ASCE will be sunsetting the Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) in the coming months. We encourage you to start using the ASCE Library to perform content searches. In the ASCE Library, you can save your search results as well as receive email content alerts when new content relevant to your area of interest is published. Try it out today at https://ascelibrary.org.

 

High-Performance Construction Materials and Systems: An Essential Program for America and Its Infrastructure?Executive Report

by
Civil Engineering Research Foundation, ASCE

American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY
978-0-87262-938-7 (ISBN-13) | 0-87262-938-4 (ISBN-10), 1993, Soft Cover, Pg. 32
Report 93-5011.E

Document Type: Book

Abstract:

Prepared by American Concrete Institute; American Institute of Steel Construction; American Iron and Steel Institute; ASCE; Civil Engineering Research Foundation; Concrete Research and Education Foundation; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association; Portland Cement Association; Suppliers of Advanced Composite Materials Association; The Aluminum Association.

This executive report provides a high-level, policy-oriented summary of the findings detailed in the longer Technical Report. The intended audience is members of Congress, other national policymakers, and government and industry leaders. Initiated as a result of the 1991 National Civil Engineering Research Needs Forum organized by the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF), this report builds a case for a national program aimed at exploiting the potential of high-performance concrete and steel for improving the competitiveness and quality of U.S. construction. Although the executive report includes a synopsis of conclusions contained in the Technical Report, its main emphasis is on the potential benefits to be realized from such a national program. The report concludes with a call for active support, participation, and funding from government, industry, and academia in order to realize this critical national priority.

Subject Headings: Steel construction | Construction materials | Infrastructure construction | Concrete construction | Concrete | Systems engineering | Industries

 

Return to search