American Concrete Institute Honors Outstanding Contributions to the Industry: Fall 2026 Awardees

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is pleased to recognize several individuals for their outstanding contributions and dedication to ACI and the concrete industry. The Fall 2026 awardees consist of personal and paper award winners who will be recognized at the ACI Concrete Convention, October 11-14, 2026, in Atlanta, GA, USA. Please join us by registering at aciconvention.org.

The following medals and awards recognize exemplary achievement, groundbreaking research, and service to ACI and the concrete industry:

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ARTHUR R. ANDERSON MEDAL – John Gajda

MICHEL BAKHOUM INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION AWARD – Tarek Alkhrdaji

ROGER H. CORBETTA CONCRETE CONSTRUCTOR AWARD – Oscar R. Antommattei

CLYDE E. KESLER EDUCATION AWARD – Franklin Reber Jr.

ROBERT F. MAST AWARD – Edith Gallandorm

MICHAEL THOMAS CONCRETE DURABILITY AWARD – David Whitmore

HENRY C. TURNER MEDAL – Jerry D. Coombs

CHARLES S. WHITNEY MEDAL – Wassim M. Ghannoum

ACI CONCRETE SUSTAINABILITY AWARD – Matthew P. Adams

ACI EDUCATION AWARD – Rita Madison

WASON MEDAL FOR MOST MERITORIOUS PAPER – Santiago Pujol • Rémy D. Lequesne • Chungwook Sim

ACI CONCRETE INTERNATIONAL AWARD – Chad White • Bryan M. Birdwell • Jerry A. Holland • Michael Hernandez

ACI SYMPOSIUM VOLUMES AWARD – Amirali Bahnamiri • Trevor D. Hrynyk

METE A. SOZEN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STRUCTURAL RESEARCH – Andrés Lepage • Rémy D. Lequesne • Alexander S. Weber-Kamin

WASON MEDAL FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH – Ashish Dinesh Patel • Jerry Paris • Christopher C. Ferraro• James E. Baciak • Kyle A. Riding • Eric Richard Giannini

Learn more about each of the awards listed above at concrete.org/honorsandawards.