[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66040-66041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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: [email protected]; 
[email protected].

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: [email protected]. Non-U.S. citizens must also 
submit their country of citizenship, title, employer/sponsor, and 
address. Chiara Ferraris's e-mail address is [email protected] 
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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