Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The American Concrete Institute has enlisted Mahmut Ekenel to support development of certification and conformity assessment programs, primarily those of two ACI Centers of Excellence: NEU for Carbon Neutral Concrete and NEX for Nonmetallic Building Materials. He brings extensive experience in acceptance criteria for building material evaluation in accordance with the…
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NPCA CEO Grubbe to replace ACI EVP Burg
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff National Precast Concrete Association President and CEO Fredrick Grubbe, MBA, CAE, has been named successor to American Concrete Institute Executive Vice President Ronald Burg, who is retiring after 13 years with the Institute. “As one of the premier global authorities on all things concrete, ACI…
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The Concrete Industry Board of New York has elected AECOM Tishman Senior Vice President, Civil and Structural Engineering Maggie Kwan to a two-year term as president, succeeding Benjamin Pimentel. She will advance CIB’s mission, support its members and grow the organization’s presence within the industry. In her AECOM Tishman capacity, she is involved in the construction of every tower project…
Read MoreUniversity of Miami’s Nanni leads ACI 2023-24 officer slate
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff University of Miami Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering Chair and Professor Antonio Nanni has been elected American Concrete Institute 2023-24 president. His institute activities have included work on ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code plus International Advisory and Technical Activities Committees, along with ACI Board of Direction and ACI Foundation…
Read MoreACI releases 2023 Collection of Concrete Codes
Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices includes dozens of newly published documents, led by ACI 440.11 “Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars.” The Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair,…
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The American Concrete Institute-aligned NEU: Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete has named Dean Frank, P.E. as executive director, following prior roles as NEU director of Validation and ACI program developer. He brings extensive experience in sustainability, International Standards Organization standards, and certification development of personnel, products and concrete operations. Prior to ACI, Frank gained a comprehensive working knowledge…
Read MoreCeco Construction veteran heads ACI Center for Advancing Productivity
The American Concrete Institute has chartered PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Concrete Industry Productivity as a catalyst for solving constructability barriers. PRO will collaborate with design and engineering professionals, material suppliers, plus contractors to resolve issues that negatively impact output in concrete site operations. “The concrete contractor’s input on design details, specifications, and material criteria that embraces…
Read MoreACI Center of Excellence model reaches Productivity
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff The American Concrete Institute has chartered PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Concrete Industry Productivity as a catalyst for solving constructability barriers. PRO will collaborate with design and engineering professionals, material suppliers, plus contractors to resolve issues that negatively impact output in concrete site operations.
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The eighth annual American Concrete Institute Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards recognized one Canadian and four U.S. projects, among a field of 14 in seven categories. The program was created to honor the visions of the most creative projects in the concrete industry, while providing a platform to recognize concrete innovation, technology and excellence across the globe. To be eligible…
Read MoreACI Committee 440 code breaks ground for GFRP structural concrete
American Concrete Institute Committee 440 Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Reinforcement has published the first comprehensive building code covering the use of nonmetallic, glass fiber-reinforced polymer bars in structural concrete conditions. Developed by an ANSI-approved consensus process, ACI Code-440.11-22 addresses cast-in-place or precast structural systems or members, plus composite construction. GFRP reinforcement has been in use for decades as an alternative to steel…
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