Nominations are open for the annual awards of the Institute

Many specifications now require key personnel of the finishing crew to hold current certifications because designers realize they are more likely to receive the quality of floor desired if certified finishers and technicians are involved. But as more stringent flatwork requirements are being specified and newer equipment and materials are being used, the industry has called for even higher levels of expertise for those finishers and technicians producing the slabs. ACI responded by creating the Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finisher/Technician Certification Program. The steps to become certified are outlined and a certification event at World of Concrete is described.

Probably the most common report in the concrete industry is the concrete test report. Typically, a report is sent when a 7-day break is completed. Later, the same report is updated and resent with the 28-day test results. The concrete test report serves one basic purpose: to assure those involved with a project that the right concrete was delivered to the job site. While the format of test reports can vary from one testing laboratory to the next, each will contain the information needed to determine whether the concrete meets the job-site requirements.