Introducing the ECCO Speakers Bureau

 In March 2001 at the World of Concrete the ECCO Speakers Bureau was launched.  The aim of the speakers bureau is to match experts, who have information on the environmental aspects of concrete and concrete products with organizations who wish to learn more about what can be done for the environment by the use of concrete and concrete products.

We already have a number of well-qualified speakers with a variety of topics of which they are prepared to speak.  Some of the topics are as follows:

Cool Communities
Urban Heat Island
Benefits of concrete pavements
Concrete as a “Green Material”
Concrete as a durable surface
Decorative concrete 
LEED

“Green Building”
Life cycle assessment
Ready mix operations use of graywater
Uses for reissued concrete
Technical recycling 
Sustainability Development

David J. Akers
Field Engineer
California Nevada Cement Promotion Council
San Diego, CA                                       Subject: Cool Communities, Urban Heat Island, environmental benefits of concrete pavements, concrete as a "Green Material", permeable pavements.

M. Elise Crain
Project Manager
DeWitt and Associates, Inc.
Springfield, MO
Subject: Concrete as a durable surface, decorative concrete.

Randy Daniels
Regional Manager, Southwest US
Arxx Building Products Insulated Concrete Forms
Aliso Viejo, CA
Subject: Insulated Concrete Forms systems as sustainable and environment-ally responsible concrete construction.

Scott Hammersley
Vice President
Newington Concrete Corporation
Newington, VA
Subject: Economic benefits of environmental compliance for ready mix products and simplified gray water use techniques.

Garth Hawkins
Program Manager, Environmental
Portland Cement Association
Skokie, IL                                             Subject: Sustainable portland cement manufacturing 

James K. Hicks, P.E., CSI, CDT, SMI
Director of Technology
Mineral Resource Technologies Inc.
The Woodlands, TX
Subject: Development and manufacture of very high performance hydraulic cements manufactured principally from fly ash, masonry, mortar and stucco cements made from principally fly ash, manufacture of hydraulic and portland cements, use of hydraulic cements in paving, repair applications and products, fast track paving using high performance cement concrete and high proportions of Class C fly ash.  Alkali-Silica Reaction with aggregates mitigation.  Use of masonry and stucco cements and mortars.

Gordon Kenna
Consultant
Georgia Concrete & Products Assoc.
Atlanta, GA
Subject: Cool communities, porous concrete paving, tire derived fuels & community relations.

Lionel A. Lemay
Senior Director of Applied Engineering
Libertyville, IL
Subject: Building a Cleaner Environment with concrete, Life cycle.

Andrew E. Marks 
Managing Director                                       Puget Sound Concrete Specifications Council
Hillsboro, OR
Subject: Concrete pavement design and construction, benefits of concrete pavement, concrete as a "Green Material", concrete as a durable surface, "Green Building", Life cycle assessment-other topics as required.

Hugh Perry
Environmental Director
Florida Rock Industries, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL                                    Subject: Uses for reissued concrete. 

Stan Peters, PE
Marketing Engineer
Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Assoc
Englewood, CO
Subject: General concrete technology, testing, etc.

Ray Pisaneschi
Tech Service Manager-White Cement
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Allentown, PA                                        Subject: Portland & masonry cements -White.

John Ries, PE
President
Expanded Shale, Clay & Slate Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
Subject: Structural lightweight concrete, lightweight concrete masonry, geotechnical lightweight fill.

David D. Shepherd, AIA
Director, Sustainable Development
Portland Cement Association
Subject: LEED, sustainability, cement, concrete & the environment, CEU credits 1.5 hours (HSW).

Caijun Shi,Ph.D., P.Eng.
 V.P. Research &Development                    Advanced Materials Technologies, LLC   Hamburg, NY                                         Subject: Waste treatment with cement & concrete, use of industrial by-products & recycled material in concrete. 

Arezki Tagnit-Hamou
Professor
Sherbrooke University
Sherbrooke, QC CANADA
Subject: Mineral admixtures, new mineral admixtures, cement, concrete, sustain-
ability.

James A. Taylor                                             Stormceptor Marketing Manager                 Rinker Materials                                               Frederick, MD                                       Subject: Stormwater management, concrete pipe.

Paul A. Torcellini, Ph.D.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Golden, CO
Subject: Low energy buildings and LEED

Martha G. VanGeem
Principal Engineer and Group Manager
Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc.
Skokie, IL
Subject: Energy codes, energy conservation, thermal mass, life cycle inventory, LEED, concrete as a "Green Material".

Richard L. Warren
Executive Director
Southern Nevada Concrete Council
Las Vegas, NV
Subject:  Sustainable Development – Concrete Concepts, ECCO, LEED Credits using Concrete: soil stabilization, stormwater management, pervious concrete, energy efficient buildings using thermal mass, cement initiatives to reduce CO2, alternate fuels for cement kilns, use of recycled materials in concrete, recycling & redevelopment of existing concrete projects.

Charles Wilk                                        Program Manager, Waste Management    Portland Cement Association                       Skokie, IL                                              Subject: Waste treatment with cement & concrete, solidification/stabilization.

Michael G. Wilson
Sales Mfr. Pipe/Precast
Metromont Materials
Spartanburg, SC                                     Subject: Technical recycling, benefits of R.C.P., benefits of precast concrete.