30 Sep 2024 11:00 AM•Belmont Country Club, 19661 Belmont Manor Ln, Ashburn, VA 20147
Revolutionizing Concrete Quality with AI:
Bridging the Gap Between Innovation and Application
Where: Maggiano's Tysons Corner
2001 International Drive, Mc Lean, VA 22102
When: September 12, 2024 Thursday
5:30- 6:00 -Social time
6:00-7:00 - Dinner
7:00- 8:00- Presentation
Cost: $70 Members, $80 Non-Members
Why: Explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in optimizing concrete mix designs for enhanced sustainability and efficiency and understand the change our industry is undergoing to leverage this new potential. This seminar reveals the cutting‐edge technology that powers AI‐driven solutions, demonstrating to improve mix optimization while minimizing environmental footprints. Through real‐world applications and case studies, we will demonstrate the inner workings of real AI technology and the tangible benefits it can offer, including significant cost savings and performance enhancements. More importantly we will discuss the biggest challenges in adopting AI and what we, as a concrete industry need to begin doing to prepare for the eventual technology advancements.
Presented by:
Sarah McGuire
Giatec
Bio: Sarah is the AVP of Business Development at Giatec and has been with the company since 2015. She played a pivotal role in transforming Giatec from a startup into one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies, holding various key leadership positions in sales and business development as the company grew. Sarah’s commitment to growth is further underscored by her recent completion of a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queens in January of 2023.
Registration: https://nccaci.org/event-5795067
Our Golf Outing will be
September 30, 2024 at
Belmont Country Club
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER Practicing your golf game
When: October 10, 2024 Thursday
Where: Maggiano's Tysons Corner
2001 International Drive, Mc Lean, VA 22102
5:30- 6:00 -Social time
6:00-7:00 - Dinner
7:00- 8:00- Presentation
Cost: $70 Members, $80 Non-Members
ACI Fellow Oscar Duckworth is current President of the American Shotcrete Association, Former 9 term Education Committee Chairman, and an American
Concrete Institute Examiner with 35 years of involvement and technical contribution to the Shotcrete Industry.
Author of nearly two dozen published articles regarding the Shotcrete process, Duckworth is a popular Industry Educator/Instructor who works Nationally as a Shotcrete Consultant focusing on training, quality assurance, mixture designs, forensic evaluations, expert witness work, and construction related mediation/arbitration