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Lafarge Canada shifts production to OneCem cement at its St-Constant plant, reducing CO² emissions by 60,000 tons in 2024 and advancing sustainability goals.

The ACI Foundation has partnered with the ACI Houston Chapter to create a new student academic award. Through the chapter’s generous donation, the ACI Foundation can offer an additional fellowship to benefit students studying in concrete-related degree programs, the ACI Houston Chapter Fellowship.

The ACI Foundation is administering a request for proposal on behalf of ACI’s Innovation Task Group 93-12 — Code Requirements for Construction of Additively Constructed Walls (ITG-12).

The American Concrete Institute is pleased to bring the ACI Concrete Convention to New Orleans. Known as the world’s gathering place for advancing concrete, the convention will take place March 24-28.

The ACI Foundation’s Concrete Innovation Council will host its 2024 Technology Forum on May 14 – 16 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The forum is an innovation-focused educational and networking event for concrete professionals.

James Patrick Judge Sr., a 78-year-old resident of Dunedin, Florida, entrepreneur, construction pioneer, inventor and U.S. patentholder, died Dec. 29 at Melech Hospice House in Temple Terrace, Florida, following a continued decline in his health over the last year.

PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Productivity announced its first members – Ceco Concrete Construction, LLC, and The Conco Companies. Both organizations have joined PRO as Silver members.

The SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500 North Texas Regional event and its live mason contractor auction raised $58,700 at the sixth annual Bricks, Blocks & Bags for Bikes Charity Auction. The money enabled the local group of “Santa’s Helpers” to purchase 1,000 bikes for underprivileged youth in the North Texas area.