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Vision Statement for MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub
The CSHub at MIT will revolutionize the scientific basis for evaluating the environmental impact of Portland cement concrete, for optimizing the use of present materials, and for modifying present materials and developing new materials designed to achieve a fully sustainable physical infrastructure, including uses in ever more demanding environments. More Info

Want a Government Contract? You'll Need to Go Green
A 2009 presidential executive order requires federal agencies to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient -- and it also requires the same of government contractors. Nearly all new contracts must meet some standard for eco-friendliness. "There will be a trickle-down effect from government to subcontractors. More Info

Report from the NRMCA National Convention
Wal-Mart will start a new program of building "Express" size stores in the near future. Word from a Virginia ready mix supplier is that Wal-Mart selected their company for parking lot materials based on their NRMCA Green-Star Certification. Recommendation: Get your Green-Star Certification before your competition to do business with Wal-Mart.

NDDOT Expected to Implement Plant Certification
Word is that the NDDOT will be expected to specify plant certification by the construction season 2012. Preliminary discussions indicated a support for use of the NRMCA Certification procedures in addition to MNDOT. Colin Lobo from NRMCA has been invited to discuss the Plant Certification at the upcoming NDRMCPA Tech Day in January.


LaFarge Minot Terminal This Months Highlighted Award Winner	Membership Applications can be found under "Members" tab in drop down menu above. St. Louis Roads Paved with Smog-Eating Concrete Jamestown Pavement Rehabilitation Project Highlighted in Nat'l Grooving and Grinding Assoc. Article Concrete Overlays 4" Overlay at Camp Grafton 6” Clay County 52 Overlay Report from the Washington Post: U.S. TRANSPORTION SYSTEM FAILING Plastic Shrinkage Cracks U.S. DOT Comment on EPA Flyash Position NEWS: Inadequate transportation infrastructure imposes hundreds of billions of dollars of unnecessary costs on the U.S. economy each year and impedes our competitiveness in the global market place. -- Continued Lawmaker Proposes Diesel Tax Hike An article from the Journal of Commerce, click here. Press Release: Overlay Database Available Online... 2010 Award Winners	Airport Pavement Workshop Information and Registration click here for program agenda in PDF format Click here for Online Registration ACI Field Sampling & Testing Training Bismarck, Dickinson, or Fargo. Click here for more information. Click here for Online Registration Sustainable Design for Exterior Lighting Applications (Click here) New Links added to Links Page (Click here) Hunting Pictures View some recent successful ventures... Submit this year's hunting pictures and we'll post them here on the website. E-mail picture and short description or a pdf file to ndconcrete@rrv.net Vision Statement for MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub The CSHub at MIT will revolutionize the scientific basis for evaluating the environmental impact of Portland cement concrete, for optimizing the use of present materials, and for modifying present materials and developing new materials designed to achieve a fully sustainable physical infrastructure, including uses in ever more demanding environments. More Info Want a Government Contract? You'll Need to Go Green A 2009 presidential executive order requires federal agencies to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient -- and it also requires the same of government contractors. Nearly all new contracts must meet some standard for eco-friendliness. "There will be a trickle-down effect from government to subcontractors. More Info Report from the NRMCA National Convention Wal-Mart will start a new program of building "Express" size stores in the near future. Word from a Virginia ready mix supplier is that Wal-Mart selected their company for parking lot materials based on their NRMCA Green-Star Certification. Recommendation: Get your Green-Star Certification before your competition to do business with Wal-Mart. NDDOT Expected to Implement Plant Certification Word is that the NDDOT will be expected to specify plant certification by the construction season 2012. Preliminary discussions indicated a support for use of the NRMCA Certification procedures in addition to MNDOT. Colin Lobo from NRMCA has been invited to discuss the Plant Certification at the upcoming NDRMCPA Tech Day in January.

Cold Weather Concrete Click here for a reminder on cold weather concreting.

How Good is Your Cylinder Test for Acceptance Testing compressive strength has been a time-honored method of identifying quality concrete for as many years as we have been making concrete. However, we must also recognize that the cylinder is not the best way of testing for quality acceptance. See the complete article here.

Saving fuel through concrete pavements makes sense. Fuel Consumption and Emissions Study Demonstrates Environmental Advantages in Paving with Concrete From RMC Foundation-UTA Click here to read more.

FEATURED COMPANY PROFILE Clint Feland Inc./Feland Ready Mix
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Clint Feland Inc./Feland Ready Mix