ASCC Users' Guide to 'Green' Concrete in Building Construction

Ward Malisch, ASCC technical director, talks about the development of the association's new Users' Guide to 'Green' Concrete in Building Construction

Feb 16, 2012
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
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