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ACI-ICT EN Standards CFTT and CCSTT Technician programs developed further

28 April 2025

ACI Resource Center staff are now certified and approved examiners for both programs in the Concrete Field Testing Technician (CFTT) and Concrete Compressive Strength Testing Technician (CCSTT) programs. Mr. Gareth David, Council member of the Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT), and Lead Certification Examiner visited the Midwest Resource Center in February to lead these training and certification sessions. In addition to regularly scheduled offerings of these programs, all Resource Centers are now able to offer these programs in an orientation format for any SG that may be interested in adding these programs to their certification offerings.

All ACI Resource Centers are also now positioned to regularly offer these programs in Spanish, including the classroom review and hands on practice session in the laboratory, the written and performance exams. Should your group be interested in hosting a Spanish based session, please email Mike Morrison at ACI.

Technical Note, A multifunctional Integral Water-Resisting and Durability Enhancing Admixture for Concrete Protection, P. Ghadir & A A Dalvand

23 April 2025

Another paper, an ICT Technical note, has been peer reviewed and published through the ICT, titled: Hybrid Concrete Admixture: A multifunctional Integral Water-Resisting and Durability Enhancing Admixture for Concrete Protection, authored by P. Ghadir & A A Dalvand.

Introduction: The ingress of water and aggressive substances is the main reason responsible for all the major physical and chemical degradation of concrete structures and pavements, which in turn shortens their life span and results in substantial costs to the asset owners. Much research has been conducted to improve the durability and service life of concrete infrastructure, using different integral water-resisting (also known as ‘waterproofing’) admixtures and surface coatings or membranes.

The paper is available through the ICT website at https://theict.org.uk/technical-notes.asp

ICT receives Strategic Advancement Award from ACI in toronto

05 April 2025

A huge highlight of the ICT representation at the American Concrete Institute Convention in Toronto, Canada, March 30 - April 2 2025 has been the ICT receiving "The Strategic Advancement Award" from ACI President Michael Paul for the long standing partnership of the ICT with ACI and the drive to develop training and certification of concrete technicians on a wider global outreach.

 A full report on the trip and its many highlight to follow..

Heriot Watt launch Advanced Concrete Technology programme

25 March 2025

We are very pleased to announce that the MSc in Advanced Concrete Technology is moving home to Heriot-Watt University.

Following successful series in Queens University Belfast and University of Leeds over the last 10 years, the course has found a new home under the tutelage of Muhammed Basheer and Benny Suryanto. This is gives candidates the opportunity to reach the highest level of accreditation in Concrete Technology, proving excellence in the field. The course is designed for full time employees, industry professionals and recent graduates, allowing them to continue working, and is delivered using flexible learning solutions allowing participants to engage with industry professionals. The course is taking candidates in September 2025 and January 2026.

This course meets the criteria for Full Corporate Membership of the ICT, Stage 4 and the designation MICT. PG Diploma and PG Certificate stages are also options once enrolled. Contact Benny Suryanto B.Suryanto@hw.ac.uk or our Executive Officer Edwin Trout executiveofficer@theict.org.uk for more details.

ICT Yearbook 2024-2025 29th edition out now..

19 February 2025

Dropping though members letterboxes this week is The Institute of Concrete Technologys annual compendium of technical papers and general interest articles – the ICT Yearbook – has just been published - and is available through the members area of the website as a free PDF.  The 2024-2025 edition features a 27-page invited paper of great topical relevance, entitled ‘Graphene-modified concrete and cement-based composites: from innovation to cutting edge applications’, and two historical papers marking the bicentenary of Joseph Aspdins 1824 patent for Portland cement. 

As in previous editions, papers from the ICT’s Annual Convention are included, following the symposium theme The pursuit of Net Zero Concrete: Make Concrete not CO2: ‘Roadmaps to net zero concrete’; ‘The circular economy in practice’; ‘Novel superplasticisers based on the Intelligent Cluster System’ and ‘Using digital tools to build more sustainably’ are among them.  The inaugural Young People’s Symposium takes its place for the first time, with a paper based on the winning entry from the poster competition.  Other prize-winning papers are drawn from the ICT-supported 2nd International Conference on Low Carbon Cement & Concrete, held last July. 

Abstracts of research projects submitted for the award of Diploma or MSc in Advanced Concrete Technology are presented (as in all previous Yearbooks), along with a commissioned paper by the ICT Prize winner from the MSc course at the University of Leeds: ‘Calcined clays from UK sources: are they more reactive than we initially thought?’  

ICT and the UK Concrete Show - 26 & 27 February

27 February 2025

Join us on Stand C62 at the 2025 UK Concrete Show at the NEC, Birmingham, on the 26th and 27th February. The Institute has partnered with the show and will be presenting two seminar sessions on Thursday 27th:

Robert Lewis, Chair of our Technical and Educational Committee, Past President (ICT) and Technical Manager (Ferroglobe) present on Education, skills, training and competence, an industry perspective, and gives an overview of the Acedemic Stages of Concrete Technology Qualifications and two Competence Certifications in testing Concrete, and how they can enhance a career in the Concrete Industry...

Dr Aneeta Mary Joseph, Materials Engineer Mott MacDonald and active Committee member of ICT SYPro will talk about Empowering the future of concrete: Knowledge and networking through ICT-SYPro, discussing the Institute of Concrete Technology Student and Young Professional Network (ICT SYPro), dedicated to fostering the growth and development of students and young professionals in the field of concrete technology.

More information on these presentations can be found here at the UK Concrete Show Website.

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