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NEWS SCOPE BY CP STAFF ASTM and AASHTO dedicate Cement & Concrete and Materials Reference labs A 34,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Frederick, Md., has been converted to a shared ASTM International Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) and Ameri- can Association of State Highway and Transportation Official Materials Refer- ence Laboratory (AMRL), bringing under one roof the operations of six buildings. The relocation of labs from the Na- tional Institute of Standards and Tech- nology campus in Gaithersburg, Md., says CCRL/AMRL Director Steven Lenker, "will allow us to be much more efficient and better able to serve our customers." Redesigned specifically for CCRL/AMRL, he adds, the new building provides mod- ern office space, new laboratories and a modern proficiency sample production facility. Created by ASTM Committee C01 on Ce- ment in 1929, CCRL is currently spon- sored by C01 and Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. It aims to improve the quality of construc- tion materials testing by providing pro- grams and services that individual laboratories can use to differentiate themselves from less qualified competi- tors, Lenker notes. In addition, specifiers can use CCRL programs to focus on laboratories that can best provide the testing capabilities needed to support construction projects. CCRL runs the Laboratory Inspection Pro- gram and the Proficiency Sample Pro- gram; originally geared to improve cement testing quality, they now cover concrete, concrete masonry, aggregates, blended cements, masonry mortar, poz- zolans, and steel reinforcing bars. CCRL programs service nearly 2,000 laborato- ries around the world. PHOTOS: ASTM International Joining AMRL and CCRL Director Steven Lenker (left) at an open house earlier this year were (from left) ASTM International President James Thomas; Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (D-MD), and AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley. A repurposed Frederick, Md., warehouse helps ASTM and AASHTO consolidate activities that had been spread across six NIST campus buildings. CHRYSO'S PARKER CHAIRS ASTM COMMITTEE C09 ASTM International Committee C09 on Con- crete and Concrete Aggre- gates has named a new chairman: Steven Parker, North American sales and marketing manager for Chryso Inc., Rockwall, Texas. The 1,400- member committee oversees 170-plus in- ternational concrete standards essential to building and infrastructure engineer- 14 | MAY 2012 ing and construction. An ASTM member since 1993, Parker chairs Subcommittee C09.95 on Coordi- nation and serves on multiple C09 sub- committees. Committee C09 presented him an Award of Appreciation in 2008, two years after he received a Service Award for his Committee on Technical Committee Operations term. Parker joined Chryso in 2008 from Trinity Mate- rials Inc in Ferris, Texas, where he was vice president and general manager. Prior to Trinity, he was vice president of ag- gregate development and technical serv- ices at RMC Mid-Atlantic LLC in Greenville, S.C., a post that followed sales and technical assignments with RMC Nevada Inc. in Reno and Nevada Ce- ment Co. in Fernley. Parker holds a Mon- tana State University bachelor's degree in wildlife management and University of Wyoming master's degree in geology. WWW.CONCRETEPRODUCTS.COM