Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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Aggregate Industries developed pervious concrete, first, for use in parking lots at its own sites. IN THE MIX It's All eady-mix producers aren't just looking for ways to make their operations more "green" or environmentally friendly, they want to find ways to extend sustain- ability into their finished products and into the community around them. Aggregate Industries is making that happen through research and devel- opment initiatives with the National Ready-Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA) and the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology. R Through those initiatives, Aggregate Industries is helping develop new techniques and technolo- gies that are improving how concrete interacts with its surrounding environment. "We have developed a series of environmentally friendly concrete mix designs that we call the Emerald Series," says Joel Nickel, environmental and land services manager for Aggregate Industries. "The Emerald Series consists of environmentally friendly products that we can deliver not only internally to our plants, but also externally to our customers." Nickel says his company focuses on what he calls the triple bottom line — economic performance, environmental performance, and corporate social responsibility. "We try to preach those aspects to the businesses wherever we operate," he says, "every- where from the ready-mix plants and asphalt plants to the quarries and sand and gravel operations." Aggregate Industries developed a concrete mix design that actually helps the environment. by Kerry Clines, Senior Editor MATERIALS 53