Standardization News

Concrete and MortarsTextiles

On March 3-4, the Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Concreto (ASOCRETO) held a two-day workshop, Concrete and Mortars from the Last Generation. Toy Poole, Ph.D., senior principal scientist, CTLGroup, Austin, Texas, an ASTM International member currently serving on ASTM's board of directors, made a presentation, "Advances in Concrete Technology," which was based in Bogotá, Colombia.

ASTM International invited its Spanish speaking members from Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates to join the session virtually; more than 100 participants from 28 cities in 16 countries connected remotely to the presentation.

Textiles

On March 21, ASTM International held a one-hour session covering ASTM International standards on textiles for 40 textile students from the Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

Adi B. Chehna, owner of Textile Tech Services in Marlborough, Mass., who serves on Committee D13 on Textiles, delivered the presentation on ASTM International's standards D6193, Practice for Stitches and Seams, and D5646, Terminology of Basic Sewing Machine Stitches for Home Use. Chehna made the presentation from his office in Massachusetts to the students in California.