NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete—with a mission to drive education, awareness and adoption of carbon neutral concrete materials and technologies—announces its involvement in the forthcoming COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates.

After two decades of embracing “precast innovation powered by collaboration,” AltusGroup and its member companies continue to develop advanced precast solutions that meet the needs of an evolving building and construction market.

The Slag Cement Association and NEx, an ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on October 30 at the ACI Concrete Convention in Boston.

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) announced key staff changes that went into effect recently, reinforcing their commitment to excellence and growth within the organization.

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute members opened their doors and welcomed visitors for 2023 PCI Precast Days, October 9-20.

The Precast Show is Feb. 8-10 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, marking the largest precast-specific trade show in North America and bringing together the industry’s most important suppliers and foremost equipment specialists under one roof.

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute members flocked in great numbers to Tampa, Fla., for the 2023 PCI Committee Days conference, October 4-8. Attendance of 627 was the highest in the last 10 years.

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute welcomed Jacques Cattan as its new Managing Director, Quality Programs. He will oversee PCI’s quality programs, including certification activities for precast concrete plants, erectors, and personnel.

Together, federal agency representatives, NEU members and allied industry association representatives discussed industry needs, current initiatives, and how all parties can work together to reach carbon neutrality throughout the cement-concrete value chain by 2050.

Grappling with context, history, and appropriateness, the design looked to the building and material typologies of the surrounding 1920s-era warehouses, as well as the masonry and concrete construction found at Huston Tillotson University.