Concrete Foundations Association Announces Partnership With Informa Markets at WOC 2023 for Inaugural Wall Foreman Qualification Certificate 

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA Mount Vernon, IA – Concrete Foundations Association is excited to announce that sixteen individuals received recognition in the first year of a new industry professional development program titled “Wall Foreman Qualification Certificate.” This newly established education effort pairs management skills with technical development education to fill a void […]

Dennis Purinton: An Abrams’ Law Story

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA “When work becomes work and not enjoyable, it’s time to retire. Most businesses are you and some equipment. The only real value to your business without ‘you’ is the equipment.” – Dennis Purinton Dennis Purinton, an outstanding foundational figure in the concrete industry, recently retired after an impressive […]

Recruiting Is Not Magic – Results Of Talent-Attraction Transformation Seem Magical!

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA Would it be amazing to have a line of qualified candidates waiting for an opening in your organization? It can happen by abandoning the old-fashioned Talent Acquisition method of recruiting and transforming your company into a Talent Attraction firm. What is wrong with Talent Acquisition for professionals? Nearly […]

Concrete Foundations Association Taps Into Next Generation of Membership Through New “Emerging Leaders” Group

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) is excited to announce the development of what’s commonly known as a “young professionals” or “YP” group. With many CFA member companies being multigenerational, this new Emerging Leaders group provides space for the new generation to experience the benefits of team learning and […]

CFACON23 | SAN ANTONIO, TX, JULY 27-29

REGISTER HERE ->>> bit.ly/3ZKsUGZ 2023 SCHEDULE THURSDAY, JULY 27TH FRIDAY, JULY 28TH SATURDAY, JULY 29TH Additional considerations: ACCOMMODATIONS Grand Hyatt San Antonio Riverwalk | 600 E. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205  The CFA has reserved a block of rooms with a special rate of just $199/night at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio Riverwalk. If […]

American Concrete Pumping Association Unveils Job Site Safety Campaign at World Of Concrete

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA This week at World of Concrete, the concrete industry’s largest annual gathering, the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) launched a major safety campaign to bring heightened awareness to ASME B30.27, the Safety Standard for Material Placement Systems. The campaign highlights the responsibilities of each trade working with or […]

EXECUTIVE RETREAT

Is Your Company’s Practice to Plan for Top Employee Retention?

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA By Bill Humbert,  RecruiterGuy.com  When your company is lucky, employee retention simply happens. However, there is never really a “simply happens.” Obviously, your company is operating in a manner that retains your best employees. Congratulations! Over the past few weeks, I have spoken with several of the CFA […]

2022 PROJECTS OF THE YEAR

Español | Translation Provided by the CFA SETTING A CULTURE OF PRIDE The North American landscape continues to hide the most creative and challenging concrete installations each year. Now in its 23rd year, this program continues with its vision to give voice and expression to the great work completed every day throughout the markets that […]

Concrete Foundations Association Drives Workforce Development as Advocate for the Trades

The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) is excited to announce the completion of a national campaign designed to promote workforce development and career opportunities in the concrete construction industry.   CFA worked with Viewpoint, a unique educational platform, to develop the campaign.  For almost two decades the development team behind ViewPoint, with host Dennis Quaid, has […]