Aug 16 2005
Dennis C. Ahal, chairman and CEO, Ahal Contracting Co., St. Louis, Mo., received the Roger H. Corbetta Concrete Constructor award from the American Concrete Institute at the organization’s awards program in New York City, April 17, 2005.
The ACI recognized Ahal “for his many important contributions to the concrete construction industry through the American Concrete Institute and the American Society of Concrete Contractors.”
The award is given to an individual or an organization who, or which, as a constructor, has made significant contributions to progress in methods of concrete construction. It was established in 1972 in recognition of Roger H. Corbetta, a New York concrete contractor and a past president of the Institute, for his leadership and his contributions to the use of concrete construction.
Ahal has 45 years of experience in the concrete contracting business, serving 23 years as president of Ahal Contracting Co., and 5 years as CEO and chairman. He is secretary of ACI Committee 302, Floor and Slab Construction, and a past president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors. Ahal is a past president of the Concrete Council of St. Louis. He serves as chair of the St. Louis Cement Mason Joint Apprenticeship Committee and is a former associate member director of the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis. Ahal is also a past chair of the Bomanite International Society advisory board. He has been a speaker at World of Concrete, for the Tilt-Up Concrete Association, and for the Missouri Concrete Conference. He received the St. Louis Concrete Council Award of Honor, which has only been awarded five times. ACI is a nonprofit scientific and educational society, organized in 1904 to represent the user interest in the concrete field.
ACI is a forum for the discussion of all matters related to concrete and the development of solutions to problems.