Welcome to ConcreteNexus News Greetings everyone and welcome to the inaugural issue of ConcreteNexus News. My name is Lionel Lemay, founder and CEO of ConcreteNexus LLC, a consulting firm specializing in educational and certification programs for the concrete industry and design professionals, with a focus on green building and sustainability. ConcreteNexus also represents building product companies in building codes and standards. Many of you know me from my 20 years at Na

Halletts Point - Queens, NY: Ground glass pozzolans significantly reduce the embodied carbon of concrete while also improving the efficiency of glass recycling. As the construction industry becomes more focused on lowering carbon emissions, the concrete industry innovates to meet the expectations of a more eco-friendly future. Whether sourced from natural reserves or from industrial waste products such as fly ash, slag cement or ground glass, supplementary cementitious materi

Natural pozzolans are an ideal supplementary cementitious material in nearly any application, from structural concrete for buildings to major infrastructure. Intriguingly, the use of natural pozzolans in concrete is both an innovative method of addressing several exigent issues facing the concrete industry today while also playing an integral role in some of the earliest historical applications of concrete in ancient Rome. Indeed, pozzolans are named for Pozzuoli, Italy from