These Awards recognise outstanding safety performance in the manufacturing of Portland cement
This Earth Day is unlike any other. We are amid a pandemic that has shaken the foundations of our society, our economy, and our survival.
CalPortland earns award for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency!
A new initiative by the Portland Cement Association shows how our world has been shaped by concrete, the most important building product in use today.
We cannot afford to wait for someone else to solve these problems. Leadership starts with us.
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]