Ward R. Malisch, technical director at the American Society of Concrete Contractors, received the ASCC’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The organization’s highest honor acknowledges recipients for their body of work within the industry and their service to ASCC. Malisch has answered the ASCC technical telephone hotline for 25 years. In addition to the hotline, his work on ASCC’s behalf includes 62 Troubleshooting Newsletters, 36 Position Statements, numerous technical bulletins and articles, multiple presentations, representation on industry committees, research projects, and co-authoring Tolerances for Cast-in-Place Concrete Buildings. Malisch has taught engineering at several universities and worked in quality control for Daniel Construction Co. (now Fluor Corp.). He was the editor of Concrete Construction magazine for 14 years, served as director of construction information services for the Portland Cement Association, and was a senior managing director of the American Concrete Institute. He will present “Green Concrete Effects on Concrete Contractors” as part of the Green Matters Conference at the 2012 Concrete Decor Show.
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