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P2P Initiative Resources

In March 2008, the RMC Research & Education Foundation released the CD "Research to Support the P2P Initiative." Below are links to the reports included on that CD. For a copy of the CD or to receive hardcopies of any of these reports, please contact Jennifer LeFevre. You may also view our P2P one-pager here.

Quality Management System for Ready Mixed Concrete Companies - The QMS is a tool that will assist ready mixed concrete companies with creating their own quality plan and includes a sample plan for a fictitious RMC company.

Model Performance Spec Phase II: Guide to Specifying Concrete Performance - This guide specification was written specifically for the provisions of ACI 318-08, Building Code for Structural Concrete and is intended to address properties or requirements for ready mixed concrete based on performance. It covers requirements for concrete that are not addressed in ACI 318.

Model Performance Spec Phase I: Preparation of a Performance-Based Specification for Cast-In-Place Concrete - Phase I of this project includes a literature review and identifies the methods for the development of a guide to specifying concrete performance.

Experimental Case Study Demonstrating the Advantages of Performance Specifications - This final report outlines the results of a laboratory study designed to show the advantages of performance-based criteria over prescriptive requirements in concrete specifications.

Pervious Concrete/Sustainable  Development Resources

Pervious concrete and other sustainable development resources such as the Crushed Concrete Aggregate study fall both under the Environment, Health & Safety Track as well as the Concrete Applications Track. To view our available pervious concrete/sustainable development resources, please view our Environment, Health & Safety Track section by clicking here.

 Other Concrete Applications Projects

Guide to Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Parking Lots - This guide provides information and guidance in areas including, but not limited to, assessing the integrity of the exiting pavement, selecting project candidates, pavement design principles and design life, managing parking lot drainage, and dealing with entry evaluations of adjacent buildings. 

Revised Life-365 Software Now Available for Download - The Life-365 software, information, and instructions are now available for download by clicking here. The software, designed to estimate the service life and life-cycle costs of alternative concrete mixture designs proportions, life-cycle costs of alternative concrete mixture designs proportions and corrosion protection systems, was updated in 2011 and the latest version is now available.

Hurricane Katrina Forensic Study - The full study is too large for download but is available on CD or as a hardcopy. An Abstract and Executive Summary is available for download.

Building Information Modeling Strategic Plan Completed - The Strategic Development Council (SDC) of the American Concrete Institute's ACI Foundation has released the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Strategic Plan. The development of the Strategic Plan was funded by the RMC Research & Education Foundation and the Charles Pankow Foundation. The Strategic Plan may be accessed here.

National Institute of Standards and Technology's Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory Consortium - Information on the VCCTL project at NIST may be viewed here. Educational VCCTL software may be accessed here. A webinar on VCCTL capabilities and how it has been used by a cement and concrete company in Thailand for cost savings may be accessed here. In addition, another resource - Modeling and Measuring the Structure and Properties of Cement-Based Materials - may be found here.

Plant Inspector's Guide - The NRMCA administers a plant certification program that ensures that the production facilities used to manufacture concrete are in compliance with industry standards and are capable of furnishing quality concrete. The inspection is conducted by a licensed professional engineer who goes through a thorough checklist. The Plant Inspector’s Guide instructs the inspector on the intent of requirements of the certification program and will be used as a basis to qualify inspectors to conduct plant inspections. For more information on the Plant Inspection Program, please contact NRMCA at 301-587-1400.

SCC Formwork Pressure Study Reports Available - The final report is too large to make available for download but an Executive Summary is available. Copies of the report on CD may be requested by contacting Jennifer LeFevre or Heather Houck. A Progress Report and Task I Report on the Self-Consolidating Concrete Formwork Pressure Study were made available earlier. The study, co-funded by the RMC Research & Education Foundation and ACI's Strategic Development Council, is a joint project in cooperation with Sherbrooke University, Purdue University, Northwestern University and CTL Group. 

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