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The Concrete Industry FoundationAnnual Report 2015

Hall of Fame

Message from the President

“Invest in Education for the Concrete-Built Environment”

CARMINE F. ATTANASIOCIF PRESIDENT

JAMES ANDERSONDISTINGUISHEDSERVICE AWARD

John BrunettiCharles DeBenedittis

John M. DionisioJoseph A. Ferrara

Samuel C. FlormanIra A. Levy

Francis J. LombardiAlfonso LopezLee J. Principe

Christopher O. WardWilliam S. Phelan

THE HUMANITARIANFELLOW MEDAL

James AndersonIrwin G. CantorLouis D. ColettiJoseph DePaola

Vincent J. DeSimoneJohn M. DionisioAlfred G. Gerosa

Joseph D. GoldreichJames E. Halpin

Francis J. LombardiFrancis J. Principe

Dominick M. ServedioDr. Charles J. Thornton

Richard L. TomasettiJoseph Scalamandre

The Concrete Industry Foundation is so proud to be hon-oring two fantastic industry leaders, Joseph Scalamandre and William S. Phelan, in 2015. Their involvement in education for the concrete-built environment is impressive, as you will see from their profiles in this report.

Please mark your calendars now for the first Concrete Industry Foundation Awards Dinner, to be held on May 20, 2016, honoring our 2016 industry humanitarians. Our theme for that event will be: “Shaping the Concrete Industry for Tomorrow’s Leaders.”

For that event, we will be offering a Concrete Industry Foundation Journal that will be sent to 1,600 industry leaders. The opportunities for more persons to support our scholarship program will ensure that our future superstars will continue to thrive and grow through education and internship beyond our expectations.

This year, the CIF Scholarship Program is awarding 10 scholarships. Once again, the recipients are outstanding stu-dents from prestigious schools of engineering, architecture,

and technical colleges in the New York metropolitan area. Our grant is for training/appren-ticeship programs, and this year it will be given to Local 46 Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Iron Workers.

Due to the support of our industry, I am proud to report that our financial statement reflects a balance of $655,000.

Since 1993, we have awarded 137 scholarships for $2,000 each and 13 grants, also for $2,000 each, for a total of $300,000 in scholarships and grants.

Our Lee Principe Intern Program has generated several interns who have received oppor-tunities from Engineered Devices Corporation and DeSimone Consulting Engineers.

In 2015, we are working on creating a synergy between the Concrete Industry Board and the Concrete Industry Foundation and developing the CIB/CIF Lee Principe Intern Program. More to come on this innovative program that provides internship opportunities to students.

Please review the final Research Report on the Slender Structural Concrete Columns project at Purdue University. The success of this research will motivate our design professionals to design more structures with slender concrete columns.

This Annual Report is memorializing Joseph D. Goldreich, a giant in our industry who left us in January. Joe contributed so much to our industry and shared his wisdom with so many of us. He will be sorely missed.

Please consider using the “Invest in Education for the Concrete-Built Environment” form on the back cover of this Annual Report. You will be helping us greatly as we continue “Shap-ing the Concrete Industry for Tomorrow’s Leaders.”

We truly need your support!

Carmine Attanasio

About the Concrete Industry Foundation, Inc.

Mission Statement

Officersand

Directors

“To ensure funding for education and research

to foster and expand an enduring

concrete-built environment.”

Make your commitment. Invest in education for the concrete-built environment by filling out the form on the back cover of this report.

OFFICERSJames E. Halpin

Chairman

Carmine F. AttanasioPresident

Jerry ParnesVice President

Stephen Marchese Treasurer

Nicholas Grecco Secretary

DIRECTORSCasimir Bognacki

Lynn P. CarrollVincent J. DeSimoneReginald D. Hough

Antonio S. LimbardoFrancis J. Lombardi

Mike Mota

The Concrete Industry Foundation (CIF), Inc., is now in its 22nd year. It was originally established in 1993, became a foundation in 2005 and continues as an independent and free-standing 501(c)3 foundation.

The CIF is dedicated to education that contributes to the concrete-built environment. Its work is supported by contributions from the design and construction industry. Significantly contributions come from those leaders involved in the many phases of concrete design and production.

The CIF traditionally presents two annual industry recognition awards to acknowledge the leadership roles taken by individual members of our community that further our industry through continuing education. The CIF Humanitarian Medal is presented “for dedication to the industry, community, and society (resulting) in outstanding benefit to future generations.” The James Anderson Distinguished Service Award for Education is awarded “to acknowledge exceptional service to the education of future members of our industry.”

In addition, the Concrete Industry Foundation has established and continues to support an annual grant for union apprentice programs. This is done on a rotating schedule for all trades that have a direct association with concrete construction. The CIF affirms its support of the trade unions’ apprentice programs and readily acknowledges that a high level of training is a most important vehicle in supplying our industry with trained craftspersons. These grants recognize one of labor’s significant contributions both to education and to the industry.

The Concrete Industry Foundation is built on the concept of volunteerism. It has no paid staff. It is a total volunteer effort involving the considerable and diverse talents of dedi-cated senior professionals. They all share a common bond: a desire to aid future generations of bright, talented, motivated, and equally dedicated future leaders.

Since 1996, when CIF awarded its first scholarships, each award has been funded and continues to be funded without touching the foundation’s inviolate principal. While always looking ahead, the Concrete Industry Foundation’s focus is also on the student experience today.

As an example of this focus, two major initiatives were launched in 2012. The first, and described further in this Annual Report, is the funding of research to advance the medium of concrete as the modality of choice in construction.

The second is a program for student referrals, which had its beginnings in a goal clearly stated by the late industry leader, Lee Principe, of creating hands-on experience for young persons.

CIF Sponsors & SupportersUNDERWRITERS($25,000 or more) Cement League Advancement Fund Concrete Industry Board Dennis, Donald, Joanne & Kathleen in honor of Joseph DePaola Vincent J. DeSimone in memory of Dominick & Josephine DeSimone Engineered Devices Corp. / Antonio S. Limbardo Alfred G. Gerosa James E. HalpinFrancis J. Principe (Estate) Lee J. Principe (Estate) The Principe Family in memory of Virginia Anne Principe Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., in memory of Abe Gutman

MEMORIAL TRIBUTES($15,000+*) Friends of Jim Anderson Friends of Gus Erlemann Friends of Ray Heun Friends of Jack Weber (*Total of all contributions in anindividual’s memory) BENEFACTORS(10,000 to $24,999) Charles DeBenedittisJenna Concrete Corp.James E. Halpin

PATRONS($5,000 to $9,999) AECOM Cement League Advancement FundDeSimone Consulting EngineersEngineered Devices Corp.Metallic Lathers Union – Local 46 Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

SPONSORS($1,000 to $4,999) AECOMAlbanese Organization All Island Testing Vera Anderson Carmine F. Attanasio Concrete Industry BoardBASF Master BuildersBest Concrete Mix Corp. Bovis Lend Lease LMB J. Brunetti / The Cement League

Cape Advisors Inc. CB Ellis Irwin G. CantorLynn P. Carroll Cement & Concrete Workers District Council CFS Steel Corp. Edward CohenMontroy Anderson DeMarcoDFP AssociatesFerrara Bros. Building Materials Corp. Samuel C. FlormanPei Cobb FreedFrank Phelan DIC Concrete Corp.Friedmutter Group Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLPJoseph D. Goldreich Greco Bros. HAKSMr. & Mrs. Jacob Herz Reginald D. Hough, FAIA Intl. Union of Operating Engineers Judlau Contracting Inc. Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Co. Langan Engineering & Environmental Services Millennium Partners NYC Concrete Promotional Council NYC Dist. Council of Carpenters NYCON Supply Plaza Construction Corp. The Principe FamilyRailworksRFR Realty LLC Ruttura & Sons Constr. Corp. Edward L. Ryan Skanska USA Civil Northeast SLCE Architects LLPSTV Richard L. TomasettiTishman AECOMTishman Speyer Properties, LPTurner Construction Co. Ernest E. Trolio Urban Residential Waterford Group/KerznerInternational/Trading Cove Associates

CONTRIBUTORS($500 to $999) Robert & Janet Adamski AB&T Engineers Certified Testing Labs Sing L. Chu Future Tech Consultants

GACE Consulting EngineersJoseph Gleich Michael Graves Associates Ann Hardeman IBEX International Teamster Union Local 282 Jani Real Estate Landair Project Resources Inc.Francis J. Lombardi Ed Ries Rosenwasser/Grossman Ysrael A. Seinuk Ava Shypula Sorbara Construction Corp. Larry Witte

SUPPORTERS($100 to $499) ACEC New York Barry & Nancy Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Arobone Artimus ConstructionJoseph Bando Bayside Builders George & Evelyn Benjamin Blakeslee Prestress Inc. Gary and Patricia Cadmartori George Cakiades Daniel Castellano Christine DeBarbadillo Kenneth Delany Luigi DeMaio Alfonso DeMatteis Family Fdn. Eipel EngineeringGustav Erlemann Edward & Sally Fagan Charles Feuerstein GA Fleet Associates Nick Grecco Daniel Grynberg Hazen and Sawyer Hirani Engineers Infilco Degremont Kiewit Construction Co.KRB Machinery Local 282Herbert Luff Peter Macejka Macia InspectionStephen A. Marchese Doris Martin, of Garfunkel Wild P.C.Prof. Christian Meyer Molded Fiber Glass Companies Montgomery-Watson Malcolm Pirnie NTAC Committee

Jerry Parnes Perry Burton Associates Frank Sanpei Schaeffer & Sam Anthony SchirripaSelnick-HarwoodBeverely Stinson Thompson Materials Waldners Zapken & Loeb LLPPaul Zoltanetzky

OTHERS (up to $99) Mary Anderson Rachel Anderson Bohdan Bodniewicz John & Jean Clements Dorothy Frohlich Donald Gallo Bruce & Lynn Jester Kenneth Krautheim Joseph Mazzarella Robert Pape Vincent Rubino Richard Speciale William Tuccillo

IN HONOR OF… This list includes contributionsin honor of these colleaguesand friends: Anthony Ameruso Jim Anderson Ann Attanasio Lou Boldt C.E. Boss Sing Chu Joseph DePaola Gus Erlemann Joseph D. Goldreich Vivian Goldreich Walter Goldstein Clifford Gordon Dorothy Halpin Richard Harding Raymond Heun J. Karl Justin Michael Katulis Doc Long Bryant Mather Innis O’Rourke Frank Principe Lee Principe William Sypher Jack Weber

2012 CIF Scholars

Joseph ScalamandreThe Humanitarian Fellow Medal

William S. Phelan, FACIThe James Anderson

Distinguished Service Award

CIF’s 2015 Honorees

Joseph Scalamandre, this year’s Concrete Industry Founda-tion’s Humanitarian Award winner, has long been known in the construction business as an innovator.

His ingenuity sprang to life when, at 16 years old, after quitting high school and while working for his father, Peter, he had a brainstorm. They were pouring a foundation with just a concrete mixer and a wheelbarrow. The young Scalamandre, tired of pushing that wheelbarrow up the ramp, attached a small motor to it.

And so it began.With no college education, Mr.

Scalamandre, with his brother Fred, built what was a five-man company, constructing sidewalks, curbs and foundations into what it is today, Peter Scalamandre and Sons, a 400-plus em-ployee corporation that builds roads, heavy foundations, high rises, colleges, courthouses and jails, and does airport work.

He has handled all facets of the company, including estimating as well as the day-to-day field operations. On more than one occasion, Mr. Scalamandre has been known to hop on a machine in his suit and tie to try to figure out a way to complete a task better. He holds an active crane license with the Operating Engineers Local 138, and he holds five United States patents and is, word has it, working on another.

Mr. Scalamandre is constantly developing ways to engineer and construct projects in a more efficient and inexpensive manner to benefit owners and construction managers alike. As a matter of fact, he has been sought out by owners and project designers for design and logistics input that will help improve the quality and lower the cost of the project.

He and his brother entered into the ready mix business when they began to pour curbs and walks with a new slipform machine. He quickly realized that the standard dry mix would not work with the new machine, so he purchased two ready mix trucks and a plant—and Seville Central Mix was born.

Mr. Scalamandre was honored earlier this year with a Leader of Industry Award from the Concrete Industry Board. He has also been honored in the past by associations such as the Freeport, Long Island, Chamber of Commerce; The 1 in 9 Breast Cancer Foundation; The Dante Organization; The New York State Chapter of the Sons of Italy; and the Guide Dog Foundation of America. He is also a member of The Moles.

He and his late wife, Carolee, raised three children: Peter, president of Peter Scalamandre and Sons; Jill, chief marketing officer for Coty Inc. Skincare Worldwide; and the late Joseph.

Together, with his partner of 20 years, Maria Notarantonio, Mr. Scalamandre enjoys traveling and spending time with his extended family.

The Concrete Industry Foundation recognizes the longtime industry efforts of William S. Phelan by presenting him with its James Anderson Distinguished Service Award. Mr. Phelan, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Technical Services for The Euclid Chemical Company, has been with Euclid for more than 42 years.

At the Concrete Industry Board’s 2015 Leaders of Industry event earlier this year, Mr. Phelan re-ceived the Ernest E. Trolio Distinguished Service Award. He also was a recipient of a Concrete Industry Board Leader of Industry honor in 2007. In addition, he is an honorary member and fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), a member of ACI 212, “Admixtures,” (chairman, 2004-2010), a member of ACI Committee 302, (chairman 1980-1988), “Guide for Concrete Floor and Slab Construction,” a member of ACI 117, “Tolerances,” and ACI 308, “Standard Practice for Curing Concrete.” He is also a member of the Strategic Development Council (SDC) Board of Directors (ACI). In addition, he is also the Self-Consolidating Concrete “Champion” for the SDC of ACI.

Also active in the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM), he is a member of ASTM C09.22, “Materials Applied to New Concrete Surfaces,” ASTM C09.23, “Chemical Admixtures,” and ASTM C09.47, “Self-Consolidating Concrete.”

He was named one of the Five Most Influential People in the Concrete Industry in 2013, an honor that was duly noted in Con-crete Construction magazine in January, 2014. Mr. Phelan also received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the New Jersey Chapter of American Concrete Institute in May 2011.

Among his other honors, Mr. Phelan was the CANMET-ACI International Conference winner for 2006 for “Development and Use of Chemical Admixtures in North America,” and he was the Samuel A. Face Jr. Award winner for 2005. The “Sam Award” recognizes outstanding accomplishments in and contribution to the Art & Science of High Quality Horizontal Concrete Construction.

His well-received seminar at the World of Concrete is: “High Performance Concrete: Key Requirements for the Concrete Team.”

Mr. Phelan has been published in Concrete Construction magazine, Concrete International magazine and Structures magazine. His most recent articles include: “Successful Floors, Slabs and Toppings. A pre-installation conference is an essential ingredient,” Concrete Construction, January, 2013; “15 % by 2015 (SCC),” Concrete Construction, October, 2011; and “Self-Con-solidating Concrete: Today and Tomorrow,” Structures magazine, September, 2011. He received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Detroit.

Research & Development Project

The Concrete Industry FoundationAnnual Report 2015

The 2014 CIF Annual Report contained an update on the Concrete Industry Foundation’s graduate research program, whose focus is on the behavior of non-sway, slender concrete columns. Launched in 2013, this research—under partial Con-crete Industry Foundation sponsorship—was being conducted at Purdue University by Dr. Robert Frosch, PhD, PE. , FACI, Professor of Civil Engineering at Purdue. Subsequent updates in past CIF Annual Reports were co-authored by Dr. Frosch and by Ryan Jenkins, who was then a graduate research assistant at Purdue.

Here is the background regarding the need for such a study: The current American Concrete Institute Building Code provisions on slender column design have been questioned by practicing structural engineers in New York City and elsewhere as being overly conservative. Dr. Frosch initiated the discussion by explaining this topic in the form of a proposed research program to the Charles Pankow Foundation. The structural engineering community added weight to this proposal, pointing out that this ACI requirement adversely affects design by requiring excessively large columns that adversely affect a commer-cial office building’s rentable floor area. Leave the requirements as is and their provisions would put reinforced concrete at a disadvantage.

The Concrete Industry Foundation, committed to the involvement of the New York City concrete design and construc-tion industry in this arena, sees that this market, with the largest concentration of tall buildings in the nation, is directly and adversely affected by this code requirement.

Funding Sources for this program were as follows:Purdue University: $70,000ACI Foundation (Concrete Research Council): $10,000Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute: $10,000Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) Foundation: $10,000Concrete Industry Foundation of NY: $10,000For the consecutive years, the CIF supported this research with $10,000 apportioned over two years. Foundation dollars

were leveraged at an 11-to-1 ratio. CIF’s officers and directors view this as an outstanding opportunity to get involved in mean-ingful concrete research in partnership with other major foundations. Comments CIF President Carmine Attanasio, “Let’s help enhance the position of our industry in the code arena through more competitive design and construction practices.”

WHERE THE PROJECT IS NOWThe Concrete Industry Foundation’s first graduate research program focused on the behavior of non-sway, slender con-

crete columns.

Behavior of Non-Sway, Slender, Concrete ColumnsRyan Jenkins, Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University

Robert Frosch, PhD, PE, FACI, Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Problem StatementWith the greater availability and affordability of high-strength concrete, designers have been able to reduce concrete

column cross-sections, leading to in an increase in the prevalence of slender columns in building construction. At the same time, the provisions in the ACI 318 Building Code regarding slender concrete columns have remained mostly unchanged since their introduction by MacGregor et al. in 1970.

The objective of this research is to improve understanding of the behavior of slender, non-sway, concrete columns. Spe-cific areas of interest include short-term stiffness, sustained load effects, large second-order effects, and prestressed concrete columns. With a better understanding of these columns, improvements to ACI 318 can further advance the use of slender columns as well as better account for modern building materials including high-strength concrete and high-yield reinforcement.

Recent ProgressUsing analytical modeling and bounds of practical columns, a series of columns have been designed to evaluate the

effects of slenderness and sustained load on column stiffness. Considering axial load requirements, a column size of 6 in. x 6 in. was selected using 6000 psi concrete. Slenderness ratios of 40 and 70 are being considered, which result in column

Slender Structural Concrete ColumnsPurdue University School of Engineering

lengths of 6 ft and 10.5 ft, respectively. Both non prestressed and prestressed columns are being tested over three phases. Phase 1 includes non prestressed columns with four #3 bars (1.2%) while Phase 2 includes non prestressed columns with four #5 bars (3.4%). These ratios represent practical ranges of construction. Phase 3 includes prestressed columns. Varying eccentricity ratios are also be tested. Figure 1 shows a detail of a typical column.

In total, 16 long-term and 20 short-term tests were conducted. In summary, the creep effects in the columns were significant. All columns experienced final (100-day) deflections over twice the initial deflections under the same sustained load. Additionally, a few columns failed solely under sustained load.

Additionally, six specimens designed to evaluate mate-rial properties were tested. These tests consisted of short, reinforced and plain concrete specimens subject to sustained loading with varying eccentricity. Creep strains were moni-tored over time to evaluate time-dependent, cross-sectional behavior under sustained loading. These specimens were loaded for approximately one year.

Analytical ResearchBecause of the complexity of slender, concrete

columns, particularly under sustained loads, experimen-tal tests are essential to understand their behavior. Due to time and cost restrictions, it would be unreasonable, however, to test a wider range of concrete columns, especially those that are commonly used by the industry because of their large scale. Accordingly, analytical modeling is crucial in the development of improved design procedures. A compu-tational model was developed to estimate the behavior of slender, concrete columns. The model estimates both short-term and long-term effects of nonprestressed and prestressed concrete columns. It used common material properties, simple mechanics, and structural analysis. The model was compared against experimental tests and calibrated when necessary. Finally, with improved con�idence in the model, it was used to develop improved design procedures and equations.

Summary of Results and Design RecommendationsThe results of the short-term column tests were compared against both current and proposed design methods. Existing and

proposed design equations were used to estimate the nominal and design strengths of the columns. These calculations were then compared with the experimental results. It was found that, on average, the proposed design equations were more accurate than the current design equations. Based on the experimental results, it was found that one current design equation had several uncon-servative results while the other existing design equations were found to be excessively conservative.

For the slender columns subjected to long-term loading, it was found that increasing the reinforcement from #3 bars (Ast/Ag ≈ 1.2%) to #5 bars (Ast/Ag ≈ 3.3%) improved the long-term stability of the columns. While deflection increases between the col-umns were similar, the columns with #5 bars appeared to stabilize by 100 days while most of the columns with #3 bars did not. This difference was evident in spite of the fact that the columns with #5 bars had higher applied loads. In addition, prestressed columns exhibited greater long-term effects than nonprestressed columns. Complete results are available in the final report of this research program.

Proposed Future ResearchThe experimental and computational results of this research program provide a high level of con�idence in the design

recommendations for the short-term effects of nonprestressed and prestressed columns. A signi�icant number of short-term tests results are available. In addition, computational modeling based on fundamental mechanics is capable of fully describing the behavior of these columns.

Tests results on long-term effects, however, is more limited. The overall conclusions are based, in general, on mea-sured response, rather than theoretical behavior. While it was attempted to develop a more theoretical approach for the modeling of long-term behavior in this research, the modeling was limited by the test results available. Therefore, further research should be conducted to fully investigate the effect of sustained load on the behavior of slender columns.

With a focus on the behavior of short columns, tests should include different reinforcement ratios as well as different maximum compressive stresses and eccentricity ratios. Long-term tests results on short-columns are integral to improved computational modeling. Furthermore, additional slender column tests under varying sustained loads are recommended. The slenderness and eccentricity ranges tested in this study are likely adequate based on typical design ranges, but explor-ing the behavior of those columns under varying sustained loads using identical concrete would increase con�idence in the recommendations as well as providing important data to further calibrate computational modeling.

With increased con�idence in the computational modeling of columns under sustained load, a parametric study can be conducted on the post-sustained load behavior of slender columns. From these results, more reliable and accurate design recommendations can be developed to describe the complete behavior of slender, concrete columns.

Figure 1: Reinforcement Configuration

Figure 2: Testing Setup

CIF’s 2015 Alfred Gerosa Awards

The Concrete Industry FoundationAnnual Report 2015

DEVIN BERNIZ$2,000 Dominick & Josephine DeSimone Scholarship

Devin, a student at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), expects to receive his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering next May. In his scholarship award essay Devin tells us,”Ever since I can remember, I always had a strong desire for designing and building. From being a baby playing with building blocks, a toddler playing with Legos, and even how I started my college career as an architect to now as I continue my studies to be a civil engineer.” Prior to NJIT, Devin obtained his As-sociates in Fine Arts degree with an architecture focus at the County College of Morris, Hillsborough, NJ, where he obtained designing, drafting, and model-making experience. He continued along the path of studying architecture at NJIT, until he experienced what he calls a “moment of clarity,” seeing the importance of designing aesthetically pleasing structures while having a good understanding of how those structures are built...“As each semester passes, I do still miss the designing aspect of structures, but as an engineer with an architectural background, I experience the best of both worlds,” he writes.

PERCY CASANI$2,000 Abraham Gutman Scholarship

Percy expects to receive his Bachelor’s degree in architecture from City College of the City University of New York in December. His journey began when he left his job as an electrician in his native Peru and came to this country to pursue opportunities he could not find in his own land. Here he decided to pursue structural engineering as “the undergraduate degree that will fulfill my desires to protect and connect people by designing and constructing buildings and bridges.” Since January, 2012, Percy has been a research assistant in CCNY’s Transportation Department; since September of that year, he has been a tutor in CCNY’s Student Support Service Program, working with more than 10 students each semester in calculus, chemistry, physics, and statistics. Last summer, he gained hands-on experience as a construction industry intern and observed the management process of the construction of reinforced concrete cast-in-place bored piles for the new New York University Langone Medical Center. He received several scholarships and is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

CASSANDRA ENGSTROM$2,000 Lee J. Principe Memorial Scholarship

Cassandra, a Brooklyn resident, is looking forward to receiving her Bachelor’s degree in archi-tecture from The Cooper Union next May. In her thought-provoking essay, Cassandra writes, ”Archi-tecture has always had a strong effect on the way I perceive and navigate the world around me. I’m sensitive to my special environment and easily detect differences in scale, light, structure, and shape as I move between spaces. But it took me quite a while to realize that these spaces could be invented to serve certain goals—that there was, in fact, an entire discipline to imagining these sorts of experi-ences—that architects worked rigorously towards a vision of change with each building that they built. It occurred to me that architecture could in fact influence the way people thought, behaved, and interacted.” She posits that one of the biggest weaknesses in contemporary architecture is the discon-nect between design and construction, that many architects today disregard building beyond their own drawings. “To devise a strong scheme, one must propose how the structures will be organized and how the mechanical/heating systems will be integrated into the design. I believe this is an essential step which has drifted far away from today’s discipline. A master architect traces their craft into every detail of their project. It is my professional goal to work towards this point of proficiency, to design structures which are artistic, functional and well built.”

PERCYCASANI

DEVINBERNIZ

CASSANDRAENGSTROM

2015Scholars

RYAN NEUMANN$2,000 Antonio S. Limbardo Scholarship

Ryan, a student at Manhattan College, looks forward to receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from that Institution next May. Ryan says that from a young age, he knew he wanted to pursue a career as an engineer. “Most importantly, I knew I wanted to work in a profession that made a difference in the lives of others. After realizing how fascinated I was by bridges and skyscrapers growing up, I knew civil engineering was the right discipline for me.” Ryan said that during the college applica-tion process, “I strategically selected schools that not only offered the best civil engineering program, but also had the highest probability of obtaining a job in this field after graduation. For these reasons, I chose Manhattan College—if I want to study civil engineering, why not do it in the concrete jungle?” Following graduation, Ryan hopes to obtain a position with either a contractor or consulting firm in the New York Metropolitan area. “I feel that New York is a perfect place to begin my career because it is always grow-ing, and the opportunities are endless.” Ryan, on the Manhattan College Dean’s List, is also a member of Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering society, and a student member of the American Society of Civil Engineers as well as of the New York Water Environmental Association Inc. He also has practical experi-ence as a field engineer-intern with Halmar International in Nanuet, NY.

VASILIOS C. PANTAZIS$2,000 Alfred Gerosa Scholarship

Vasilios is a candidate for a Master’s of engineering in structural engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology next May. He received his Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the same institution this May. He already has gained practical work experience as an intern bridge engineer in New York-based Parsons Corporation’s Bridge and Tunnel Division. Vasilios is active in extracurricular academic affairs as vice president and academics chair of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and as a member of the American So-ciety of Civil Engineers, Chi Epsilon Honors Society (Marshall) and RHO Alpha Sigma Honors Society. Of his three-month Parsons Corporation internship, he says,”After one week I knew I had made the right choice in career path. Every day, I was excited about the new things I would learn on the job. The work I was doing was meaningful because so many people would one day be affected by the bridge I was help-ing to design. No other engineering discipline has such a direct effect on other peoples’ lives. This is the most incredible part of civil engineering.” He believes that with “research constantly being done regard-ing more effective methods of design, the civil engineering field will continue to change throughout my career. It is very humbling to know that I will never know how to design everything and that my elating in the field of structural engineering will never be finished.”

JUMARI ROBINSON$2,000 Concrete Industry Board Scholarship

Jumari is a member of the Class of 2016 at Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Ap-plied Science. His major is civil engineering, with a concentration on structural engineering. He says his epiphany occurred during his sophomore year at Columbia when he took a class on “The Art of Structural Design.” He recalls, “Having been a fan of hard math and science, I was skeptical about how much I would gain from a class with a name like that. Despite my initial doubts, the course sucked me in almost immediately.” The class was an introduction to the importance of efficiency and elegance in the design of bridges and buildings. “Before hand, I never really thought of an engineer’s role relating at all to aesthetic—rather, that was solely the job of architects.” He said the class taught him that “aesthetic drive has been responsible for some of the greatest achievements in structural engineering, giving way to some of the most efficient forms ever produced.” Last summer, Jumari interned at Ysrael A. Seinuk PC (YAS), an experience that “confirmed that structural engineering is where I will point my life...While there, I was able to learn much about the thought that happens before and during the design process…that you do not learn in school, and this experi-ence proved extremely valuable.” Among his other awards, Jumari was a semi-finalist in the 2011 National Schiemenrt Scholarship Program. At Columbia, he is a member of its Maker Space Student Board and has served as a Carlton Lab assistant since 2014.

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VASILIOS C.PANTAZIS

JUMARIROBINSON

RYANNEUMANN

The 2014 Alfred Gerosa Award recipients with Prof. Anthony Cioffi (back, second from right), head of the Department of Civil Engineering at NYC College of Technology, and CIF board member Reginald D. Hough (back, far right).

2015Scholars

MICHAEL SOKOLOVSKY$2,000 James E. Halpin Scholarship

Michael is a civil engineering graduate student with hopes of obtaining his Master’s of Science in civil engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY. He received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in May, 2014, year from the same institution. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is a former treasurer of Chi Epsilon. His honors and awards as an under-graduate consisted of regular appearances on the Dean’s List, the Robert Ridgey Student Chapter Prize in May, 2014, and third-place award in the elevated bridge category from the Regional Science Olympiad in February, 2010. He has practical hands-on experience as a structural intern (A Degree of Freedom), team leader (Senior Design Course, NYU-Poly), and junior engineer (Avishay I. Mazor, P.E) His long-term goals are to become a senior structural engineer “at a first-rate structural engineering firm” and to obtain his structural engineering license. In order to gain early exposure to the practical aspects of skyscraper design, Michael has taken courses such as “Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings” and “Wind and Earthquake En-gineering” in his Master’s program. Of his scholarship award, he writes,”I am humbled and honored to be receiving this award from the Concrete Industry Foundation. It is an amazing feeling to know that my hard work and perseverance have been recognized by such a well-known foundation. I will strive to work even harder as I come closer to becoming a licensed professional structural engineer.”

SANDRA M. TORRES$2,000 Francis J and Lee J. Principe Scholarship, in memory of Virginia Anne Principe Sandra, an engineering student at New York City Technical College, describes herself as a “consistent,

hardworking, and motivated individual looking to continue my career in a position that allows me to apply my technical knowledge, people skills and managerial abilities.” She expects to graduate in the fall of 2016 with a Bachelor’s for technology in construction management, from the Brooklyn- based institution. More seasoned than most of our scholarship recipients, Sandra has 20 years’ experience in the world of work, 17 of them as a telecommunications field technician. She writes that she finds the environment in the construc-tion industry is becoming more accessible to women, especially those programs at her soon-to-be alma ma-ter. “My ultimate goal is to complete a Master’s program in civil engineering in order to become a licensed professional engineer. The scholarship will aid me in the pursuit of my goals and dreams. This time around, nothing and no one will be able to deter me from my objectives,” she writes. “I have dreamt of being part of something big, to build a better tomorrow for my children and future generations. Whether I am manag-ing the excavation of a site for a new school, overseeing the concrete pour of a foundation for a hospital, or designing new bridges and roads to replace our deteriorated infrastructure, I will be in a position to make this world a better place for future generations.”

Other Scholarships & Grants

$2,000 Cement League Scholarship in memory of Ray HeunThe Concrete Industry Foundation congratulates Alexander DaCosta, recipient of the 2015 Cement

League Scholarship. Alexander attends New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, Long Island.$1,000 Jack Weber Scholarship: Christine Dejan

$2,000 Joseph DePaola Grant: Local 46 Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Iron Workers.

CIF SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION RULESConcrete Industry Foundation’s scholarships and grants are awarded to students at the graduate, undergraduate, technical college, and apprentice levels who are preparing to work as engineers, architects, inspectors, technicians, or constructors. Applicants must be US citizens and must also be permanent New York Metropolitan Area residents and attending an institution in the New York Metropolitan Area, (defined as being within a 100-mile radius of Manhattan). Undergraduate students must have completed their sophomore year and be continuing to study during the next school year. Graduate students may be in any year of study and must be continuing to study during the next school year. Applicants should dem-onstrate a career goal in engineering, architecture, or construction management and express an interest in the concrete-built environment. Students having “hands-on” experience from full or part time, or co-op work in design and/or construction, are especially encouraged to be considered. Each applicant is required to furnish the CIF selection committee with a one-page application, a one-page resume, and an essay not to exceed one typewritten page.

MICHAELSOKOLOVSKY

SANDRA M.TORRES

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Lee J. PrincipeIntern Program

At press time for this 2015 Annual Report, the Con-crete Industry Foundation and the Concrete Industry Board were working out details for a new program that will make the Lee J. Principe Intern Program bigger and better than ever. Details of this ground-breaking program are being worked out now and will be reported in our 2016 Annual Report. The Lee J. Principe Intern Program honors the memory of industry leader Lee Principe who was dedicated to providing hands-on concrete industry experience for quali-fied young people.

Joseph D. Goldreich, P.E., F.ASCE

In Memoriam Early this year, the Concrete Industry Foundation, the Concrete

Industry Board and the concrete industry lost one of their great leaders when Joseph D. Goldreich, CIF vice president, CIB past president and a leading structural engineer, passed away on January 18.

Joe was born in New York City and attended Stuyvesant High School and New York City College. During World War II, he joined the Navy at 17. Under the V-12 College Training Program, the Navy sent him to Union College in Schenectady, NY, where he rose to battalion commander of the program and obtained his BS in civil engineering. At age 19, after Civil Engineering Corps Midshipman School and officer’s training, he was commissioned as a civil engineering officer. He served in the 30th Naval Construction Battalion in the Philippines, North China, and Guam.

After returning to civilian life, he worked as a surveyor for structural engineering firms in New York City, doing design work on housing, public schools, and bridges over the Major Deegan Expressway. He supervised work on a 600-foot diameter radio telescope and a missile base in Maine. In 1961, he co-founded Goldreich Page & Thropp, Consulting Engineers. Notable projects included the Steinhardt Conservatory in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Astor Court Buildings at the Bronx Zoo, New York University dormitory, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, and a nuclear medical facility at Columbia University Medical Center.

Joe was a practicing structural engineering consultant in New York City, right up to his death. He was registered as an engineer in 18 states and worked on projects nationwide. He was a consultant to the Eipel En-gineering Group, D.P.C., whose president, Kenneth Eipel, was honored in this year’s Concrete Industry Board Leaders of Industry program.

Joe was national chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies’ Council of American Structural Engineers, vice president of ACEC New York, past president of the Concrete Industry Board of New York and recipient of the CIB’s Leader of Industry award and the Ernest E. Trolio Distinguished Service award, vice president of the Concrete Industry Foundation and a recipient of the CIF’s Humanitarian Fellow award. Joe also served many years as CIB’s Educational Administrator.

He was a Boy Scout leader for more than 45 years and received the Silver Beaver award for service to youth. In 1985, the Greater New York Council presented Joe with the Construction Industry’s Good Scout award for outstanding community service.

In his community of Chappaqua, Joe had been a member of the Board of Temple Beth El and a member of its Building Committee. He served as the Town of New Castle Memorial Day marshal for 18 years, and at the time of his death, held the title of grand marshal emeritus.

Not neglecting his alma mater, Joe was a member of the Union College Alumni Council, was V-12 Class president and a trustee of the U.S. Navy V-12 Scholarship Program for students of military families. Union Col-lege did not forget Joe either, presenting him with the Alumni Gold Medal membership in the Mu chapter of Tau Beta Pi as Eminent Engineer and the Alumni Gold Engineering Award in 2004.

We have lost a giant in our industry. He will be greatly missed.

JOSEPH D. GOLDREICH

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“Invest in Education for theConcrete-Built Environment”

Marking another first in our 22-year history, the Concrete Industry Foundation will sponsor its first Concrete Industry Foun-dation Awards Dinner. The date: May 20, 2016.

This event, marking our 23rd year, will honor industry humanitarians, and our inaugural theme will be “Shaping the Con-crete Industry for Tomorrow’s Leaders.” CIF president Carmine F. Attanasio, of Keystone Cement Company, said CIF will publish a full color souvenir journal—with advertising opportunities. In ad-dition to being distributed at the dinner, this inaugural journal will be mailed to 1,600 industry leaders. It will also be electronically available via the CIF website.

“The opportunities for everyone to join in support of our scholarship program will ensure that our future superstars will continue to thrive and grow through education and internship beyond our expectations.”

Watch for future announcements about the Annual Dinner and the Journal.

Coming in 2016: our first Annual Dinner

From the 2014 Awards Luncheon: Above, CIF Board members with 2014 Honorees, seated, from left: past CIF Humanitarian Fellow awardee Dominick Servidio, 2014 James Anderson Distinguished Service awardee Ira Levy, 2014 Humanitarian Fellow medalist John Dionisio, CIF Board member Reginald D. Hough, and past Humanitarian Fellow medalist Richard L Tomasetti. Standing, from left: CIF Board members Stephen Marchese, Jerry Parnes, Carmine F. Attanasio, Francis J.Lombardi, Nicholas Grecco, and Antonio S.Limbardo. Right photo: CIF president Carmine F. Attanasio, past Humanitarian Fellow recipient Richard L. Tomasetti, and past CIF president and current Board member Antonio S.Limbardo.