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Play a vital role in the direction of ICRI and the repair and restoration industry by participating in an ICRI committee. Whether your interests lay in organizational marketing or the technical aspects of the industry, ICRI has a committee to fit your talents.

Participate in one of ICRI’s administrative committees and set ICRI’s direction in education and industry outreach programs, domestic and international marketing, budget planning, and the selection of ICRI Fellows and Project of the Year Award winners.

Your technical expertise can benefit many of ICRI’s technical committees. The technical committees follow industry trends, innovative technologies, and develop solutions to assist the concrete restoration and repair industry. Many committees develop guidelines that level the playing field for engineers, manufacturers, contractors, etc. All share a common goal—to perform the highest quality work possible.

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Administrative Committees

ICRI’s Administrative Committees report directly to the ICRI Board of Directors. These committees lay the groundwork for the organization and work to ensure its continued growth and success.
Chair: David G. Karins, PE, SI, Karins Engineering Group, Inc.
Chaired by the ICRI President, the Executive Committee is made up of the President, Past President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, as well as the TAC Chair and Executive Director (who have no voting privileges). This committee can act for the ICRI Board of Directors in any matters requiring attention between regular Board meetings
Chair: David G. Karins, PE, SI, Karins Engineering Group, Inc.
Chaired by the ICRI President, the Board of Directors is the governing body of ICRI with overall responsibility for its operation. The Board of Directors is comprised of the President, President-elect, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, fifteen (15) elected Directors, and the Immediate Past President.
Chair: Maxwell McCarthy, Evonik Corporation
The Awards Committee administers ICRI’s annual Project Awards Program. Activities include maintaining the Project Award Rules and awards submittal process, selecting the pool of judges for each year’s judging based on geographic location of the Fall Convention (where the Awards are presented each year), and reviewing the awards program as needed.
Chair: David Grandbois, Western Specialty Contractors

The Chapters Committee studies and develops policies and guidelines for the operation and development of US and International Chapters of the Institute and encourages their formation.

Standing activities include: facilitating the Chapter Awards program, maintaining the ICRI Guide to Chapter Organization and Operation, monitoring chapter activities worldwide, reviewing chapter charters for approval, and setting chapter policies.

The Committee also oversees all international activities of ICRI, such as participation in international conferences.

Chair: Alex Somohano, Waterproofing & Building Solutions, LLC
The Conventions Committee works with ICRI staff on the parameters of ICRI’s meeting and conventions. It establishes items such as convention themes and forum topics and is developing convention guidelines, especially with chapter participation in mind.
Chair: Dan Wald, QXO

Chaired by the President-Elect, the Coordination Committee is made up of the current President-elect and the sitting TAC Chairperson as Vice-chairs, all ICRI Administrative Committee Chairs, all ICRI Technical Committee Chairs, and members of the Technical Activities Committee. This committee is designed to facilitate harmonization of document development and committee operation process between ICRI committees.

Chair: Mark Nelson, Nelson Testing Laboratories
The Fellows Committee administers the ICRI Fellows program. It reviews nominations for Fellows and makes recommendations to the ICRI Board of Directors for ICRI Fellows each year. The committee also oversees ICRI’s other personal awards, The Distinguished Service Award and the Honorary Member designation.
Chair: Sarah H. Thaxton, Southern Paint & Waterproofing Company, Inc.
The Finance Committee is chaired by ICRI’s Treasurer and oversees ICRI’s budget and finances. It gathers all budgets submitted by individual committees and makes recommendations to the ICRI board on specific committee budgets. The committee also works with ICRI staff to develop the yearly budget.
Chair: Ed Kluckowski, MAPEI Corporation
This committee oversees ICRI’s organizational marketing programs and activities. The committee oversees ICRI trade show participation, website updates, and any other activity that involves ICRI trying to reach its membership and beyond.
Chair: Brian MacNeil, TMG INC
Vice Chair: Gerard Moulzolf, American Engineering Testing, Inc.

The Past-Past President of ICRI always chairs this committee and it is vice-chaired by the Immediate Past President. Its members are elected by the whole ICRI membership. The Nominating Committee reviews the nominations for the ICRI Board and Executive Committee and develops a slate of candidates for ICRI’s yearly elections.

Vice Chairs:
Adam Bakeman, Walker Consultants
Bradley Rogers, BCR - Buckeye Construction & Restoration

This committee oversees the creation, administration, implementation, and maintenance of ICRI educational and certification programs.

Chair: Liying Jiang, STRUCTURAL

Vice Chair: Jeff Ohler, Euclid Chemical

TAC recommends, implements, and oversees technical activities consistent with policies established by the ICRI Board of Directors. This includes monitoring and oversight of all technical activities for content, progress, and compliance with approved policies. Activities include production of guidelines and other documents for use by the concrete repair industry as the committee deems necessary and appropriate and oversight of convention technical sessions, including selection of speakers and session moderators.

A TAC subcommittee was appointed in 2014 to conduct a detailed review of the current document development process and propose revisions as appropriate for TAC consideration. As a result of this study, TAC has increased emphasis on development of technical offerings from technical committees other than printed media. These products include PowerPoint presentations, videos, webinars, guide specifications, and input for certification programs. A number of suggestions to streamline the overall production process have been adopted by the Strategic Implementation Committee.

  • TAC-A Technical Programs
    Chair: Peter Golter, 3M
    This subcommittee is responsible for selection of presentations for technical sessions at each ICRI convention.
Chair: Julie Bolding, Salas O'Brien

Women in ICRI is comprised of women and men working to foster greater inclusion of women throughout the concrete construction industry through networking events, industry outreach and mentoring.

Technical Committees

Participation on ICRI technical committees and subcommittees increases your knowledge in almost every area of concrete repair and restoration, and you will stay on the leading edge of industry best practices.

Chair: Robert Antes, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.

This committee works to develop guide specifications to aid in the preparation of technical specifications.

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Chair: Paul Farrell: Carolina Restoration & Waterproofing, Inc., a C.A. Lindman Company

Vice Chair: Keith Campbell, Pullman SST Inc.

This committee works to develop ways to promote a safety culture among our community.

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Chair: Mike Mann, Innovative Masonry Restoration

This committee strives to build an understanding in the industry to proper usage of contract documents

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Chair: Stephen Garrett, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Vice Chair: Ashraf Hasania, Cortec Corporation

This committee promotes the concept of sustainability through concrete repair.

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Chair: Charles Mitchell, Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates

Vice Chair: Cindy Garman, Smislova, Kehnemui & Associates

This committee educates and familiarizes professionals with the various methods with which to assess concrete conditions.

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Chair: Levi Smiley, Husqvarna Construction Products

Vice Chair: Stephen Schmitt, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

This committee writes guidelines and create tools that help professionals achieve specified surface preparation.

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Chair: Joshua Lloyd, J. Lloyd Engineering, LLC

Vice Chair: David Wingard, The Quikrete Companies

This committee creates guidelines and recommendations for selecting repair materials and methods.

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Chair: Ammar Motorwala, SK&A Structural Engineers

This committee creates and promotes the use of ICRI guides to improve concrete strengthening solutions.

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Chair: Christopher Kottra, Building Technology Consultants, Inc.

This committee creates guidelines used in the evaluation of masonry facade structures.

Chair: Kurt Tyler, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Vice Chair: Shayan Yazdani, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc.

This committee develops guidelines related to corrosion of embedded metals in concrete and masonry structures.

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Chair: Sarah Thaxton, Southern Paint & Waterproofing Company, Inc.

This committee develops tools that will improve the practices with the waterproofing and coating of concrete structures. 

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