Concrete Innovation/Across the Country these Projects Use Concrete to the Fullest

摘要

For a school complex to achieve a LEED platinum rating, every conceivable sustainable technique and product has to be used to its utmost viability. And for the Chartwell Progressive School in Seaside, Calif, (in the Monterey Bay area), even its concrete goes far beyond flyash in achieving green excellence. As recommended by San Francisco-based EHDD Architects, the task of finding a suitable concrete substitute fell in the hands of the general contractor, Ausonio Construction, Inc., of Castroville, Calif. President Andrew Ausonio contacted its concrete subcontractor, Don Chapin Ready Mix Division of Salinas, which suggested ground granulated blast furnace slag in lieu of 100 percent Portland cement or flyash.