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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February 20, 2023 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors, (ASCC), St. Louis, MO., has scheduled the following events for 2023.

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter February 2023 You may have missed a press release from OSHA on January 26, 2023, where they have introduced changes to how they administer their “Instance by Instance” (IBI) citation policy. The new policy will take effect sixty days from the date of release. The purpose of the change is to make the citation process more...

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Jim Klinger, The Voice Newsletter February 2023 Full Disclosure: Over the past year, the ASCC Technical Division fielded several Hotline calls from members experiencing difficulties related to ASTM C 595 portland-limestone cement Type1L, hereinafter referred to as "PLC" (as opposed to "OPC", ordinary portland cements, brand X,ASTM C 150 Types I and I/II and so on). At fir...

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