The Construction Materials Testing laboratory accreditation program (LAP) began in 1978 as the Concrete LAP. The program gradually expanded beyond concrete testing to include other testing areas such as admixtures, aggregates, cement, geotextiles, road and paving materials, soil and rock, and steel materials.
The standard specifications for Structural Concrete for Buildings, established in 1966 by the American Concrete Institute, is unsatisfactory in its form and its content.
Building a Materials Innovation Ecosystem IMat represents and supports more than 200 materials related faculty members with diverse expertise in a wide range of disciplines such as materials science and engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, biology, computing and information sciences, and others.
Aug 01, 2019· The Knowledge Base from CII provides resources from more than 30 years of research, publications, presentations, and tools. It is designed to be a rich, engaging interface that encourages exploration, discovery, and learning.
Terracon's construction material testing engineers work with clients to minimize material replacements, reduce the likelihood of deterioration, avoid potential failures, and investigate and evaluate materialsrelated problems and failures when they do occur.
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the science behind environmental footprinting. The Athena Institute works with sustainability leaders in product manufacturing, building design, construction, and green labelling programs to enable smaller footprints in the production and consumption of construction materials.
following American Concrete Institute committees cover practice, procedures, and stateoftheart guidance for the categories of construction as listed: General building.....ACI 302, 304, 305, 311, 315 Special structures..... ACI 307, 313, 325, 332, 334, 343, 358 Materials.....ACI 211, 223
MultiAttribute Green Building Rating Systems. In North America, PHIUS is the leading educational institute with most certified passive building professionals trained in North America. PHIUS is also the leading certifier of passive houses and buildings with 95% .
The Institute of Construction Materials deals with the topics "Construction Materials" and "Fastenings and Strengthening". The Insitute offers a broad range of research from production and processing of high performance building materials, topics of energy optimised building constructions, construction maintenance, energetic retrofitting and modernization up to innovative methods of .
Jul 02, 2018· It is "the sum of all the energy required from extracting a material — like granite or stone or ore out of the ground — all the way until its end of life," Mike Stopka, building and built environments lead at Delta Institute, told Smart Cities Dive.
The Institute of Materials Science (IMS) supports over 100 graduate students in three primary fields of study, Materials Science and Engineering, Polymer Science, and Materials Science. In addition, graduate students in affiliated departments use IMS facilities to perform materialsrelated research.
Construction and Materials Technician Certification The Arizona Technical Testing Institute (ATTI) was established in 1996 for the purpose of raising the professional standards and reliability of materials sampling and testing within the state of Arizona through technician certification.
Asphalt / Concrete / Soils. Knowledge of engineering properties of construction materials used in buildings, roads, and related civil engineering projects and knowledge of testing specifications, practices, methods, and materials evaluation is required. Asphalt, Concrete and Soils have unique certification requirements in...
May 16, 2019· The International Living Future Institute, a nonprofit that challenges communities to build sustainable environments, has certified DPR Construction's Phoenix headquarters as a net zero energy building, the first building in Arizona to earn the distinction from the group.
Architectural information on building materials, manufacturers, specifications, BIM families and CAD details.