Location Dallas, Texas, United States Regions Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Southern US Gender Male
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Rick Smith, FACI is President, a Senior Consultant and a well-known industry leader concerning slabs-on-ground, suspended slabs and pavements. Rick has developed innovative designs related to the construction, maintenance, repair and polishing of slabs. He has pioneered solutions for mitigating issues with “sweating slabs”, along with developing
methods for continuous digital monitoring. His contributions to the concrete industry were recognized by Concrete Construction magazine, and he was selected as one of the most influential people in the concrete industry. Rick was also selected to be a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). He has published articles concerning slabs in Concrete Construction and Concrete International, along with papers for several international concrete and shotcrete symposiums. Rick is a regular speaker at the World of Concrete, the ACI Continuing Education Program, and other forums where he has prepared and delivered over 150 educational seminars in the past 15 years. He has presented other seminars on a wide range of topics domestically and internationally on five continents. His seminars topics include the construction, maintenance and repair of industrial slabs, sweating slab syndrome, integral colored slabs, ground, dyed, and polished concrete floor systems.
