The Engineering Division and other NRMCA staff represent the ready mixed concrete industry on committees and organizations that set standards impacting the industry. The RES Committee is consulted and provides direction on initiatives and positions for the industry. Participation includes committees of the American Concrete Institute, ASTM International, Transportation Research Board, and technical committees of allied industry groups. NRMCA Staff also participate as industry representatives on panels and committees of the Federal Highway Administration and other specifying entities as requested.
The technical advocacy initiatives of NRMCA support its activities in promotion, research, education and government advocacy. Participation in the industry standards area ensures that NRMCA provides current information to its members and customers of the industry. It ensures that NRMCA can provide its members with a solution to a wide range of issues either with supporting information, or by directing them to an expert who will know.
When requested, NRMCA has provided comments on master specifications of engineering design firms and advised on requirements for concrete in concrete specifications to its members. NRMCA engineers Lionel Lemay, Karthik Obla and Colin Lobo are licensed engineers. Click here for their contact information.
Some committees with representation by NRMCA personnel include the
American Concrete Institute and ASTM International.
American Concrete Institute
| RCC | Responsibilities in Concrete Construction | Developing document that defines responsibilities | Lobo |
| 201 | Durability | Sulfates, ASR, Freeze-thaw and performance options | Obla |
| 211 | Mixture Proportioning | High Strength and revised normal strength proportioning – important for short course and certifications | Obla |
| 214 | Strength Tests | Statistics associated with strength tests, core testing, flexural testing | Lobo |
| 216 | Strength Tests | Code Requirements for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete and Masonry Construction Assemblies | Rashid-Sumar |
| 232 | Fly ash | Fly ash in concrete and flowable fill, durability, sustainability, ASR | Obla (Chair) |
| 237 | Self Consolidating Concrete | New doc on practice, tests, acceptance, and rheology | Obla |
| 301 | Structural Specs | Specifications for concrete | Lobo (Sec) |
| 318 | Building Code | Code requirements for concrete materials | Lobo |
| 323 | Building Code | Low Carbon Concrete Code | Rashid-Sumar, Reed-Villarreal |
| 325 | Concrete Pavements | Pavement design and construction practice; streets and local roads | Killingsworth |
| 330 | Parking Lots | Design and construction | Miller |
| 332 | Residential | Codes/guide for residential construction | Mills-Beale |
| 365 | Service Life Prediction | Life-365 (RMC-Foundation funded consortium) | Obla |
| 522 | Pervious | Concrete Guide for construction/specification | Miller |
| 551 | Tilt-Up | Tilt-up construction | Lemay |
| 555 | Recycled materials | Recycled materials – crushed concrete; wash water | Obla |
| 560 | Insulating Concrete Forms | Design and Construction with Insulating Concrete Forms | Mills-Beale, Rashid-Sumar |
ASTM International
| C01.10 | Cement | Specifications for Portland and blended cements | Lobo |
| C09.20 | Aggregates | Specification and tests for concrete aggregates | Lobo |
| C09.23 | Admixtures | Specifications for chemical admixtures, setting time methods | Lobo |
| C09.24 | SCM | Standards for fly ash, silica fume and supplementary cementitious materials | Obla |
| C09.27 | Ground Slag | Standards for slag cement | Lobo |
| C09.26 | Chemical Reactions | Testing for alkali aggregate reactions | Obla |
| C09.40 | Ready Mixed Concrete | Specification for ready mixed concrete and mixing water | Lobo (Sec) |
| C09.47 | Self Consolidating Concrete | Standards for self consolidating concrete | Obla |
| C09.49 | Pervious Concrete | Standards for pervious concrete | Obla |
| C09.60 | Fresh Concrete tests | Density, air content – pressure, volumetric, standards for technician certification | Lobo |
| C09.61 | Strength Tests | Standards for testing strength of concrete | Lobo |
| C09.66 | Resistance to Fluid Penetration | Permeability indicator tests | Obla |
| C09.67 | Resistance to Environment | Freeze thaw testing | Obla |
| C09.68 | Volume Change | Shrinkage and cracking tests | Obla |
| C09.69 | Misc. Tests | Sulfates in soil | |
| C09.96 | CCRL | Reference sample and laboratory inspections | Lobo |
| C09.98 | Laboratories | Standards for laboratories | Lobo |
| E05 | Fire Standards | Fire Test Standards, including Fire Resistance, External Fire Exposures, and Combustibility | Rashid-Sumar |
| E60 | Sustainability | Sustainability Standards, including for Building and Construction | Reed-Villarreal |