St. Louis Engineers Seminar Draws Record Crowd

This month, the Annual Concrete Council Professional Engineer Seminar sponsored by VeeJay Cement Contracting and The Korte Companies was held at Fabick CAT in St. Louis. With nearly 100 in attendance (shown here), this was the largest seminar to date, reports NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Donn Thompson. He said "a very attentive and enthusiastic crowd" heard from two local and four national speakers, including:

1. Engineering Greater Structural Asset Value for Owners - CECO, Matt Minor, PE
2. NRMCA Carbon Calculator for Enhanced Sustainability - NRMCA's Donn Thompson, AIA
3. Optimizing Portland Limestone Cement Success with Admixtures - Master Builders, Dr. Charles Nmai, PE, M.ASCE, FACI
4. Real-Time Method for Monitoring Concrete Strength - Wavelogix, Joe Turek
5. The Case for Full Depth Concrete Parking Lots - Concrete Council, Jesse Jonas, PE
6. Design of Storm Shelters with Insulating Concrete Forms - Nudura, Cameron Ware

"We are grateful to the local sponsors and host, the Concrete Council of St. Louis, the national speakers and to Fabick CAT for making this such a successful event," Thompson said.

For more information, contact Skip Dulle, executive director, Concrete Council of St. Louis, at oad@concretecouncil.com or Donn Thompson at dthompson@nrmca.org.

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