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A New Take on Earth Day
This spring, I’m beginning to realize it’s hard to be hip when you’ve lost your hop. So in my quest to reconnect to my more youthful pinings, I’ve been spending a little more time searching the Internet for inspiration.
I recently came across an interesting site that focuses on the environment. Reading through the information at www.grist.org is an insightful way to catch what the “greenies” are really thinking. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of their postings, but I can tell you they have passion.
Knowing their passion for the environment, I found it interesting that their staff launched a “Screw Earth Day!” campaign a few weeks ago, just before the 39th anniversary approaches. The campaign underscore that one day of action each year is not sufficient to address the pressing needs threatening our warming globe. ...
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Earth Day Survey
April 22 is Earth Day. The event is becoming an international awareness day. So we thought we'd test your knowledge and opinion of the event.
The Hole Story: Proper Batch Water
Batching pervious concrete is almost a leap of faith for a concrete producer. A leap of faith in that we hope the batch comes out at the right moisture content - not too wet, not too dry.
Respond to this and other Matt Offenburg pervious concrete topics on his blog, The Hole Story.
Testing the Waters
Like the U.S. Olympic team, they are a group of young stars courted by scouts at aquatic events and stalked by paparazzi at World of Concrete. The engineering students who compete in the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) National Concrete Canoe Competition are the industry's next generation of leaders.
Also see, A Student's Perspective: Interview with Kyle Marshall
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The manhole cover that changes everything. 
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RMC Foundation Celebrates Earth Day
The RMC Research & Education Foundation is celebrating Earth Day 2009, and the goal of protecting the environment, by highlighting its most recent research on the use of recycled materials in concrete. The Foundation's Crushed Concrete Aggregate (CCA) study demonstrates that crushed returned concrete can be successfully reused as aggregate in fresh concrete. A study on advancing higher-volume use of the waste byproduct fly ash in concrete, co-funded by the Foundation and the United States Department of Energy, also shows that recycled materials can be used in new concrete while still maintaining a high level of quality and performance.
304.6R-09: Guide for Use of Volumetric-Measuring and Continuous-Mixing Concrete Equipment
This guide includes a short history of and information on the basic design and operation of equipment, frequently called mobile mixers, used to produce concrete by volumetric measurement and continuous mixing (VMCM). Definitions, applications, and quality assurance testing are discussed. The use of this equipment is compared with weigh-batch-mixing equipment to highlight some of the limited differences. Available in hard copy or PDF format.
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TCP100 listing for 2009
THE CONCRETE PRODUCER's editors are collecting company information for the eighth annual TCP100 ranking of North America's largest concrete producers. We invite you to participate by filling out the TCP100 questionnaire and returning it to us.
We will also honor long-term professionals in the industry this year, with a special web presentation. Send the names of your most seasoned professionals on the TCP100 form, or via the on-line survey.
2009 GreenSite Project of the Year
Learn how to participate in this year's GreenSite Project of the Year.
Also, check out our 2008 winners.
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