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with Ryan Cialdella

Ryan Cialdella

Vice President at Ozinga with over 20 years of experience in the ready-mix industry — currently focussed on innovative low carbon concrete mixes.

About Me:

Ryan Cialdella is the Vice President of Innovation and Market Development at Ozinga, where he is responsible for exploring innovative materials and technologies to help Ozinga stay at the forefront of the building materials industry. Throughout his 20+ years at Ozinga, Ryan has held various roles throughout the company's ready mix concrete operation, making him integral to the company's continued dedication to be an industry leader. Ryan earned his bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois and his MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

At the NRMCA 2024 annual conference, he was named the NRMCA Buildings Promoter of the Year, a prestigious award given to industry professionals who have demonstrated excellence, leadership, and dedication in promoting ready mix concrete over at least five years.

Cialdella also contributes his expertise to the industry by speaking at events like the AIA Annual Convention, IRMCA Annual Meeting, Carbon Capture Summit, NRMCA ConcreteWorks, Carbon Leadership Forum, and IMPACT Regional Green Conference. Beyond this, he has promoted concrete by being involved with the Illinois Ready Mix Concrete Association in the capacity of member, board member, and former president of the association.

Topics I Can Discuss:

  • Set time of low carbon concrete mixes
  • CarbonCure
  • Optimizing for speed, strength, cost and sustainability
  • Silo best practices for PLC, slag, fly ash, and other pozzolans
  • Best practices for dispatchers delivering low carbon concrete
  • Data center concrete
  • Popular admixtures for low carbon concrete mixes
  • Cold weather concrete best practices
  • Lessons learned from innovative mixes
  • And more!

Featured Projects

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Featured Projects •

McDonald’s Flagship Store

  • During the construction of McDonald’s Flagship Store, Ozinga poured an innovate concrete mix using CarbonCure which sequestered 30,000 pounds of CO2 in the concrete, equivalent to the CO2 sequestered from a 16-acre forest in 1 year.

Meta’s DeKalb, Ill. Data Center

  • Meta’s DeKalb, Illinois Data Center is an excellent case study for the successful use of low carbon concrete in exposed concrete floors. Three mix designs were used on this project with Portland cement limits ranging from 50% to 83%, with slag and/or fly ash making up the replacement.

43-Story High Rise in Chicago, Ill.

  • Ozinga delivered the low carbon concrete for this 547,000 square-foot, 43 story high rise in Chicago, Illinois. The use of SCM’s and CarbonCure avoided 3,212 tons of CO2.

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  • The experts featured on Fortify Fleet were selected for their experience and dedication to constructing stronger, more sustainable, and superior structures. Each of these experts has prior experience with novel materials, as detailed in their profiles under “Featured Projects.” Seasoned professionals, including contractors, engineers, professors, and more, are already making positive changes in their fields every day. However, they recognize the opportunity to exponentially increase their impact by sharing their expertise with a global audience that is desperate for low carbon expertise.

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