The Slag Cement Association (SCA) - a leading source of knowledge for slag cement and slag blended cements through promotion, education and technology development - celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. SCA communicates the performance and environmental benefits of these cementitious materials through the support and participation of its member companies.
John Melander (SCA Technical Consultant, and Drew Burns (SCA Executive Director).The Slag Cement Association
“SCA is proud of what it has accomplished in its 20 years of service. Slag cement offers many benefits when used in concrete construction such as durability, sustainability, improved finishability and much more. SCA provides many resources exemplifying these benefits and are free to the industry such as technical information sheets, webinars and videos, life cycle assessment calculator, Environmental Product Declaration for slag cement and the Slag Cement in Sustainable Concrete Awards Program,” says Drew Burns, SCA Executive Director.
In addition, Burns recently presented long-time SCA staff member John Melander with the SCA Distinguished Service Award. Melander served as the SCA Executive Director from 2013 through 2017 and is currently Technical Consultant to SCA. His work for SCA has focused on developing and disseminating technology on the use of slag cement and slag blended cements in concrete. "He was instrumental in coordinating the first Environmental Product Declaration for slag cement. Thank you, John, for your many years of dedicated service to SCA," says Burns.
Ed Griffith (St. Marys Cement) and Lori Tiefenthaler (Lehigh Hanson), SCA members.The Slag Cement Association
