he National Precast Concrete Association and its members are hosting Precast Days 2023 at facilities across the United States to raise awareness of precast concrete manufacturing.

Oregon State University has won the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institue’s (PCI) 2023 Engineering Design Competition, also known as the Big Beam Competition.

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute members will celebrate and showcase the precast concrete industry by inviting neighbors, students, and local officials to their plants as part of 2023 PCI Precast Days, October 9-20.

The 2024 PCI Design Awards has been extended to Tuesday, August 1, 2023. All project submissions must be submitted by 9:00 a.m. Central Time.

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute has hired Shelly Encher as its new membership director. She will be responsible for designing and implementing PCI’s membership growth and retention strategy, and the day-to-day management of member engagement.

With a proven track record of leadership and success in precast concrete, Clark is set to bring a fresh perspective to the organization, focusing on collaboration and growth to expand its reach and educational impact for students nationwide.

The submission site for the 2024 PCI Design Awards closes next month. The PCI Design Awards program recognizes design excellence and construction quality using precast concrete. 

BASF, with its Neopor GPS graphite polystyrene rigid foam insulation suitable for precast insulated wall panels, has joined AltusGroup as its 10th Innovation Partner.

Bekki Missaggia has joined the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute as its new Education Manager.

More than 1,000 people attended the 2023 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Convention in Columbus, Ohio, February 21-24, a 28 percent increase over the 2022 event and a record since PCI started co-locating the PCI Convention at The Precast Show in 2016.