history of aci

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1904-1909

Inaugural convention of theNational Association ofCement Users (NACU)

organized

Making concrete blocks, 1904


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1904-1909

Richard L. Humphrey chosen

as first President

Richard L. Humphrey


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1910-1914

First building codeappeared

Name changed

to AmericanConcrete Institute

Grafton Bridge, 1910


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1915-1919

Leonard C. Wason, ACIs second President

ACI assists war effort; war curtails activities,convention delayed

U.S.S. Selma, 1919


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1915-1919

ACI headquarters established

in Detroit;Harvey Whipple appointedSecretary

Harvey Whipple


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1920-1924

Committees arranged bygroups and numbered forfirst time

20th anniversary of ACI;standard reinforcing barsizes adopted


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1925-1929

Richard L. Humphrey leaves Board after 21 years,named the first ACI Honorary Member

Membership passes 2000

Hangar at Orly Airport, 1921


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1925-1929

First edition of Concrete Primerby F.R. McMillan published

The ACI Journalintroduced andpublished 10 times per year

F.R. McMillan


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1930-1934

Depression bringscost cutting and

reduction of Journalpages; budget cutsforce limit on paper

length

Financial crisiscontinues; Journalissues reduced to fiveissues per year

Hoover Dam, 1933


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1935-1939

Effects of the Depressiondiminish; membershiplevel stable after lossesduring the Depression

First Reinforced ConcreteDesign Handbookonworking stress design

publishedHangar in Italy, 1936


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1940-1944

First Building Code underACI 318 issued; ACI Manual

of Concrete Inspectionpublished

ACI turns its attention to thewar effort; speeding theresults of important

committee work into printgiven priority Self-propelled concrete shipbuilt during World War II (1942)


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1945-1949

First ACI Book of Standardsissued

Technical ActivitiesCommittee (TAC)formed

ACI Committee 115 meeting, 1948


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1950-1954

Membership passed 5000; first

joint committee formed withASCE

Harvey Whipple retired after32 years; William A. Maplesappointed Secretary-Treasurer

William A. Maples


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1955-1959

Revised Building Code adopted with an appendix onultimate strength design

ACI headquarters building erected in Detroit

ACI headquarters building, Detroit, Michigan, 1957


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1955-1959

First local chapter in SouthernCalifornia organized

Journalmodernized by use of

cover photo;membership topped 10,000

Sam Hobbs, Secretary-Treasurerof Southern California Chapter,

1958-1974


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1960-1964

Institute chapter formedin Japan

First edition of Formwork forConcrete(SP-4) published

New ACI logo and mottointroduced

ACIs new logo, 1964


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1965-1969

First commentary to theBuilding Code published;Institute income exceeds$500,000

Book of Standardssucceeded by ACI Manualof Concrete Practice

Constructing Habitat 67in Quebec


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1965-1969

Katharine Mather, first femaleBoard of Direction member

First ACI educational seminarheld

Katharine Mather


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1970-1974

Educational ActivitiesCommittee (EAC) formed

Membership grade ofFellow established

CEB meeting at ACI, 1975


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1975-1979

Maples retires after

27 years; George F. Leyhbecomes ExecutiveDirector

ACIs 75th anniversarycelebrated

Concrete Internationalfirst

publishedSmithsonian exhibit honoringACIs 75th anniversary, 1979


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1980-1984

Local chapters total more than 50 with addition of newchapters in Israel and Korea

First student chapters established ACI certification program launched

Pasco-Kennewick Intercity Bridge


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1985-1989

ACI Structural Journaland ACIMaterials Journaldebut

10,000 technicians certified in theACI Concrete Field TestingTechnician Grade I program


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1985-1989

ACI 318 Building Code andCommentary appearside-by-side for first time

Metric edition of 318-89available


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1990-1994

ACI assumes Secretariat for ISO/TC-71

Manual of Concrete Practiceavailable on CD-ROM

ISO Plenary Session


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1995-1999

Completion of new ACI headquarters

ACI website launched

George F. Leyh retires;James G. Toscasbecomes ExecutiveVice President

ACI headquarters, 1996


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1995-1999

Jo Coke becomes ACIs firstfemale president

Concrete Repair Manualpublished jointly with theInternational Concrete RepairInstitute

Jo Coke


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2000-2004

200,000 certification exams administered

ACI 318-02 Building Code features most comprehensive

revision of code since 1971

First Structural Concrete

in the AmericasWorkshop held with14 countries

participating

Structural Concrete in the Americas

Workshop, 2002


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2000-2004

William R. Tolley

named ExecutiveVice President

U.S. House of

Representativespasses resolutioncommending ACI on

its 100th anniversary


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