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ACI MARYLAND CHAPTER CERTIFICATION INFORMATION:
2025 PROGRAM FEES ACI Field Testing Technician Grade I: (See the Certifications/Meetings Page for other certifications or contact us).
- Training Class, Textbook & Full Exam: $580.00
- Exams Only (No Textbook): $550.00
- Written or Performance Retest Only (No Textbook): $320.00
ACI CERTIFICATION EXAM RESULTS: Examinees will receive their results directly from ACI International to the email given by attendee at the Exams. Results typically take 2-3 weeks post exam. Please check your Spam or Junk mail if you have not received your results from ACI.
VERIFY A CERTIFICATION: If you wish to see if your ACI Certification is valid, check an employees status, Verify someone for a project, you can visit ACI directly at concrete.org here: Verify ACI Certification
ACI MARYLAND CHAPTER INFORMATION: To contact someone at the Maryland Chapter regarding ACI Certifications, please email: [email protected]
ACI Maryland Chapter Newsletter January 2026
Excellence In Concrete Awards
The 2025 ACI Maryland Chapter’s “Excellence in Concrete Construction” Awards celebrates Maryland’s innovation and excellence from projects from January 2023 through December 2024. Now more than ever, concrete design and construction must integrate creative techniques and technologies to keep up with ever-evolving economic, environmental, and aesthetic demands. The Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards continues to provide the perfect platform to recognize these exceptional concrete projects from across the state. Please use the form below to submit your projects.
Projects will be judged in the following 8 categories:
- LOW-RISE STRUCTURES – Buildings up to three (3) stories residential (multi-family and houses), school, commercial, warehouse and industrial, etc.
- MID-RISE STRUCTURES - Buildings four (4) to fifteen (15) stories.
- HIGH-RISE STRUCTURES – Buildings more than fifteen (15) stories.
- BRIDGES – A Structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle.
- DECORATIVE - Decorative or architectural feature or element such as exterior or interior finishes, hardscape, ornamentation, stained, stamped, or polished concrete, art installations, etc.
- FLATWORK - Pavements, parking lots, overlays, runways, taxiways, commercial/industrial floors, etc.
- INFRASTRUCTURE - Basic facilities or systems serving a region or community, such as tunnels, roads, recreation, site, water, power resources, marine structures, etc.
- REPAIR & RESTORATION - Any type of concrete structure, overlays, rehabilitation, remodel, retrofitting, etc.
Selected projects are recognized from across the industry in Maryland.
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Developer / Owner
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Architectural Firm
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Engineering Firm
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Structural Design Firm
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General Contractor
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Concrete Contractor
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Concrete Specialty Contractor
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Concrete Supplier
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Other Participating Project Teams
For more information contact: [email protected]
Call for Proctors
Are you Certified for ACI CFTTG1? Are you a Proctor or do you want to be?
We need Proctors November - December 2025 and into the new year as well!
If you are able to help out for a few hours once a month on a Wednesday, let us know…you will be compensated!
PPE will be required to enter the concrete plant property. Proper PPE consists of Hard Hat, Safety Vest, Steel Toe Shoes, and Safety Glasses.
If you have any direct Proctor Questions, please reach out to us at: [email protected]
Upcoming Meetings
Upcoming Virtual Seminar
December 3, 4, 9, and 11: ACI 318-25: Changes to the Concrete Design Standard (1:00 - 3:00 PM EST)
This four-part virtual seminar series covers the major changes in the 2025 edition of ACI 318, “Building Code for Structural Concrete—Code Requirements and Commentary”. This edition is the first edition of ACI 318 in 6 years. All major changes in this edition of the code will be presented and discussed. This includes major changes centered around the topics of the addition of post-installed reinforcing bars, anchorage of closely spaced bars, clarified and updated one-way shear provisions, clarified and expanded seismic requirements, the new sustainability and resilience appendix, the new performance-based wind design appendix and numerous other changes.
- December 3: Part 1 – Organization, Analysis, and Materials
- December 4: Part 2 – Reinforcement, Anchorage, and Shear
- December 9: Part 3 – Structural Systems, Shear, and Sustainability
- December 11: Part 4 – Construction, Materials, and Seismic Requirements
Please check the Chapter Website for upcoming Certifications / Meetings
American Concrete Institute Maryland Chapter - Meeting/Event Information
Thank you Organizational Members
THANK YOU TO OUR
2025 ORGANIZATION MEMBERS:
Amrize Mid-Atlantic Inc.
Bay Ready Mix of Md LLC / Ernest Maier
Belfast Valley Contractors, Inc.
Chaney Enterprises
Concrete General, Inc.
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
Hunt Valley Contractors
Infrastructure Technologies LLC
KCI Technologies, Inc.
Machado Construction Co., Inc.
Morgan-Keller Concrete
Precision Concrete Construction Company, Inc.
Swope & Associates
Thomas, Bennett, & Hunter, Inc.
Wallace Montgomery
Whitman Requardt & Associates, LLP
York Building Products
THANK YOU TO OUR
2025 CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS:
Shana Carroll - D.W. Kozera, Inc.
Jill Glassgold - Masonry Resurfacing & Construction Co.
Jason Dance - Dance Brothers, Inc.
Welcome New Members
Click Her to Join the ACI Maryland Chapter!
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If you have questions about joining, please email [email protected]
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Upcoming Webinars
December 3, 4, 9, and 11: ACI 318-25: Changes to the Concrete Design Standard (1:00 - 3:00 PM EST)
This four-part virtual seminar series covers the major changes in the 2025 edition of ACI 318, “Building Code for Structural Concrete—Code Requirements and Commentary”. This edition is the first edition of ACI 318 in 6 years. All major changes in this edition of the code will be presented and discussed. This includes major changes centered around the topics of the addition of post-installed reinforcing bars, anchorage of closely spaced bars, clarified and updated one-way shear provisions, clarified and expanded seismic requirements, the new sustainability and resilience appendix, the new performance-based wind design appendix and numerous other changes.
December 3: Part 1 – Organization, Analysis, and Materials
December 4: Part 2 – Reinforcement, Anchorage, and Shear
December 9: Part 3 – Structural Systems, Shear, and Sustainability
December 11: Part 4 – Construction, Materials, and Seismic Requirements
Missed a Webinar?
All live webinars are recorded and made available for on-demand viewing. Each webinar course contains the recorded webinar, a PDF of the presentation, and a quiz for CEU (PDH) credit.
Visit: ACI Webinars and sort by date to view a list of all previously recorded and upcoming webinars.
Upcoming Webinar (December 17): NEx Webinar Series: Sustainability and Circularity with Nanoscience Based Copolymer Technology: Building with Locally Available Materials, Green Construction Materials, Recycled & Waste Materials
This webinar will delve into sustainability and circularity for road construction including the economic benefits of copolymer’s alternative technology for road construction, present an overview that defines the prevailing alternative technologies for road stabilization construction and much more.
This webinar is jointly sponsored by NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials and the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
Presented By: Robert Friedman
Continuing Education Credit: 0.10 CEU (1.0 PDH)
Click HERE to register!
