| Al Innis, Holcim (US)
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Chairman Jim Repman (California Portland Cement) and PCA's Mark
Justman present a 2005 Promotion Progress Award to Al Innis
(center). |
As Vice Chairman of PCA’s Product Standards
and Technology Committee since 1997, Al has made invaluable contributions
to PCA’s promotion programs, consistently emphasizing the need
to establish a clear vision, develop an effective plan, implement
appropriate actions, and evaluate progress. Al’s leadership
has been core to the success of two important PS&T activities:
AASHTO-ASTM harmonization and the effort to gain acceptance by  state
DOTs of the use of limestone in cement. He has been a key member of
the AASHTO-ASTM Joint Harmonization Task Group since its inception
in 2003 and has also been a member of PCA’s Limestone Task Group
since it was formed in 2002. When it became apparent in late 2003
that ASTM C 150 would be modified to permit the use of up to 5% limestone
in portland cement, he was instrumental in creating PCA state DOT
communications teams to inform local DOTs of the changes to the standard
and explain the benefits of permitting the use of limestone in cement.
Al’s efforts have paid impressive dividends.
Currently, a recommendation to harmonize two of the five significant
differences between AASHTO M 85 and ASTM C 150 have the support
of the Joint AASHTO-ASTM Harmonization Task Group and are being
balloted in ASTM and AASHTO. There is strong support within AASHTO
and ASTM for continuing the harmonization effort and it seems likely
that ASTM C 150 and AASHTO M 85 will have parallel provisions for
the use of limestone in cement in the near future. The harmonization
effort and state DOT communications teams activities have opened
new channels of communication between the cement industry and state
DOTs. They have improved relationships, established mutual respect,
and promise to be of long-term benefit to the cement industry, to
state DOTs, and our society.
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