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Maria Juenger Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/3/2025
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces its 2025-2026 president, vice president, and four board members. Continue Reading »

ACI's New Honorary Members

3/21/2025
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on five individuals at the ACI Concrete Convention, March 30 - April 2, 2025. Continue Reading »

Michael J. Paul Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/18/2024
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces its 2024-2025 president, vice president, and four board members. Continue Reading »

ACI's New Honorary Members

3/18/2024
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on five individuals at the ACI Concrete Convention March 24-28, 2024. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces Michael Thomas Concrete Durability Award

11/10/2023
The Michael Thomas Concrete Durability Award was established in 2023 by the Institute in memory of Michael D.A. Thomas, ACI Fellow. Continue Reading »

Mission: Resourceful

11/1/2023
ACI President Antonio Nanni discusses his recent travels to Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Bangladesh. “ACI is an international organization with a reach and influence (and with that a responsibility) that go way beyond what many may think. We must strengthen our international position not to dominate or impose but, on the contrary, to be a trustworthy and competent contributor to the betterment of our industry for a safer and cleaner world. Continue Reading »

Registration Open for ACI Middle East Conference

9/28/2023
The American Concrete Institute along with the ACI Saudi Chapter will co-host the ACI Concrete Conference of Codes, Standards, and Best Practices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabi on November 28-29, 2023. Continue Reading »

American Concrete Institute's New Mid-Atlantic Resource Center Opening in Columbia, Maryland

8/17/2023
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is opening a third Resource Center, located in Columbia, MD, to serve Mid-Atlantic based communities in the concrete industry. Continue Reading »

Antonio Nanni Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/27/2023
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces its 2023-2024 president, vice president, and four board members. Continue Reading »

ACI Resource Centers to Offer Upcoming Shotcrete Inspector Certification Sessions

3/29/2023
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) will collaborate with The American Shotcrete Association (ASA) to host two upcoming certification sessions for the ACI Shotcrete Inspector program. Continue Reading »

ACI's New Honorary Members

3/13/2023
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on the following individuals at the ACI Concrete Convention April 2-6, 2023: Continue Reading »

Fiber in My Diet Concrete

8/1/2022
Fibers are transforming the industry and gone are the days when phrases like “it doesn’t hurt my concrete” were used to describe fibers. So, what’s going on in the “fiber world?” Continue Reading »

ACI Foundation Announces Election of New Chair and Trustees

4/26/2022
The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of new chair of Trustees— Jeffrey Coleman, election of two new trustees — Khaled Awad and Keith Kesner, and the re-election of an existing trustee — Robert Frosch. Continue Reading »

Charles K. Nmai Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/20/2022
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces its 2022-2023 president, vice president, and four board members. Continue Reading »

ACI Publishes New Concrete Field Testing Technician -- Grade I Workbook

1/11/2022
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released a new, 40th edition of its most popular certification publication, CP-1: Technician Workbook for ACI Certification of Concrete Field Testing Technician -- Grade I. Continue Reading »

ACI Hires Additional Resource Center Manager, Announces Opening Programs in Southern California

4/13/2021
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Resource Center will open on May 1, 2021, in San Bernardino, CA, USA. To carry out and facilitate programming and further access to ACI knowledge, the Institute recently hired Sarah Mauri as Resource Center Manager. Mauri will lead the effort at the Southern California Resource Center, offering regularly scheduled and on-demand certification programs, educational seminars, and hands-on training. Continue Reading »

ACI’s New Honorary Members

3/3/2021
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on six individuals at the ACI Virtual Concrete Convention March 28 – April 1, 2021. ACI is grateful to all its Honorary Members for their extraordinary contributions. Continue Reading »

Jeffrey W. Coleman Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/2/2020
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces its 2020-2021 president, vice president, and four board members. Jeffrey W. Coleman has been elected to serve as president of the Institute for 2020-2021, Charles K. Nmai has been elected ACI vice president for a two-year term, and Cary S. Kopczynski is now the Institute’s senior vice president, which is also a two-year term. Continue Reading »

ACI’s New Honorary Members

3/9/2020
ACI has announced its 2020 ACI Honorary Members. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Workbooks and Exams for Field Tech and Strength Tech

11/4/2019
The new CP-1 39th Ed. workbook for Concrete Field Testing Technician—Grade I is available for purchase from ACI. Continue Reading »

Randall W. Poston Elected President of American Concrete Institute

4/2/2019
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently introduced its 2019-2020 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Quebec City, QC, Canada. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces Cement Physical Tester Certification Sessions for 2019

3/13/2019
The ACI Cement Physical Tester certification is intended for laboratory staff that test cement and cementitious materials, including new and experienced laboratory staff members, QA/QC supervisors and managers, laboratory supervisors, project managers, or anyone interested in the basics of testing cementitious materials. Continue Reading »

ACI’s New Honorary Members

1/30/2019
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on the following individuals at The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Québec City, QC, Canada, March 24-28, 2019: Continue Reading »

The Importance of ACI Certification

8/3/2018
Thirty-five years ago, ACI’s first certification program was launched - the Concrete Field Testing Technician program. Since that time, more than 550,000 craftsmen, technicians, inspectors, and other concrete professionals have pursued ACI Certifications, Continue Reading »

Advocating for Concrete

7/2/2018
ACI draws expertise from around the world to advance concrete durability, performance, efficiency, and constructability. Our advocacy is not arbitrary, but rather is based on demonstrable advantages that make concrete the material of choice. Continue Reading »

ACI Self-Consolidating Concrete Testing Technician Certification Now Available

6/6/2018
This new program will certify individuals based on their technical knowledge and ability to correctly perform five ASTM test methods. These test methods were developed specifically for self-consolidating concrete and are used to measure its fresh properties. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Officers for 2018

4/12/2018
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2018-2019 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, last month. Continue Reading »

ACI’s New Honorary Members

1/30/2018
ACI will bestow its highest honor – ACI Honorary Membership – on the following individuals at The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March 25-29, 2018. Continue Reading »

Newest Certification Programs from the American Concrete Institute

9/15/2017
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently launched three new certification programs: Adhesive Anchor Installation Inspector, Cement Physical Tester, and Concrete Quality Technical Manager. The programs are now being offered globally through the ACI sponsoring group network. Continue Reading »

ACI and the World

6/1/2017
ACI is incorrectly perceived sometimes as a U.S.-focused association, or more generally as a North American Institute. It is very true that the American Concrete Institute, as the name and the history suggest, has strong roots in the United States and North America, but it is equally true that ACI is a global organization. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Officers for 2017

3/31/2017
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2017-2018 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Detroit, MI, USA, this month. Khaled W. Awad has been elected to serve as president of the Institute for 2017-2018. Continue Reading »

ACI Takes the Lead on Masonry Certification

1/26/2017
The American Concrete Institute’s two masonry testing certification programs are now cited in the new TMS 402/602-16: Building Code Requirements and Specifications for Masonry Structures. Details were unveiled at a press conference at the recent World of Concrete show in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Continue Reading »

American Concrete Institute Masonry Testing Certification Programs Included in New Masonry Documents

1/18/2017
The American Concrete Institute’s two masonry testing certification programs are now cited in TMS 402/602-16: Building Code Requirements and Specifications for Masonry Structures. Published in December 2016, the newly updated Masonry documents include language referencing certification in accordance with the Masonry Field Testing Technician and Masonry Laboratory Testing Technician programs. Continue Reading »

ACI Certification's Expanding Influence

10/1/2016
We know that an effective quality control program in the concrete industry requires accurate and consistent testing procedures, performed by knowledgeable technicians. ACI does a thorough job of ensuring that the industry has these key people in place through our certification programs. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Officers for 2016

4/25/2016
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2016-2017 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, this month. Continue Reading »

Strategic Development Council Matching Donations for Building Information Modeling Funding

1/27/2016
The ACI Foundation’s Strategic Development Council (SDC) has announced a donation matching campaign to support funding for the next phase of developing industry standards for Building Information Modeling (BIM) systems. SDC will commit up to $100,000 for this project by matching dollar-for-dollar commitments in support of Phase 3 of ongoing research to develop industry standards for exchanging digital information for cast-in-place concrete. Continue Reading »

New Solution to Concrete Testing Challenges

9/18/2015
Improving the quality of concrete testing can be achieved by stressing education and quality, according to the authors of a recent article on concrete testing in Concrete International magazine. Continue Reading »

ACI Egypt Chapter Forms First Student Chapter

7/27/2015
ACI Egypt is proud to announce the recent formation of the first student chapter in based on the campus of Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime (AASTMT) located in the city of Alexandria. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Officers for 2015

4/16/2015
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2015-2016 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, this month. Continue Reading »

Improving the Quality of Concrete Construction in Bolivia

7/29/2014
ACI’s “Train-the-Administrator” program arrives in Bolivia to assist Institute Boliviano del Cemento y el Hormigon (IBCH) launch Field Testing Technician—Grade I and Concrete Construction Special Inspector Certifications. Continue Reading »

ACI Announces New Officers for 2014

3/27/2014
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2014-2015 president, vice president, and four board members during the ACI Spring 2014 Convention in Reno, Nevada this month. Continue Reading »

ACI Adds Two New Masonry Testing Certification Programs

2/3/2014
The American Concrete Institute has launched two new masonry-related certification programs: the Masonry Field Testing Technician and the Masonry Laboratory Testing Technician. Continue Reading »