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Strategic Development Council

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What is the

Strategic Development Council (SDC)?

The SDC consists of organizations from the concrete industry represented by their top level executives who have a common goal best described by SDC’s Vision Statement.

SDC Vision Statement

• Bring together the concrete industry, along with government, academia and customers, to focus on collaborative problem-solving in meaningful technology advancement. The result shall be the expeditious movement of meaningful innovations through the standardization process into commercial use.

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What is the advantage of the (SDC)?

“Leadership”, defined as “enabling,

facilitating, and expediting”

acknowledged to be an issue

extend beyond a single or few interests in the concrete industry

SDC can focus on areas within the concrete industry that are

What is the SDC’s relationship to the

American Concrete Institute

(ACI)?

Concrete Research andEducation Foundation

(ConREF)

Concrete Research Council

Scholarship Council

Strategic Development

Council

The Strategic Development Council (SDC) is one of three councils of ConREF.

ConREF

Concrete Research Council

Scholarship Council

Strategic Development

Council

And ConREF is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Concrete Institute.

What is the SDC’s rolein the concrete industry?

The role of SDC is to facilitate advancement of concrete technology and can best be described by examples of its past and current activities. SDC’s activities can be grouped into three distinct areas outlined in the SDC Mission Statement.

Mission Statement

• The SDC shall facilitate advancement of concrete technology by:– Providing a forum for visioning and prioritization of

key challenges facing the concrete industry– Assisting ACI in timely adoption of innovative

technologies, problem solutions, and best practices– Providing a framework for consortia-directed

development programs leading to or supporting improved commercialization

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Mission Statement

• The SDC shall facilitate advancement of concrete technology by:– Providing a forum for visioning and prioritizing key

challenges facing the concrete industry– Assisting ACI in timely adoption of innovative



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forum for visioning• Vision 2030:

“A Vision for the U.S. Concrete Industry”

• Accelerating Technology Acceptance (ATA)

• Vision 2020:“Concrete Repair Industry’s Vision of the Future”

• ConREF’s “Concrete Recruitment Workshop”

For more information on any of the above, visit the www.concretesdc.org.

Mission Statement





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timely adoption“Guide for Concrete Slabs to Receive

Moisture-Sensitive Floor Coverings”– Identified by SDC as an “Industry Critical Technology”– Goal is to move this document through the ACI

consensus process to the public in two years compared to typical 8-12 years

– Pre-eminent example of the use of SDC‘s “Accelerating Technology Acceptance (ATA) process

– SDC working with ACI Committee 302 – Construction of Concrete Floors to accomplish a timely adoption

For more information on the above, visit the www.concretesdc.org.

Mission Statement





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consortia-directed development

• Consortium #40 – Concrete Floor Issues

• Consortium #41 – Self Consolidating Concrete

• Consortium #44 – Performance Based Specifications

• Consortium #?? – Cracking

• Consortium #?? – Sustainability (“Green”)

• Action Group - ATA

SDC’s Current Focus

To

• Identify critical industry technologies

• Identify barriers to technology acceptance

• Act as a catalyst to remove the barriers

This is the outline of the SDC’s ATA

(Accelerating Technology Acceptance)

Visit the SDC website at www.concretesdc.org

For more information, contactDouglas Sordyl, P.E., LEED APManaging Director, SDC(248) [email protected]

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