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24 Documents associated with: Supplementary Cementing Material >General
  1 [EcoSmart Concrete - SCM Supply]
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: April 21, 2008
Author(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng.
    As part of the Sustainable Building and Concrete Seminar during the 2008 Batimat Tradeshow in Abu Dhabi, UAE, de Spot discussed SCM supply, specifically FA and slag. De Spot discussed associated costs, supply sources and storage and handling....[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, costs, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag
  2 ACI Specifications
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date:
    The following ACI publications are available for purchase:

232.2R-96 - Use of Fly Ash in Concrete
301-99: Specifications for Structural Concrete for Buildings
308R-01: Guide to Curing Concrete
318/318R-95 - ACI Building Code

(Use the online bookstore's keyword search option to locate these publications.)...[more]
    See Also: guidelines, specifications
  3 CalSiFrit, A New Alternative Supplementary Cementitious Material
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: March 2004
Presenter(s): Arezki Tagnit-Hamou
    This presentation looks at supplementary cementing material derived from spent pot liners (a waste from aluminum smelters)....[more]
  4 Cement Sustainability Initiative
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date: 2003
    The Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) was formed to help the cement industry to address the challenges of sustainable development. The business leaders of a group of major cement companies lead the initiative. The website is a public forum for tracking progress on the project; users can download research reports and stakeholder dialogues, and...[more]
    See Also: Portland cement, sustainability
  5 Cementitious Materials Compendium (Consists of A3001, A3002, A3003, A3004 and A3005)
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date:
    This CSA Standard addresses the following aspects of various cementitious materials: their definitions; their chemical, physical, and uniformity requirements; the tests required; the procedures for inspection and sampling; and the units of measurement, packaging, marking, and storage.

This page includes links to download or purchase the hard...[more]
    See Also: standards
  6 Concrete Technology and Sustainable Development: Key Issues from the 1999 Vancouver Symposium on Concrete
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: December 14, 1999
Author(s): Fredrik Bjork, P.Eng.
    This paper examines concrete and concrete technology in light of sustainable development. Because concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, it has an important role to play. Therefore, the author argues, it falls to engineers to develop a world view in problem solving which considers the effects of infrastructure decisions on...[more]
    See Also: high volume fly ash concrete, sustainability, sustainable building design
  7 Concrete Technology for Sustainable Development
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: November 1999
Author(s): P. K. Mehta
    In this article, the author identifies what he sees as essential elements that are crucial to lay the foundation upon which the structure of an environmentally-friendly concrete technology can be built. The three essential elements of the foundation are: conservation of concrete making materials, enhancement of durability of concrete structures, an...[more]
    See Also: alkali-aggregate reaction, cracking, durability, sustainability
  8 Designing Concrete and Concrete Structures for Sustainable Development
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: April 19, 2000
Author(s): R.N. Swamy
    Global urbanization has placed huge demands on the construction industry in terms of the world's material and energy resources. Infrastructure regeneration and rehabilitation, and cement and concrete materials have an undeniable part to play in enhancing the quality of human life. If we are to avoid global environmental degradation, sustainable dev...[more]
    See Also: concrete and cement industry, cracking, durability, Portland cement, sustainability
  9 EcoSmart AP2K (Action Plan 2000) 2007 Dissemination Report
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: October 2007
Author(s): EcoSmart Foundation
    In late 2006 the Government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada, commissioned the EcoSmart Foundation, with the support of an industry-government advisory committee to disseminate information on the use of supplementary cementing materials (SCMs) in Canada.

The EcoSmart AP2K (Action Plan 2000) 2007 Dissemination Report summarizes th...[more]
    See Also: climate change, fly ash, supplementary cementing materials
  10 EcoSmart Breakfast and Learn Presentation
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: October 21, 2002
Presenter(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng.
    The presentation looks at sources of CO2 and provides an introduction to the innovation phase of the EcoSmart concrete project, which focuses on technological development of supplementary cementing materials, design, and construction....[more]
    See Also: dematerialization, environmental impact, supplementary cementing materials
   
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