CONCRETE CORING
This presentation by Luke Snell, P.E. and an Honorary Member of ACI and the Arizona Chapter will take us step by step through the process of how to make a decision with core test results.
Remember everyone is on edge when cores are needed – the concrete may be below strength and correction measures even removed may be needed!!!
Items that will be discusses:
1. When is coring needed?
2. Who select the location of the cores?
3. How many cores are required?
4. What size cores are needed?
5. What are the acceptance criteria according to Code?
6. What do you do if one core is below acceptance criteria?
7. What do you do if all cores are below the acceptance criteria?
A new ACI publication on concrete coring is now available on their website. It is a free download to ACI members. Non ACI members must fill out a form to receive a free copy. Please download so you can add your notes during the presentation.
Luke M. Snell is a concrete consultant and Emeritus Professor from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has done extensive consulting work on construction and concrete problems throughout the U.S. and internationally. He has also written over 400 articles on concrete, construction materials, and construction education. He has worked with China, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia to start concrete certification programs.
He is a past chair of American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) Committees 517, Accelerated Curing of Concrete; E702, Designing Concrete Structures; Chapter Activities Committee; International Chapters, Educational Activities Committee and was on ACI’s Board of Direction.
Snell is an Honorary Member of ACI and received the ACI Joe W. Kelly Award (Teaching award) , the ACI Chapter Activities Award, the ACI Educational Committee Member of the Year, the Henry L Kennedy Award and the ACI Certification Award. He is also an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Arizona Chapter ACI.
He was named one of the Ten Most Influential People of the Year in the Concrete Industry by Concrete Construction and Concrete Producer magazines in 2007, the Construction Laureate of Mongolia, and received an Honorary Doctorate from Aria University of Sciences and Sustainability.
He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois and Missouri.
