Industry News Archives - Northwest Cement Council

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Our World is Changing – And We Need to Change Also

February 11, 2019
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Industry News

Our World is Changing – And We Need to Change Also We recently received a sobering reminder that our world has changed forever, and that fact has far-reaching implications for our industries that build our cities, towns, and the systems that sustain our way of life. The National Climate Assessment […]

CEA Research Forum 2018: Evan Reis, US Resiliency Council

February 11, 2019
Diane Warner
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CEA Research Forum 2018 interview with Evan Reis, US Resiliency Council. This was with the California Earthquake Authority and provides a concise summary of the US Resiliency Council’s goals and objectives. The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) History On January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake known as the Northridge earthquake rocked […]

Pavement Designer Launch Announcement

January 24, 2019
Diane Warner
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Interest To Engineers

NCC is proud to announce the launch of a comprehensive concrete pavement software solution, Pavement Designer. “Pavement Designer is a free web-based pavement design tool for streets, local roads, parking lots, and intermodal/industrial facilities” — and NCC has it for you right here! “PavementDesigner.org, the cement and concrete industries’ concrete […]

John Doe

PRESS RELEASE: Portland Cement Association Grant

July 9, 2018
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Industry News, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PULLMAN, Wash. – A Portland Cement Association grant to improve cement testing methods has been presented to Washington State University researcher Somayeh Nassiri. Nassiri, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and her fellow researchers hope to improve the efficiency of durability testing methods for […]

Concrete and the Oregon Cement Industry

June 7, 2018
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Industry News

Concrete is basically a mixture of aggregates and paste. The aggregates are sand and gravel or crushed stone; the paste is water and cement. Portland cement is not a brand name, but the generic term for the type of cement used in virtually all concrete, just as stainless is a […]

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2018 Excellence in Concrete Awards

May 2, 2018
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Events, Interest To Engineers

Awards Celebration, Salem, OR – The 38th Annual Excellence in Concrete Awards celebration was held on April 27, 2018, at the Salem Convention Center. At this 2018 Excellence in Concrete Awards, winning projects — in sixteen unique categories — were judged “best in class” from over 60 submitted entries. Projects […]