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Introducing: World’s First 100% Bio-Based 3D Printed Home

Pro Builder

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled a first-of-its-kind bio-based home, utilizing prefabrication and 3D printing techniques. The unique design of the home shows the capabilities of ASCC’s 3D printer. Photo courtesy ASCC. Photo courtesy ASCC.

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Dennis Ahal Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from ASCC

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Louis, Missouri, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASCC on Sept. The Lifetime Achievement Award is ASCC’s highest honor, acknowledging recipients for their body of work within the industry and their service to ASCC. Ahal was president of ASCC from 1997-1998. frontpage'

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Dan Baker Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Construction Superintendent Magazine

The Lifetime Achievement Award is ASCC’s highest honor, acknowledging recipients for their body of work within the industry and their service to ASCC. Baker served on the board of ASCC and has made significant donations of people and monies to both the ASCC and its education and research foundation. .

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ASCC, NRMCA Release P2P Checklist

Construction Superintendent Magazine

The document is in keeping with an initiative to facilitate a construction industry change from prescription specifications to performance specifications. and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md., have published Checklist for Concrete Producer – Concrete Contractor Fresh Concrete Performance Expectations.

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American Society of Concrete Contractors to Hold 14th Annual Conference in Dallas this Fall

Construction Superintendent Magazine

Concrete contractors, manufacturers, designers and other industry professionals will gather for three days of educational events and networking.

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Specifying floor finishes: Polished concrete topping slabs with radiant heating

Construction Specifier

Increasingly, owners and architects are using exposed concrete slabs to provide an urban/industrial aesthetic in commercial and residential applications, while, in many cases, providing a medium for hydronic piping. CPC established industry classifications for aggregate exposure and gloss for consistent application and expectations.

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Concrete floors in diverse facilities: Key factors for optimal performance

Construction Specifier

By Chris Bennett, iSCS, CDT, James Longo, iSCS, and Keith Robinson, RSW, FCSC, FCSI, LEED AP RSW, FCSC, FCSI Photo by Magda Biernat Photography Concrete floors are used in wide-ranging facilities, such as industrial data centers, commercial high-rise buildings, and residential homes. To lower global warming potential (GWP) by 18.5