
March 15-19, 2009
Marriott Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX














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Special Events

| Monday, March 16 |
Student Lunch $49 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Join other ACI attendees and students for the announcement of the Student Competition results. Following lunch, featured speaker Richard Szecsy, Vice President of New Product Development and Risk Management for Lattimore Materials Company will give a presentation on the Application of New Concrete Technology versus Traditional Concrete Design. Tickets may be purchased at the ACI Registration Desk up to 24 hours prior to the event, based on availability.
| | Tuesday, March 17 |
Contractors' Day Lunch $53 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Join other ACI convention attendees and contractors for the Contractors' Day Lunch. Tickets may be purchased at the ACI Registration Desk up until 24 hours prior to the event, based on availability.
| | Tuesday, March 17 |
Concrete Mixer--A Night in Old San Antonio! $0 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Travel to La Villita of Old San Antonio for a festival-themed Concrete Mixer. Enjoy authentic Texan cuisine and listen to the mariachi band while costumed characters encourage you to dance. Hosted by the ACI San Antonio Chapter, this is a Concrete Mixer you won't want to miss as you travel back in time for A Night in Old San Antonio.
| | Wednesday, March 18 |
CMC Texas Technical Tour $27 9:00 AM-3:00 PM Founded in 1947 as a rail rerolling operation, CMC Steel Texas now has the capacity to melt 1 million tons of steel! Located in Seguin, TX, along the Guadalupe River, 30 miles from San Antonio; the plant occupies 850,000 square feet over 280 acres.
During the tour you will visit the melt shop where scrap metal is heated to 3,000° F and melted into liquid steel, cast into billets in a four-strand continuous caster, rolled into long products, and cooled on a football field-sized cooling bed. Following the tour of the melting shop, enjoy a BBQ lunch with other tour attendees! You must wear closed-toe shoes to participate in this tour. Old clothes and sunscreen are recommended. Hard hats, earplugs, goggles, and spark jackets will be provided.
| | Wednesday, March 18 |
International Lunch $30 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Join other ACI attendees for the International Lunch. Featured speaker Jose "Pepe" Izquierdo-Encarnacion, Past ACI President and Principal Engineer will give a presentation on the Influence of Materials and Engineering Knowledge in the Constructed Patrimony: A Comparison of Four Continents. Tickets may be purchased at the ACI Registration Desk up to 24 hours prior to the event, based on availability.
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