Specifying Sustainable Concrete
September 18, 2021 from 7:00am to 8:00am Central Standard Time
Hyatt Regency 4th Floor - Grand F-H
Donn C. Thompson, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Concrete is used in nearly every structure we build today, including buildings, bridges, homes and infrastructure. With greater emphasis placed on sustainability, design professionals are faced with the challenge of meeting traditional design criteria with evolving criteria that support green building and efforts to reduce impact on climate change. Performance-based specifications for concrete represent an important synergy with sustainability initiatives because they provide the opportunity to optimize mixtures for performance that can also reduce environmental impacts. Prescriptive specifications often adversely impact the environmental footprint of concrete structures. This session outlines how concrete performance can be improved while lowering environmental footprint by implementing performance-based specifications.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Understand the difference between performance-based specification and prescriptive specifications.
- Learn how to implement performance-based specifications in projects.
- Demonstrate the importance of balancing structural and architectural performance of concrete with green building strategies.
- Discover how performance-based specifications can improve performance and lower environmental impact of concrete structures.
TRACK SPONSOR - Total Integrated Panel Systems
Total Integrated Panel Systems (TIPS) designs and manufactures products that are meant to greatly enhance the construction industry. We create products that will build better structures, require less effort, and increase profitability for contractors and end users. We have now developed the Total Integrated Panel System (TIPS) for tilt-up. This revolutionary, patent pending, prefabricated system integrates structural steel, insulation, and labor into one fully composite product. It is an industry first solution that produces stronger, lighter, insulated panels, while also reducing rebar, concrete, and labor use. Our project development and product education teams are eager to provide you with the information you need to make your next job more successful than ever.
Booth number: 401 | Learn more about Total Integrated Panel Systems >
TRACK SPONSOR - Needham DBS
Needham DBS is a structural engineering firm providing services for all types of building construction. Clients include Architects, Contractors, Developers, Building Owners and Manufacturing Companies. With such a wide range of clients, Needham DBS has designed many types of projects all over North America and the Caribbean. Needham DBS is a leader in the design-build delivery of building structural products through Needham's DBS division. Needham DBS uses BIM technology, combined with twenty-five years of steel fabrication experience, to provide a single source proposal for division five products. This approach is now being expanded into division three concrete products.
Booth number: 301 | Learn more about Needham DBS >
TRACK SPONSOR - Dayton Superior Corporation
At Dayton Superior, we are serious about providing the best concrete construction product solutions in the industry. To us, they are not just what we sell, they’re a reflection of who we are. Our vast product portfolio is comprised of tough, tested and high performing solutions, trusted by contractors. Today, we are among the world’s leading suppliers to the non-residential concrete construction industry. With accessories, chemicals and forming products, we are your single source solution for Tilt-Up projects.
Booth number: 417 | Learn more about Dayton Superior Corporation >
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About the Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Founded in 1986, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) strives to improve the quality and acceptance of site-cast Tilt-Up construction - one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. Over 10,000 buildings, enclosing more than 650 million square feet, are constructed each year using this construction method.
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