morning, and were surprised to see the wall s...

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October 5, 2022 -- The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., has announced the winners of its 14th annual Decorative Concrete International Awards competition.  The winners were recognized at ASCC’s Annual Conference, September 29, 2022, in Cleveland, OH. Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, C...

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October 5, 2022-- The Safety and Risk Management Council (SRMC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, is pleased to announce that Theodore Goloboski III, CEO, Belfast Valley Contractors, Dundalk, MD, received the ASCC Member Owner/Executive Safety Award for 2022, presented September 29 at the association’s Annual Conference in Cleveland. The award recognizes one ...

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October 3, 2022 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) Education, Research and Development Foundation, St. Louis, MO, has awarded two scholarships for 2022 to students in the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program. They are Joseph McDaniel, Boaz, AL, and Erik Bermudez, Olivehurst, CA. They attend Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN and California State Univ...

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October 3, 2022 – Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2021 were recognized by the Safety & Risk Management Council (SRMC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., at the association’s Annual Conference on September 29 in Cleveland, OH. W. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence were given to specialty contractor Keystone Struct...

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter September 2022 Nearly five times as many construction workers die by suicide than by any other work-related death. September is Suicide Prevention Month. Across the country, contractors, owners, and developers are taking time to raise awareness on suicide prevention in construction by sharing toolbox talks and educating the workforc...

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Jim Klinger, concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter September 2022 Question: We are working on a large city public works project that has us placing our first foundation concrete in about a month.  We are inundated with design changes in the form of large "Bulletins" and sketches (aka "SKs") that are returned to us as part of Requests for Information (aka...

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter August 2022 As the summer ends, parents and kids across the country are gearing up for their return to school. That means new schedules, disruptions in routines, and increased congestion on the road. You can expect more busses contributing to traffic delays and affecting your route to and from the jobsite. What this translates to is...

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