Deepen Your Knowledge of Concrete Durability This Spring Semester

NRMCA's Concrete Durability Course provides ready mix professionals with the critical knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that the industry produces high-quality and durable concrete products and structures. Learners enrolled in this course will gain insight into the mechanisms that impact concrete durability; learn to identify and evaluate the deterioration of concrete; and how to review methods to prevent and mitigate durability problems. Topics will cover the concrete microstructure, cracking, corrosion mechanisms, freeze-thaw resistance, sulfate resistance, alkali aggregate reactions (AAR) and other durability-related distress.

Professionals enrolled in the course will benefit from the expert instruction of leading figures in the study of concrete durability. These experienced educators and researchers administering the course include Kevin Folliard, Ph.D., professor of civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin; Anton Schindler, Ph.D., P.E., professor of civil engineering at Auburn University and Colin Lobo, Ph.D., P.E., NRMCA executive vice president of engineering.

The Concrete Durability Course will be offered from May 5 - 7 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, as part of NRMCA’s Spring Semester Series. Click here to register for this course or other courses in the Spring Semester Series. Learners enrolling in more than one course in the semester will receive discounted registration fees. Click here to browse the complete list of 2025 NRMCA educational offerings.