Implementing Low Carbon Concrete on Your Current Projects

Date & Time: Thursday Feb 16, 2023 at 11:00 am

Duration: 50 minutes

Location: Pegasus Room B

Registration: $50 + tax

Description

Ready mixed concrete remains the most used construction material in the world due to its ease of use and long-term performance. While ready mixed concrete is a sustainable product, the large volumes used in Ontario projects allows for significant carbon reductions to your projects when low carbon becomes a performance requirement. This presentation will focus on the primary ways the construction industry can low the carbon impacts of concrete and still achieve the strength, durability and resilience that this local product has offered for centuries.

Presented by

Alen Keri , Director of Technical Services, Concrete Ontario

Alen is a Professional Engineer with over 13 years of Technical Services experience in the industry and is currently the Director of Technical Services at Concrete Ontario. He oversees all Concrete Ontario technical initiatives, certification programs (ACI Field Testing, Flatwork and SCC) and events and provides leadership, planning and execution to achieve technical goals that support the annual and strategic goals of the Association. Before joining the Association, he worked with Canada Building Materials as a Technical Services Representative providing extensive plastic and hardened concrete technical support to contractors and consulting engineers. Alen has drafted several best practices documents and sits on numerous industry committees including CSA and OPS.|

Bart Kanters , President, Concrete Ontario