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Archived Meetings
Professional Staff
Careers
Cement and Concrete
How Cement Is Made
Cement-Specific Materials
Resiliency
Disasters
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Livability
Carbon Footprint
Durability
Energy Efficiency
Rebuilding Resilient: Breezy Point
Products
Architectural and Decorative Concrete
Concrete Masonry Units
High-Strength Concrete
Insulating Concrete Forms
Prestressed Concrete
Ready Mixed Concrete
Tilt-Up Concrete
Working with Concrete
Air-Entrained Concrete
Placing and Finishing Concrete
Working Safely With Concrete
Cement & Concrete Basics FAQs
Sustainability
Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality
Portland-Limestone Cement
PCR & EPDs
Lifecycle Emissions
Sustainable Design
Sustainability & Codes
Green Rating Systems
Carbon Uptake
Economics
Dashboard
Dashboard Tutorial
Dashboard Access Instructions
Economic Briefings
PCA Spring 2022 Cement Outlook
PCA Fall 2021 Cement Outlook
PCA Summer 2021 Cement Outlook
Cement Outlook Briefing - April 2021
PCA Spring 2021 Cement Outlook
Cement Outlook Briefing - March 2021
Cement Outlook Briefing - February 2021
Cement Outlook Briefing - January 2021
Forecasts
State and Regional Data
Regional US Outlooks
PCA East, North, Central, & Mid Atlantic Regional Outlook May 2022
PCA West Regional Outlook May 2022
PCA Southeast US Regional Outlook May 2022
PCA Central US Regional Outlook May 2022
PCA New England US Regional Outlook May 2022
Apparent Use
State & Market US Summary (13 Categories, 1 Year)
State & Market (46 Categories, 1 year)
State & Market Trend (46 Categories, 20 years)
Construction PIP by State (23 Categories, 20 years)
PCA Market Intelligence Special Reports
Resiliency Potential in the Wildfire-Prone Single-Family Market October 2020
Long-Term Masonry Market Outlook
The Potential Impact of Tariffs Levied Against Chinese Cement
Railway-Related Cement Consumption Outlook
Trump Infrastructure: Potential Taxpayer Savings from the Use of Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
Attitudes & Perceptions Study: Soil Cement, FDR and RCC Pavement Market
Tariffs Impact on Cement Consumption
Long Term Cement Pavement Consumption Outlook
Special Reports Archive
Energy-Related Cement Consumption, September 2017
Bridge Market Assessment, August 2017
Airport-Related Cement Consumption Outlook, July 2017
U.S. Cement Manufacturing Capacity, February 2017
"The Wall" Impact on Cement Consumption, February 2017
Stronger Sentiment, Higher Interest Rates, January 2017
State Highway Paving, January 2017
The Implications of the Debt Crisis on Cement Consumption
Effects of Extreme Earthquakes in Central Turkey
Monitor Outlook Plus
More Reports
U.S. Cement Industry Annual Yearbook
U.S. Portland Cement Industry: Plant Information Summary
Competitive Materials Report
Labor-Energy Input Survey
Survey of Portland Cement by User Group
Meet the Experts
Edward Sullivan
David Zwicke
Brian Schmidt
Joseph Chiappe
Trevor Storck
Kaitlin Beer
Wilena Tate
Brenden Hebert
Sohail Khan
Emily McCarthy
PCA Regional Economic Conferences
Issues & Advocacy
Legislative Priorities
Transportation & Infrastructure Priorities
Energy & Environment Priorities
Tax Priorities
Regulatory Priorities
Energy & Environment Regulatory Priorities
Transportation Regulatory Priorities
Occupational Health & Safety Regulatory Priorities
State Resources
State Legislative Tracker
State Regulatory Tracker
Meet the Team
Sean O'Neill
Tom Harman
Josh Reiner
Louis Baer
Katy Hartnett
Jennifer Bonner
Christine McCarthy
Newsroom
PCA In The News
Engage
Resilient Design & Construction Toolkit
Hurricane Resiliency Toolkit
Sustainable Cement & Concrete Manufacturing Toolkit
Sustainable Cement & Concrete Construction Toolkit
Supporters of LCCA
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