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Pittsburgh Area Chapter

Ms Beth Rader

Phone: (724) 452-1468

Email: bethaci@zoominternet.net


YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1963

GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES:   In the state of Pennsylvania, the counties of:  Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Beaver, Washington, Greene, Warren, Venango, Butler, Allegheny, Forest, Clarion, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Fayette, McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Indiana. Somerset, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria, Bedford, Potter, Clinton, Centre, Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Fulton, Franklin.  In the state of Ohio, the counties of:  Ashtabula, Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Jefferson, Belmont, Monroe.  In the state of West Virginia, the counties of:  Hancock, Brook, Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Taylor, Barbour, Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley, Jefferson.  

MISSION:  The mission of this chapter is to teach, train, gather, and share information to guide and support the concrete construction industry in the Greater Pittsburgh Region

EXCELLENT AWARD: 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023

OUTSTANDING AWARD: 1992, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

ACI CERTIFICATION:

Adhesive Anchor Installer
Aggregate Testing Technician—Level 1
Aggregate Testing Technician—Level 2
Concrete Field Testing Technician—Grade I
Concrete Flatwork Associate and Advanced Finisher
Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician - Level 2
Concrete Strength Testing Technician
Concrete Transportation Construction Inspector
Decorative Concrete Flatwork Finisher & Associate
Masonry Field Testing Technician
Masonry Laboratory Testing Technician
Self-Consolidating Concrete Testing Technician
Specialty Com/Ind Concrete Flatwork Technician

 

MEETINGS/EDUCATION/SOCIAL EVENTS:

Member dinner meetings held annually. These meetings included an hour of social/networking, followed by dinner and a speaker.

Annual Golf Outing

 

AWARDS:

Annual Awards Banquet

Categories include:  Decorative/Buildings & Infrastructure

Criteria for these 2 awards are Architectural merit, Engineering merit, Creativity, Innovative construction techniques or solutions, Innovative use of materials, Ingenuity, Sustainability and resilience, Functionality and end use suitability

 

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP: Founders Award, $9000 awarded for 3 student scholarships

 

STUDENT CHAPTER SPONSORED:  Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, and Pennsylvania College of Technology