Title:
From Research to Reality
Author(s):
Tom Yu, Casimir J. Bognacki, Karthik H. Obla, James K. Hicks, Matthew D. D’Ambrosia, W. Jason Weiss, Tengfei Fu, and Eric R. Giannini
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
39
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
39-46
Keywords:
prescriptive, mixture, quality, test
DOI:
10.14359/51689572
Date:
1/1/2017
Abstract:
A panel of experts debated the use of performance-based specifications at the 123 Forum session at The ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition – Spring 2016 in Milwaukee, WI. The general consensus was that performance-based specifications have great potential as alternatives to prescriptive specifications, rather than complete replacements.
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