APRIL 13, 2010

OPENING GENERAL SESSION

¡ Opening Remarks, Tim Becken, Chairman, NRMCA and Godwin Amekuedi, Chairman, NRMCA Research, Engineering and Standards Committee Presentation

¡ Greening a University Campus: The ASU Story, Jim Buizer, Science Policy Advisor, ASU Presentation

¡ LEED V3 and Beyond, Mark Wilhelm, Principal, Green Ideas Environmental Building Consultants Presentation

¡ Using LCA to Assess Environmental Performance, Wayne Trusty, President, Athena Institute Presentation 

10:30 AM—12:00 PM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T1

A. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

¡ Green Highways Partnership, Lueckenhoff, D. Presentation

¡ Sustainability and Concrete Pavements for Real Engineers, Van Dam, T. and Taylor, P. Presentation

¡ Full-depth Reclamation Using a Cement Slurry Spreader--Attached to a Ready Mixed Concrete Truck, Halsted, G. and Guthrie, W. Presentation

B. RECYCLED MATERIALS

¡ Challenges and Opportunities with using Recycled Materials in Ready Mixed Concrete, Lobo, C. and Obla, K. Presentation

¡ Construction and Demolition Waste used as Recycled Aggregates in Concrete: Solutions for Increasing the Marketability of Recycled Aggregates Concrete, Tempest, B., Cavalline, T., Gergely, J., and Weggel, D. Paper | Presentation

¡ Evaluation and Assessment of Concrete Produced by Utilizing Treated Wastewater, Alenezi, N. Paper | Presentation

1:30 PM—3:00 PM CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T2

A. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE PAVEMENTS

¡ The Influence of City Street Pavement Types on Fuel Consumption and Emissions, Ardekani, S. and Sumitsawan, P. Presentation

¡ Latest Strategic Advances in Green Concrete Pavement Technologies, Huffman, D. Presentation

¡ Innovative Sustainable Pavement Solutions, Abdo, F. and Shepherd, D. Paper | Presentation

B. GREEN CONCRETE

¡ The Development of a Geopolymer "Roadmap" Towards Making Geopolymer Concrete an Engineered Material, Diaz, I. and Allouche, E. Presentation

¡ The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory: Performance Prediction and Sustainability, Garboczi, E., Bullard, J., Martys, N., and Terrill, J. Presentation

¡ Impact of Green Cement Mandates, Szecsy, R. Paper | Presentation

3:30 PM—5:00 PM CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T3

A. CODES AND STANDARDS

¡ High Performance Building Requirements for Sustainability, Szoke, S. and Skalko, S. Paper | Presentation

¡ NAHB Green Building Standard, Dalrymple, M. Presentation

¡ International Green Construction Code, Floyd, A. Presentation

B. GREEN CONCRETE

¡ An Environmental Concrete for the Lehigh Cement Plant in Leeds, Alabama, Knight, G. Presentation

¡ Equivalent Performance with Half the Clinker Content Using PLC and SCM, Thomas, M., Cail, K., Blair, B, and Delagrave, A. Paper | Presentation

¡ An Investigation of Nano Silca in the Cement Hydration Process, Belkowitz, J. Paper | Presentation

APRIL 14, 2010

 8:00 AM—10:00 AM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T4

A. CONCRETE INDUSTRY SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

¡ NRMCA Sustainability Initiatives, Grogan, R. Presentation

¡ PCA Sustainability Initiatives, O'Hare, A. Presentation

¡ ACI Sustainability Initiatives, Barth, F. Presentation

¡ The Recycling and Reuse of Concrete, Stoeck, H. Presentation

B. GREEN CONCRETE

¡ Decreasing the Clinker Component in Cementing Materials: Performance of Portland-Limestone Cements in Concrete in Combination with SCMs, Hooton, D., Ramezanianpour, A., and Schutz, U. Paper | Presentation

¡ Insulating Light-Weight Cementitious Materials, Berke, N., Merritt, J., and Abelleira, A. Presentation

¡ Ultra High Strength Concrete using Local Materials, Allena, S. and Newtson, C. Paper | Presentation

¡ Optimization of the use of Rice Husk Ash and Other Comparable SCMs in Cementitious Mortar, Rangaraju, P. and Harish, K.  Presentation

10:30 AM—12:00 PM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T5

A. ASU RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

¡ Pavement Materials and the Urban Climate, Kaloush, K. Presentation

¡ Sustainability Projects and Activities in Construction and Civil Engineering Courses, Snell, L. Presentation

¡ Multi-Parameter Study of Sulfate Attack in Blended Cement Materials, Bonakdar, A. and Mobasher, B. Paper | Presentation1 | Presentation2

B. SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE PRODUCTION

¡ The NRMCA Sustainable Concrete Plant Guidelines: The Next Step Towards Industry Sustainability, Lemay, L. Presentation

¡ A New Approach to Managing Biodiversity/Ecosystem Services as part of RMX Companies' Sustainability Programs, Carroll, D. and Stoeck, H.  Presentation

¡ Effect of Order Placement on Energy Efficiency in Ready-Mixed Concrete Plants in Japan, Fujimoto, S., Noguchi, T., Ohkubo, T., and Furui, H. Paper | Presentation

1:30 PM—3:00 PM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T6

A. PERVIOUS CONCRETE

¡ Field Performance of Portland cement Pervious Concrete Pavement in Cold Weather Climates, Delatte, N. Presentation

¡   Sediment Capture in Pervious Concrete Pavement Systems: Effects on Hydrological Performance and Suspended Solids Discharge, Mata, L. and Leming, M. Presentation

¡ Pervious Concrete Filtration for Economic Removal of Metals from Various Waste Streams, Majersky, G. Presentation

B. GREEN CONCRETE

¡ Impact of Chemical Admixtures to Modify the Rheological Behavior of Cementitious Systems Containing Manufactured Aggregates, Jeknavorian, A. and Koehler, E. Paper | Presentation

¡ Advances in Chemical Admixture Technology and their Impact on Sustainable Concrete Contruction, Bury, M. and Daczko, J. Presentation

¡ Lightweight Aggregate Optimizes the Sustainability of Concrete Through Internal Curing, Extended Service Life, Lower Carbon Footprint and Weight Reduction, Ries, J. Speck, J., and Harmon, K. Paper | Presentation

3:30 PM—5:00 PM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T7

A. PERVIOUS CONCRETE

¡ Pervious Concrete Specifications: Technology, Testing and Trends, Offenberg, M. Presentation

¡ Laboratory Evaluation of Abrasion Resistance of Latex-Modified Pervious Concrete, Huang, B., Wu, H., Shu, X., and Dong, Q. Presentation

¡ Integrating Structural and Hydrological Design Considerations in Permeable Pavement, Smith, D. Presentation

B. APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES

¡ LCA of Cement-based, Polymer-based, and Natural Stone Architectural Finish Materials, Gentry, R., Weaver, C., Joshi, S., and Gamble, M. Presentation

¡ Case Study: Large Scale Pervious Pavement in the Arid Southwest-Glendale, AZ-Challenges and Opportunities, Kaczmarowski, T. Presentation

¡ The New Indianapolis Airport Parking Garage - Sustainable Concrete used to Produce a 70-year Design Life, Kojundic, T. Presentation

APRIL 15, 2010

 8:00 AM—10:00 AM:  CONCURRENT TECHNICAL SESSION T8

A. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

¡ Sensitivity Analysis in the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Concrete and Asphalt Pavements, Loijos, A., Akbarian, M., Sahni, S. and Ochsendorf, J. Paper | Presentation

¡ Characterizing the Impact of Concrete in an Overall Building Framework: The Promise of Whole-Building LCA, Joshi, S., Gentry, R., Bayer, C. and Gamble, M. Presentation

¡ Sustainability Consortium: Transition from Company to Product Sustainability Reporting, Carlson, J. Presentation

¡ The Use of LCA in LEED 2009, Ashley, E. Presentation

B. GREEN CONCRETE

¡ Recycling Carbon Dioxide into Concrete—A Feasibility Study, Shao, Y., Monkman, S., and Boyd, A. Paper | Presentation

¡ Development of Sustainable and Multi-Functional Inorganic Polymer Coating Material for Restoration and Protection of Constructed Concrete Infrastructure as well as New Structures, Achille, F., Arockiasamy, M., Carraher, C., and Neelakantaswamy, P. Paper | Presentation

¡ Carbon Efficient Construction - Why Carbon Accounting is Key to the Next Generation of the Built Environment, Williams, P. and Erickson, C. Presentation

¡ Cool Climate Concrete, Argeles, C. Presentation

10:30 AM—12:00 PM:  CLOSING GENERAL SESSION

¡ The Future of Fly Ash in The U.S., Ken Ladwig, Senior Research Manager, Electric Power Research Institute Presentation

¡ Nanoengineering Green Concrete, Dr. Franz-Josef Ulm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presentation

¡ Closing Remarks, Rodney Grogan, Chairman, NRMCA Sustainability Committee Presentation