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Concrete Slabs-on-Ground

A One - Day Seminar
Register NowBack by popular demand, we are bringing back our ever popular Concrete Slabs-on-Ground Seminar. 

 


Overview   

Learn to design, specify, and construct quality concrete floors by attending this seminar.

 

 


Free Publications   

As part of the seminar, you will receive FREE the following publication(s) a $289.00 value:


ACI 360R-06Design of Slabs on Ground

ACI 302.2R-06Guide for Concrete Slabs that Receive Moisture-Sensitive Flooring Materials

ACI 302.1R-04Guide for Concrete Floor and Slab Construction

Other related articles

Seminar lecture notes

 


Who should attend?   

Specifiers, engineers, architects, contractors, building owners, government agencies, and all others seeking the most up-to-date information on concrete slabs on ground.

 

 


Seminar Topics   

  • Introductory discussion of Expectations relative to slab-on-ground performance, Serviceability, Reference Documents: Owner, local market, site specific and implied criteria


  • Engineering considerations, Loads, Soil Support System and Materials, including concrete mix design


  • Moisture Emission and Curling Considerations

  • Slab on ground Thickness Design. Design examples for distributed, rack post and lift truck loading; reasonable assumptions when you don’t know

  • Designing for Shrinkage; joint spacing, reinforcing options, post-tensioned design example, minimizing restraints to movement


  • Floor Joints and Load Transfer


  • Reinforcing, conventional, welded wire and fibers


  • Surface Tolerances


  • Curing


  • Plans and Specifications; what the engineer should provide, what the contractor should expect


  • Preconstruction Coordination Meeting


  • Preparation, Placing and Finishing Slabs on Ground


  • Problem Recognition

 
 


Locations & Dates   

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Seattle, WA
Apr 1, 2010
Venue To Be Announced
Washington Chapter ACI
Instructor(s) for this Seminar will be:
Jerry A. Holland & Arthur W. McKinney

Charlotte, NC
Apr 15, 2010
Venue To Be Announced
Carolina's Chapter ACI
Instructor(s) for this Seminar will be:
Barry E. Foreman & Greg K. Fricks

Boston, MA
Apr 29, 2010
Venue To Be Announced
New England Chapter ACI
Instructor(s) for this Seminar will be:
James H. Loper & Richard E. Smith

Kansas City, MO
May 13, 2010
Venue To Be Announced
Missouri Chapter ACI
Instructor(s) for this Seminar will be:
Barry E. Foreman & Richard E. Smith

Chicago, IL
May 27, 2010
Venue To Be Announced
Illinois Chapter ACI
Instructor(s) for this Seminar will be:
Jerry A. Holland & James H. Loper

Register Now

You will be sent a confirmation of your registration with the address of the Seminar. Please verify the date and location, since changes may occur.

Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. The seminar will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. Lunch will be from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Breakfast breads/pastries, lunch, coffee breaks, and publications are included in your registration fee.

 


Faculty   

Two of the following will be your instructors:

Barry E. Foreman, PE, Vice President/Master Professional, TranSystems, York, PA. He is a structural engineer with over 30 years experience in the design of industrial floors. His firm works nationwide in the design of industrial buildings with a special emphasis on distribution warehouses, cold storage buildings and food processing facilities. Mr. Foreman provides slab design and construction consulting, forensic consulting and concrete mix design consulting services. Mr. Foreman is an active member of ACI and is a voting committee member of ACI 360, Design of Slabs on Ground; ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; ACI 301, Specifications for Concrete; and ACI 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete.

Greg K. Fricks, The Fricks Company, a National Industrial Concrete Floor Construction Company specializing in flat, abrasion and impact resistant concrete floors for food and industrial distribution located in Fort Worth, TX. He has over 20 years experience in concrete floor slab construction. Mr. Fricks and his brother own and manage their company specializing in shrinkage compensating concrete floors, dry shake aggregate surface hardeners and bonded topping floors. He has knowledge and experience with concrete mix designs, finishing techniques for surface durability, fiber reinforced concrete and defined traffic floors. Mr. Fricks has installed floors through out North America including over 40 states and 3 foreign countries. Mr. Fricks is a member of ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors, ACI 223, Shrinkage Compensating Concrete, ACI 301 Sub Committee-0G, Shrinkage Compensating Concrete and Industrial Floor Slabs.

Jerry A. Holland, PE, FACI, Director, Design Services, Structural Services Inc., Atlanta, GA. He has 35 years of worldwide experience in design, construction, and troubleshooting concrete materials, floors, pavements, other structures, and related geotechnical problems. During most of that time Mr. Holland was with Lockwood Greene Engineers in Atlanta. He specializes in concrete mixes, floor slabs on ground including superflat and other specialty floors and suspended slabs, fiber reinforcement, post-tensioning, shrinkage-compensating concrete, paving, and liquid containing structures. He has had past projects in almost every state in the U.S. and on every continent except Antarctica. Mr. Holland is a past Chair and member of ACI 360, Design of Slabs on Grade; and a member of ACI 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete; ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; ACI 325, Concrete Pavement; and ACI 350, Environmental Structures.

James H. Loper, is a registered professional engineer and currently serves as the structural engineering discipline director for Jacobs Engineering in Arlington, VA. During his 22-year career, he has been involved in wide range of design, construction, and troubleshooting projects while employed at Lockwood Greene Engineers, Bekaert Corporation, and VSL. His experience includes design of conventionally reinforced, unreinforced, post-tensioned, and fiber reinforced slabs-on-ground. Notable projects in which he was involved include the Washington Dulles Air Traffic Control Tower Project and the Fallingwater Restoration Project. Most recently, he has been directly involved in the design of nationwide training facilities for the Department of Defense. He is a member of ACI 360, Design of Slabs on Grade and past secretary of ACI 364, Rehabilitation.

Arthur W. McKinney, PE, SE, FACEC, LEED AP, practicing Structural Engineer with 40 years of design experience, including over 100,000,000 square feet of industrial floors. Mr. McKinney is Chief Executive Officer of McKinney and Company, Ashland, VA, a full service planning, design, and construction company, which includes a certified testing and materials development laboratory and services. Active in ACI, Mr. McKinney is a member and past Chair of ACI 360, Design of Slabs on Ground; a member of ACI 117, Tolerances, a member of ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors and a member of ACI 301G, Industrial Floors.

Richard E. Smith, Vice President and General Manager, Structural Services, Inc., Dallas, TX. He has experience in the design, construction and evaluation of high performance industrial floors and pavements. Prior to joining SSI, Mr. Smith was manager of engineering services for a leading fiber-producing company, focusing on the advancement of industrial floor slabs, industrial floor overlays, elevated deck construction, pavements, bridge deck overlays, impact resistant concrete, fiber reinforced shotcrete, precast products and various other fiber applications. Mr. Smith guided the development of Steel Reinforced Concrete Design Guide and Slab on Ground Computer Program for design professionals. He is a member of ACI 360, Design of Slabs on Ground; and ACI 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, and ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors.


NOTE: ACI is not responsible for the statements or opinions expressed by the Faculty. If necessary to substitute an instructor an individual with similar qualifications will be used.

 

 


Registration Fees   

$597 Non Member Registration Fee
$457 ACI National Members Registration Fee
$125 Full-Time Students (with proof of enrollment)

 

 


Continuing Education Credit   

Attendees receive 0.75 CEUs or 7.5 LUs, worth 7.5 PDHs.

  • American Institute of Architects (G115;SLA)

  • Florida Board of Professional Engineering (Provider #0003855)

  • Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board

  • North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors

  • The University of the State of New York, State Board for Engineering

  • Wisconsin Safety and Buildings Division (Course 6339)


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