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March 30, 2009 ICRI continues to grow in
membership. We had a successful Fall Convention in St. Louis, MO with over
275 in attendance. The weather was nice fall weather and the location of
the hotel was overlooking the ARCH and waterfront. The dining from the
28th floor revolving restaurant was spectacular.
The Awards banquet was well attended with 150 members and
spouses. We are an Outstanding Chapter again for 2007-2008;
congratulations for our hard working chapter officers.
The Certification Committee is working on the new program
for certifying Concrete Repair Testing Technicians and another for Slab
Moisture Testing Technicians. The Slab Moisture Testing Technician program
will be evaluated at the Spring Convention. We hope to have them up and
running by 2010. They will be similar to ACI Certification programs.
You can now access the 2009 Awards forms on the web site
www.icri.org. The deadline is May 1,
2009 for entries. We need more entries from the southeast area so please
plan on entering your project and with our local awards program that
parallels the National Awards program, lets get busy. We had 84 entries
this past year on the National level.
The Spring Convention will be in Minneapolis, MN on April
23 rd and 24th, 2009 at the Hilton Hotel. Our own Chuck
Knight is doing a great job representing us on the National Board and will
be President–Elect this year.
We need more local people to get involved with the
technical committees and be active at the National level.
Bob Terpening,
FACI, P.E.
National Representative and Liaison |