The Life-365 Consortium
Our History
History of Life-365 Service Life Predication Model™ Development
- November 2024 an online (WebApp) version of Life-365 was released. This version allows users to run this service life and life-cycle cost model in a web browser on a desk-top, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. All features, functions, and ability to print reports remain fully intact.
- In July 2013 Life-365 v2.2 of Life-365 was released. This version allows the user to input local concrete-chloride profiles to customize the model to their worldwide locations and environments. What had been the weak link in the model (the lack of chloride exposure information) may now become its most useful feature, especially to International users.
- Consortium III was formed in February 2012 to continue the development and improvement of Life-365. The members of that consortium are:
- Cortec
- Euclid Chemical
- GCP Applied Technologies
- Master Builders Solutions
- National Ready-mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
- Sika Corporation
- Silica Fume Association (SFA)
- Slag Cement Association (SCA)
- In January 2012, Life-365 v2.1.1 is released after an exhaustive 12-month process of verification and validation (including a review by the original developer).
- May 2010 Life-365 v2.0.1 is released.
- At the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (January, 2008) Life-365 v2.0 with a completely redesigned user interface is released to industry.
- A second consortium was formed in 2005, which would continue the development and improvement of Life-365. The members of that consortium were:
- Concrete Corrosion Inhibitors Association (CCIA)
- National Ready-mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
- Silica Fume Association (SFA)
- Slag Cement Association (SCA)
- December 2001 the first revision of Life-365 v1.1 is released.
- In October 2000 Life-365 v1.0 is introduced to the concrete industry.
- In 1999, a consortium was formed within American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) Strategic Development Council (SDC) to fund development of the "Life-365" software program as the first step towards creating a consensus model.
- In 1998, during a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) workshop the need for a consensus corrosion service life model was outlined.
Consortium Members
