Winners Announced for 2024 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards

The Slag Cement Association recently announced the winners of its 2024 Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards. The winning projects were unveiled and celebrated during the spring ACI Concrete Convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fourteen construction projects from across the United States and Canada were chosen to showcase the broad applications of slag cement and its impact on creating more durable and resilient concrete. These construction projects were awarded in six categories. The categories include infrastructure, high performance, architectural, durability, innovative applications and lower carbon concrete. Two slag cement research projects were also honored in this year’s program. Award winners … Read more

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Slag Cement Association, NEU Sign Memorandum of Understanding

The Slag Cement Association and NEU, an ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, recently signed a memorandum of understanding at ACI Headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The MOU sets forth the terms and understanding between the SCA and NEU to use their individual and collective resources to reduce, through reasonable measures, the carbon footprint of concrete in the built environment. Under the MOU, the SCA will share its technical information about the utilization of slag cement in lowered-embodied concrete construction. NEU will incorporate this technical knowledge into its publications and educational resources, fostering widespread awareness of the benefits … Read more

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