About the author  ⁄ Ryan Henkensiefken, P.E.

Ryan Henkensiefken focuses on collaborating with designers to understand the unique challenges on building projects and advise on solutions to meet those needs. (ryan.henkensiefken@basf.com)

Today, structural engineers are aggressively seeking low-carbon building materials to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment. Numerous advances in concrete technology are providing solutions in response to these goals and working toward an aspiration of net-zero carbon emissions for future new construction. Even though decades of work have been performed using advances that can move the industry in that direction, they have not always made their way effectively into project specifications. The 2014 update to ACI 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary, moved toward performance-based concrete specifications, which has facilitated the ability to use some of these advances.

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