ASTM International’s Committee D18 on Soil and Rock has formed a new subcommittee (D18.14) for Geotechnics of Sustainable Construction. Its inaugural meeting will be held Monday, January 28 in Tampa, Florida, as part of Committee D18’s January meeting. The new committee focuses on standards related to the use of recycled materials in conjunction with or as a replacement for earthen materials. Examples included shredded plastics, tire chips, coal combustion products (e.g., fly ashes, bottom ashes, FGD spray-dryer residuals), shredded shingles, foundry byproducts (e.g., slags, molding sands), crushed concrete, and reclaimed hot-mix asphalt. For more information, please contact the subcommittee chair, Tuncer Edil (edil@engr.wisc.edu). The subcommittee will consider both geoenvironmental and geomechanical issues, including life cycle assessments and impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. For more visit ASTM online at the “continued” link below.

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