Entries for 2022

November 16, 2022 – Clark Branum, noted decorative concrete speaker, trainer, and quality control manager, has joined the Technical Division of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO, as the decorative and polished concrete specialist. It is a part-time position. This role provides leadership, counsel, and direction for the Decorative Concrete Council (DCC) and th...

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter November 2022 ASCC just held their second annual Safety Summit, November 10 &11, in Albuquerque, NM. The Tilt-Up Concrete Association again partnered with us to bring together individuals responsible for safety in their organizations. Living up to its intended purpose, the Safety Summit did not disappoint; a great opportunity to...

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Jim Klinger, concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter November 2022 Full disclosure: I was ransacking the garage trying to find that one missing part from our George Foreman grill when I uncovered a couple of collector's items. There was a slightly dented blue metal hard hat- an old "Jackson hat", a real beauty- issued in 1979 when I took my first concrete constructio...

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November 15, 2022 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO in partnership with the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA), Mount Vernon, IA held its second annual Safety Summit in Albuquerque, NM, November 10-11.

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November 15, 2022 – The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO is pleased to announce the hiring of Gordon Raymond Hefner as executive director. Hefner replaces Bev Garnant who led the association for over twenty years. Hefner possesses over twenty-seven years of association management experience in the construction trades. He will be responsible for the administratio...

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October 17, 2022 – Ronald Simonetti, retired from Cleveland Cement Co., and Robert Dalrymple, North Coast Concrete, both in Cleveland, received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO on September 29 at the organization’s Annual Conference in Cleveland.

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October 17, 2022 –The Emerging Leaders Committee of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., presented its fifth Gaining Strength Award to Joey Ward, director of sales and marketing, Allen Engineering, Corp., Paragould, AR, at the organization’s Annual Conference on September 29th in Cleveland, OH.

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Joe Whiteman, director of safety services The Voice Newsletter October 2022 Anyone who has attended an ASCC conference knows that safety is always part of the program. We wanted to provide an opportunity for members, however, to attend an event where safety is the main attraction. So, last year, in conjunction with the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, ASCC held its first Safety Summit. The purpose...

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Jim Klinger, concrete construction specialist The Voice Newsletter October 2022 Question: We poured a cast-in-place concrete residential basement wall one week ago. The mix was a standard 6-sack footing and wall mix typically specified in our local market, 3000 psi at 28 days with a design water-cementitious ratio of 0.55. We stripped the walls this morning, and were surprised to see the wall s...

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October 5, 2022 -- The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., has announced the winners of its 14th annual Decorative Concrete International Awards competition.  The winners were recognized at ASCC’s Annual Conference, September 29, 2022, in Cleveland, OH. Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, C...

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