[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66040-66041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27554]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcement of Meeting To Explore Feasibility of Establishing a
NIST/Industry Consortium on ``Concrete Rheology: Enabling Metrology
(CREME)''
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
invites interested parties to attend a pre-consortium meeting on
November 8,
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2011 to be held at the NIST campus, with the option of participating
via web-based meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to evaluate
industry interest in creating a NIST/industry/Academia consortium
focused on ``Concrete Rheology: Enabling Metrology (CREME)''. The goal
of such a consortium could include determining key rheological
parameters that best characterize the placement, finishability and
consolidation of concrete. This goal would be achieved by developing
test methods and models to measure and predict the performance
parameters of fresh concrete in the lab and at the construction site.
To move these ideas into practice and to engage industry, test bed
facilities and quality control test methods for the field would be
developed at NIST consortium members' participation. The consortium
would be administered by NIST with consortium members' participation.
Consortium planning, research and development would be conducted by
NIST staff along with at least one technical representative from each
participating member entities. Each member of the consortium will be
required to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
(``CRADA'') with NIST. Membership fees for participation in the
consortium will be Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000) per year. The initial
term of the consortium is intended to be three years.
DATES: The meeting will take place on November 8, 2011 from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m., in Bldg. 226/Rm. B205. For those planning to attend the meeting
at the NIST Gaithersburg campus, please note admittance instructions
under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. Web-based
meeting participation: Connection details can be obtained by contacting
Chiara Ferraris or Nicos Martys one week prior to the meeting.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on the NIST Gaithersburg campus,
100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chiara Ferraris, Nicos Martys,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
8615, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8615, USA; Telephone: (301) 975-6711; Fax
(301) 990-6891; E-mail: chiara.ferraris@nist.gov;
nicos.martys@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All visitors to the NIST site are required
to pre-register to be admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this meeting
must register by close of business November 1, 2011, in order to
attend. Please submit your name, time of arrival, e-mail address, and
phone number to: chiara.ferraris@nist.gov. Non-U.S. citizens must also
submit their country of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, and
address. Chiara Ferraris's e-mail address is chiara.ferraris@nist.gov
and her telephone number is (301) 975-6711.
Dated: October 13, 2011.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-27554 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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