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About SOS Consortium

SOS CONSORTIUM MEMBERS

The SOS partnership is composed of concrete experts, university professors, researchers, structural and material engineers, architects, developers, contractors, cement manufacturers, SCM producers, and concrete suppliers.

Members to date:

AMEC
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Busby Perkins+Will
C&CS Atlantic
Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA)
EcoSmart Foundation Inc.
Environment Canada
Golder Associates
Graham Group
Halcrow Yolles
Holcim-St. Lawrence Cement
Lafarge Canada
Lehigh Cement
Levelton Consultants
Metro Vancouver (formerly Greater Vancouver Regional District)
National Research Council (NRC)
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (RJC)
SIMCO Technologies Inc.
Unibeton Ready-Mix (UAE)
Windmill Development Group
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supplementary cementing materials

it is widely accepted that using reclaimed industrial by-products such as fly ash, silica fume, and slag, commonly called "supplementary cementing materials" or SCM, can reduce the amount of cement needed to make concrete, and hence reduce its GHG signature.

 
 
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