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 The Seattle-based Northwest Cement Council (NCC) has named Antara Choudhary a market development manager. She is a graduate of Oregon State University, where she completed her Ph.D. in civil and construction engineering. Dr. Choudhary (seen here) earned a master's degree, also in civil and environmental engineering, from Stanford University and a bachelor of technology degree in civil engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. Her doctoral studies focused on portland cement where she researched the impacts of heat hydration, drying, shrinkage and flexural strength.

Build With Strength, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the NY Construction Materials Association will hold a webinar titled A New Generation of Tilt-Up Concrete Buildings on Thursday, March 3, from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. This session will present the latest advances in tilt-up concrete technology to provide economical, energy efficient and durable building solutions. 

 

 

Wayne Moening, NW Ohio promotion director for the Ohio Concrete Association (OCA), reports that he has recently made two presentations using the on-demand recorded webinars from Pave Ahead’s Concrete Pavement Webinar Series. The first was Concrete Pavement Innovations to the Maumee Valley Society of Professional Engineers (MVSPE) which was presented by Pave Ahead Executive Vice President Brian Killingsworth, P.E. The second presentation, Addressing Myths About Concrete Pavements, was to the Toledo Chapter of American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) delivered by NRMCA Senior Director, Local Paving, Luke McHugh.

 The Aldi supermarket chain announced last week plans to add 150 new U.S. stores following its 100-store expansion in 2021. The 2022 store expansion will be focused in the Gulf Coast area, with the completion of a 564,000-square-foot distribution center in Loxley, AL, later this year, according to a recent article published by the trade magazine Supermarket News. The distribution center will supply 100 new stores in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. The German-based company currently operates more than 2,100 stores in the United States.