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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Jim Klinger, concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter August 2022 Question: We are bidding the concrete portion of a steel bridge job and noticed the term "bold exposure" mentioned in the Div. 5 construction documents. We aren't familiar with this term, and how it might affect our concrete scope. Answer: The steel girders are called out to be fabricated with ASTM A...

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter July 2022 At ASCC safety is not just a word we toss around, but a value. Values are fundamental beliefs that guide all aspects of perspectives, choices, and behaviors. One example is that at every meeting safety is part of the discussion. For those who have sat in on a board or committee meeting, you are aware that every meeting be...

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Jim Klinger concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter July 2022 Full disclosure: Quite a lot of ASCC Hotline calls include requests for technical/educational backup members need to submit to general contractors, inspectors, structural engineers, or even Owners. In order to be effective, such backup should be limited to a few pages, similar to our ASCC Position Statements. In many c...

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July 11 – ASCC has published its forty-sixth Position Statement, “Water-Cementitious Material Ratio for Concrete to Receive a Trowel Finish.” ASCC Position Statements clarify the concrete contractors’ point of view for architects, engineers, owners, and others.

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