• 2019 ROUND ROBIN

  WACEL and the Ready Mixed Concrete Producers Technical Committee once again are sponsoring a round robin cylinder testing program for concrete facilities in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  ALL WACEL ACCREDITED OR SOON TO BE ACCREDITED CONCRETE LABORATORIES NOTE:  YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN A REFERENCE SAMPLE PROGRAM AS A CONDITION OF YOUR WACEL CONCRETE ACCREDITATION.  CONCRETE BREAKS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE DONE MAY 22, 2019.  Please use the 2019 WACEL Concrete Break form to report results and the 2019 WACEL Aggregate Form to report the aggregate testing.

• New Approved ASTM Standards

  D2216 - Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass has been revised to D2216-19 developed by Committee D18.03, ASTM BOS Volume 04.08.

• Testing at the WACEL office is available on Monday through Wednesday and Friday (May 20-22 and 24, 2019).   TESTING IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019.  Examinees should arrive between 9:30 am and 2:00 pm.

Please contact Chris Worley at 301-652-7925 or chris@wacel.org to confirm availability.

• WACEL has been tapped by Prince George’s County to help it revamp it's Third Party Inspection Program.  On Friday, December 9, 2018, we were represented at the inaugural meeting of this effort. County officials informed us that the legal department is requiring the Department of Inspections to obtain a signed copy of Attachment 5 of the existing TPIP Program in order to sign off on projects.  We realize that almost no one has ever signed Attachment 5 in the past, but moving forward for the time being you will have to submit Attachment 5. Attachment 5 is the final inspections report and Attachment 6 is the Third-Party Inspection Program Certification Form.  Both are now required until the update to the TPIP program has been completed.

• The WACEL Board of Directors voted on during the April meeting to require the Soils I Field Practical to be submitted prior to taking the written exam.  This is effective August 1, 2018.

• WACEL Study Guides and videos demonstrating concrete testing are now available online.  Click here to go to the Resources Section.

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Plan now to attend upcoming WACEL Membership Meetings.  The May 23rd meeting topic is Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP).  The presenter will be Randall Katz, District Manager for Sika Corporation.

Randall will be discussing the basis for designing with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers, the materials used for structural strengthening and the applications and benefits as well as the installation of the CRFP systems to the ICRI guidelines for surface preparation alluding to ACI 562 and 440.1R and ASTM D7522 guidelines.

Attendees will receive one-hour Continued Education Credit (CEU) for attending this presentation.

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