The American Concrete Institute introduced its new president, vice president, and four board members during the ACI Spring 2009 Convention in San Antonio, Texas. New ACI president Florian G. Barth officially assumed his one-year term and new vice president Kenneth C. Hover began his two-year term, while four new board members began three-year terms.
Florian G. Barth is the founder and former president of FBA Inc., a structural engineering firm specializing in concrete structures with offices in the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento, and Orange County, Calif. Barth is a professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience, having analyzed, designed, and evaluated more than 700 prestressed concrete structures. He has been a member of numerous ACI technical committees, and he is a past president and former director of the ACI Northern California and Western Nevada Chapter. Kenneth C. Hover is professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Elected to ACI’s Board of Direction were Dennis C. Ahal, chairman and CEO of Ahal Contracting Company Inc.; Emmanuel K. Attiogbe, head of technical services at BASF Construction Chemicals LLC – Admixture Systems; Ron Klemencic, president of Magnusson Klemencic Associates Inc.; and Joseph C. Sander, senior vice president and director of operation for Charles Pankow Builders Ltd.
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