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  1 Cement and Concrete Containing Fly Ash; Guideline for Federal Procurement
    Document Type: Website
    Publication Date: January 28, 1983
Author(s): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    This website provides access to US guidelines for the Federal procurement of cement and concrete containing fly ash. The guidelines require procuring agencies to purchase items composed of the highest percentage of recovered materials possible. Pages 4247-4248 (19-20) on radioactivity and leaching are especially of interest....[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, health, leaching, mixture proportioning, performance, radioactivity
  2 Current Situation of Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs) in Canada
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: April 2003
Author(s): Nabil Bouzoubaa, Benoit Fournier, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada
    The report details the current situation of supplementary cementing materials (SCMs) in Canada, specifically in terms of production, cost, availability, usage, potential areas for increasing usage, local barriers, and relevant guidelines and specifications. The purpose of the study is to determine a strategy to increase the use of SCMs in Canada....[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, guidelines, perception, precast concrete, standards
  3 EcoSmart Concrete High Rise Study [Stage 1]
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: October 24, 2003
Author(s): Yolles Partnership
    This report is part of the High Rise Early Design study commissioned by EcoSmart to produce the required knowledge for understanding the relationship between the selection of high-rise condominium building structural systems and their environmental performance, cost, and constructability issues. Stage 1 of the study includes the provision of schema...[more]
    See Also: aesthetics, availability, colour, costs, curing, precast concrete, strength development
  4 EcoSmart Concrete in the Quebec Context: Mountain Equipment Co-op, Montreal
    Document Type: Case Study Report
    Publication Date: August 2003
Author(s): Studio MMA, Atelier d'architecture
    The Mountain Equipment Co-op Montreal store is the Co-op's 8th retail store and the third (after the Ottawa and Winnipeg stores) to comply with Natural Resources Canada's C2000 Green Building Standard. It is the first C2000 compliant retail building in Quebec.

The decision to use EcoSmart concrete was based on the project's environmental obj...[more]
    See Also: availability, blended cement, cold weather concreting, costs, finishing, sustainable building design
  5 Fly Ash Concrete Trials, Government of Canada Building, Yellowknife NT
    Document Type: Case Study Report
    Publication Date: March 31, 2004
Author(s): EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
    In the Spring of 2004, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) will be constructing a new low-rise office building in Yellowknife, NT. EBA Engineering Consultants (EBA) was retained to review the concrete specifications for the project and to complete the laboratory trials to assist in confirming the feasibility of using fly ash to repl...[more]
    See Also: aggregates, availability, concrete tests, setting time, strength development
  6 Metakaolin Study: Pre-Feasibility Review of the Potential for Developing Metakaolin from Oil Sands Operations for Use in Concrete
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: November 2003
Author(s): EcoSmart Concrete Project
    This report evaluates the potential of metakaolin recuperated from oil sands tailing ponds in North Alberta, as a supplementary cementing material (SCM) for concrete. Oil sands operations produce vast quantities of tailings containing extremely fine clays that prevent the reuse of process water from the tailings ponds. Preliminary research has indi...[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, durability, environmental impact, metakaolin
  7 NLK Project EA 2860: EcoSmart Concrete Project Metakaolin Pre-Feasibility Study
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: September 25, 2002
Author(s): NLK Consultants Inc.
    This report is an appendix to the EcoSmart Project's Metakaolin Study. The report presents the results of NLK's metakaolin pre-feasibility review of the potential for developing metakaolin from the oil sands operations for use in concrete as a supplementary cementing material. The report covers the technical, economic, and environmental aspects of...[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, environmental impact, metakaolin
  8 Northwest Community College, Prince Rupert BC: Using EcoSmart Concrete in a Remote Location
    Document Type: Case Study Report
    Publication Date: March 2004
Author(s): EcoSmart Concrete Project
    As this case study illustrates, implementing EcoSmart concrete technology is particularly challenging in remote areas of Canada. Availability of fly ash, limited or lack of experience with the use of fly ash in concrete, limited competition for concrete supply, and cold and rainy weather conditions all contributed to the challenges of introducing E...[more]
    See Also: availability, costs
  9 Properties of Sustainable Concrete - Presentation to BuildEx
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: February 13, 2008
Author(s): Phil Seabrook, P.Eng., Levelton Consultants Ltd
    An Executive Vice-President with Levelton Consultants Ltd., Seabrook discussed various technical aspects of high volume fly ash concrete including strength, durability, workability, cost and availability....[more]
    See Also: availability, costs, durability, high volume fly ash concrete, workability
  10 The Use of Higher Volume Fly Ash as a Replacement for Cement in Ready-Mixed Concrete : Risk Abatement Study
    Document Type: Technical Report
    Publication Date: March 2004
Author(s): Phil Seabrook, P.Eng.
    This Study examined the nature of the risk to the engineer, ready-mixed supplier, and contractor in the production of concrete containing fly ash as a cement replacement. It also examined quality control (QC) as reducing real and perceived risks. The Study found that simply increasing QC would not reduce the risk sufficiently. More meaningful t...[more]
    See Also: availability, fly ash, liability, standards
   
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