Concrete Confidential: Unlocking the Full Potential of a Ubiquitous Building Material - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Recorded On: 10/06/2024

Concrete is a ubiquitous building material, relatively economical, adaptable, and maintainable, but it comes with a heavy environmental price tag. Since it's not departing anytime soon, we need to be smarter when designing with concrete and integrate practical steps that will reduce waste, improve longevity, and include eco-friendly mixes into projects.

Learning objectives:

Learn about practical and effective ways to reduce concrete waste in a project.
Delve into techniques that can extend the longevity and maintainability of concrete in your projects.
Look at ways to reduce the carbon cost of cast-in-place concrete.
Raise your awareness of types of more sustainable concrete that are available in the market and practical to specify.

Jenny Hamann, ASLA, PLA

Senior Associate

Stantec

Jenny Hamann is a Landscape Architect that thrives on diverse project challenges. Her portfolio spans various scales and contexts, from expansive on-structure developments to intimate playgrounds and ecological shoreline restoration. Jenny’s passion lies in bridging design creativity with technical acumen, ensuring concepts evolve into tangible, harmonious landscapes. She firmly believes that collaboration across disciplines yields remarkable, beautifully executed projects. Originally from Long Island, Jenny graduated with a bachelor’s in science in Landscape Architecture from Purdue University. Now, a Senior Associate at Stantec, she continues to contribute her expertise to remarkable projects in NYC.

John Payne, ASLA, PLA, ISA, Assoc. DBIA

Partner

SiteWorks

John Payne, PLA, ASLA, ISA has worked on complex park and public space projects with challenging logistical and phasing constraints, both nationally and internationally. John’s previous career as an Army leader has instilled in him a firm belief in the power of teamwork to realize a project to its full potential. His experience as a construction project manager and certified arborist helps him bring a landscape builder’s and maintainer’s lens to a project to better assess and predict maintenance, operational, cost, and phasing issues that could affect the final project's success.