In recognition of the funding announcement from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) — the Low-Carbon Transportation Materials (LCTM) grant program —the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) announced the formation of a supporting industry consortium, the Reduced Carbon Concrete Consortium (RC3).

The ACPA, National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) and other qualified engineering professionals created RC3 in anticipation of the LCTM program, with the purpose of helping disseminate information on reducing carbon in the construction process and assisting DOTs and other qualifying entities with the LCTM application.

RC3 also is available to provide technical assistance to DOTs and facilitate contractor preparedness with critical next steps such as Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).

The ACPA will be developing and releasing various materials and offering specifications consultation, materials selection consultation, workshops, technical engineering support and other program advisement. The recently released CP Tech Center publication, Guide for Reducing the Cradle-to-Gate Embodied Carbon Emissions of Paving Concrete, is already available to help agencies reduce the environmental impacts incurred during the production of paving concrete before it leaves the concrete plant.

Leadership of RC3 includes Thomas J. Van Dam, principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner (WJE); Lawrence L. Sutter, principal at Sutter Engineering LLC; ACPA and CP Tech Center.

"As we announced earlier this year at the World of Concrete, we are aligned with the FHWA and will be supporting their efforts in every way possible. We applaud their commitment to lowering the greenhouse gas emissions of U.S. infrastructure," said Laura O'Neill Kaumo, president and CEO of ACPA.

"This morning's announcement is the moment we've been waiting for," said Van Dam. "It is a great opportunity for the construction industry. RC3 is here to help agencies and contractors secure funding and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our infrastructure — something concrete, as a material, is well positioned to do."

For more information, visit www.fhwa.dot.gov/lowcarbon/

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