By a partnership, PRO: An ACI Middle of Excellence for Advancing Productiveness and World of Concrete (WOC) 2026 will current two new academic classes devoted to enhancing constructability, collaboration, and productiveness in concrete development. These new choices are designed for engineers, architects, designers, and development professionals looking for sensible methods to reinforce proprietor undertaking worth by higher design and communication.
To register for these classes or the full-day bundle, go to www.worldofconcrete.com. Early registration is inspired, as area is proscribed and discounted charges can be found by December 12, 2025. Periods will likely be going down on Thursday, January 22, 2026. WOC 2026 is scheduled for January 20 to 22, within the Las Vegas Conference Middle.
Session Schedule
Morning Session: “Engineering — Designing for Constructability”
- 7:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | $465 ($480 after December 12, 2025)
- Contains continental breakfast and persevering with training hours.
This session supplies design professionals with instruments and techniques to combine constructability into each section of a undertaking. Attendees will acquire a deeper understanding of how design selections straight have an effect on on-site productiveness, efficiency, and security. Subjects embody:
- Trade challenges to advancing concrete development productiveness
- Ideas of designing for constructability
- Framing methods and constructability concerns
- Avoiding frequent pitfalls when designing slabs-on-ground
- Engineering of fiber-reinforced slabs-on-ground
Individuals will get pleasure from networking with friends, partaking with {industry} leaders, and incomes persevering with training hours relevant to license renewal.
Featured audio system are Kim Basham, President, KB Engineering; Phil Diekemper, Govt Director, PRO: An ACI Middle of Excellence for Advancing Productiveness; Cary Kopczynski, CEO and Senior Principal, Cary Kopczynski & Firm and PRO Board of Administrators Chairman; Matt Sheehan, Principal, Concrete & Building Consultants, LLC; and Charles Nmai, Distinguished Engineer and Director of Concrete Sustainability, Grasp Builders Options.
Studying Goals:
- Uncover concrete development productiveness alternatives throughout design.
- Establish the advantages of concrete constructability.
- Listing the methods to combine constructability into your designs.
- Acknowledge frequent pitfalls when designing slabs-on-ground.
- Incorporate the most recent engineering tendencies for constructability and reinforcing fibers into your designs.
Afternoon Session: “Engineering — Bridging the Hole Between the Normal Contractor and the Engineer”
- 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | $325 ($340 after December 12, 2025)
- Approved for 3.0 AIA/CES LU|HSW, PDH, and TCA credit.
This session focuses on fostering stronger relationships between contractors and engineers to get rid of inefficiencies, keep away from conflicts, and enhance undertaking supply. Attendees will discover real-world examples of how collaboration can improve constructability and productiveness throughout the undertaking lifecycle.
Key dialogue factors embody:
- How design, drawings, and specs have an effect on constructability
- Why constructability is so essential for a profitable undertaking
- The best way to enhance the effectivity of constructing concrete constructions by design selections
- The best way to keep away from design/development conflicts that may result in each pricey modifications and repairs
Featured audio system are Kim Basham, President, KB Engineering; Cary Kopczynski, CEO and Senior Principal, Cary Kopczynski & Firm and PRO Board of Administrators Chairman; Mike Hernandez, Technical Director, American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC); and Bryan Birdwell, President, Structural Companies Inc.
Studying Goals:
- Describe why design collaboration between the contractor and designer can profit all events and the undertaking.
- Develop a optimistic relationship between the contractor and designer.
- Acknowledge how specs and drawings can influence development productiveness.
- Create higher design/construct methods to profit the undertaking.
- Talk about the best way to acknowledge and keep away from pricey design and development conflicts
Full-Day Engineering Bundle: Designing for Constructability and Bridging the Hole Between the Normal Contractor and Engineer
- 7:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | $625 by December 12, 2025 ($700 after)
- Contains continental breakfast and persevering with training hours.
For professionals looking for a complete academic expertise, WOC’s Engineering-Targeted Full-Day Bundle combines each classes (Designing for Constructability and Bridging the Hole Between the Normal Contractor and Engineer) for a CEH-approved program. This full-day expertise equips individuals with actionable insights that join design intent with subject execution, selling each productiveness and constructability throughout all undertaking phases.
As a World of Concrete 2026 companion, PRO continues to collaborate with contractors, designers, and supplies suppliers to establish and resolve points that negatively influence productiveness in concrete development. By the event and dissemination of development productiveness information, akin to coaching for structural designers, industry-wide collaboration efforts, measurement and validation of progress in the direction of elevated constructability, and extra, the Middle and its Members purpose to advance new applied sciences and processes that enhance productiveness past historic ranges.
“Constructability is achieved the place designers unleash the productiveness potential of modern development methods,” mentioned Phil Diekemper, govt director, PRO. “By aligning design selections with real-world development practices, we are able to ship safer, quicker, and cost-effective initiatives, attaining enhanced worth to undertaking house owners. The World of Concrete is a superb discussion board to deliver these stakeholders collectively for the betterment of our {industry}.”
