The Life-365 Consortium

History of Life-365 Service Life Predication Model™ Development

• In 1998, during a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) workshop the need for a consensus corrosion service life model was outlined.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• August 2001 Life-365 v1 is released to industry.
  
  
• A second consortium was formed in 2005, that would continue the development and improvement of Life-365.  The members of that consortium are the Slag Cement Association (SCA), the Concrete Corrosion Inhibitors Association (CCIA), National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) and the Silica Fume Association (SFA).
  
  
• At the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC (January 2008) v2.0 of Life-365 is released to industry.
  
  
• January, 2012 version 2.1.1 of Life-365 is released after an exhaustive 12-month process of verification and validation (including a review by the original developer).

Consortium members welcome the opportunity to provide in-house training on Life-365 at no cost.  If you would like to schedule a training session, or just have a question, please complete the contact form -- Click Here,

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