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About PCA
Founded in 1916, the Portland Cement Association (PCA) represents
cement companies in the United States and Canada. Based in Skokie,
Ill., the association conducts market development, engineering,
research, education, and public affairs programs.
Where cement and concrete are concerned, so is the Portland Cement
Association: in manufacturing, in raising the quality of construction,
in improving our product and its uses, in contributing to a better
environment. In practice, this mandate means well-rounded programs
of market development, education, research, technical services,
and government affairs on behalf of PCA members-cement companies
in the United States and Canada.
PCA’s Government
Affairs office in Washington, DC, strives to place the industry's
needs at the forefront of the legislative and regulatory agenda.
Washington-based PCA staff works with federal agencies and legislators
on the issues that are important to the cement and concrete industries.
Additionally, it provides members with the tools they need to interact
one-on-one with their local elected officials.
Affliate groups round out PCA's activities. The
American Concrete Pavement Association, a partnership between
cement producers and paving conctractors, promotes highways, streets,
and airport paving. Construction
Technology Laboratories, Inc., conducts research, testing, and
consulting engineering. Formerly PCA's research and development
division, CTL has operated as a separate, for-profit subsidiary
of PCA since 1987. Canadian operations are carried out by the Cement
Association of Canada, with headquarters in Ottawa and regional
offices throughout the nation.
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