Architects Group Honors Build With Strength, Connecticut Partnership

The Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council (CCPC) and Build With Strength's efforts in Connecticut were recently recognized by AIA Connecticut as its 2022 Allied Member of the Year. In a letter to council Executive Director Dominic Di Cenzo, AIA Connecticut Executive Director Gina Calabro wrote, “the Allied Member of Year recognizes an allied member who is not an architect but who, by their interest, participation and concern, has promoted and contributed significantly to the profession of architecture. Your work and services exemplify these criteria and your involvement with members is highly noted. We thank you for your invaluable contribution to the design profession and the Connecticut architectural community. You and other worthy award recipients will be honored at the Awards Gala on November 15.”

The CCPC and Build With Strength Connecticut have hosted several Coffee & Concrete Tours to concrete and ICF construction projects, most recently with a tour to a Pound Ridge, NY, project which saw some 35 AIA Connecticut-based attendees. NRMCA personnel have presented numerous webinars and presentations on ICFs, concrete innovations and the 10 ways to reduce concrete’s carbon footprint. The CCPC has regularly contributed technical articles and advertisements in the monthly digital Architype magazine (example, seen here); has presented during Sustainable Architecture month (April); has been a presenter and exhibitor at the annual CACX Conference and Expo; and CCPC Director Di Cenzo has moderated panel discussions on ICF construction and also sits on the AIA Connecituct’s school construction committee.

For more information, contact Dominic Di Cenzo at ctconcretepromotion@gmail.com.