ACI’s seventh annual Concrete Sustainability Forum will take place during the organization’s Fall 2014 convention to be held October 26-30, 2014 in Washington, D.C. The forum will update attendees on the evolving landscape of concrete sustainability and structural resilience. Examples of new sustainable and innovative concrete technologies from around the […]
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