Alkali aggregate reactions subject of ASTM subcommittee

Members of ASTM Committees C09
on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
and C01 on Cement, as well as other
interested parties, are invited to join
the new Subcommittee C09.50 on
Risk Management for Alkali Aggregate
Reactions. The subcommittee will
develop standards on the mitigation of
harmful alkali-aggregate reactions in
concrete.
To initiate the launch of C09.50,
Committees C01 and C09 are the
co-sponsors of a workshop on
Specifications on Alkali-Aggregate
Reaction, to be held June 6 at the
Renaissance St. Louis Grand and Suites
Hotel in St. Louis, Mo. The purpose of
the workshop is to help the sponsoring
committees and the new subcommittee
develop new specifications on alkalisilica
reactions in concrete.
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