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Jan 15, 2025
Richard Szecsy, PhD, PE, CEO of Big Town Concrete, has started his three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors.
ASTM International’s board is made of 25 leaders from a variety of companies, associations, universities, government bodies, and other organizations around the world.
A thirty-year veteran of the concrete industry, he has also been active in the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), and is the current Chair of the Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association.
Szecsy has been participating in ASTM’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee (C09) since 2001, and has been its chair since 2021, and past chair of its two biggest subcommittees. He has also been part of ASTM’s committee on technical committee operations (COTCO) and the ASTM nominating committee, and is a prolific speaker and academic collaborator in the concrete field. He’s received several honors from ASTM including the C09 Award of Appreciation (2014, 2016), the COTCO Service Award (2016), and the D18 Technical Editor’s Award (2019).
Szecsy received his B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from Texas A&M University, his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA in management from Our Lady of the Lake University. He is a licensed professional engineer in fourteen states including AZ, AR, CO, GA, IL, LA, MD, NC, OK, TN, TX, and UT.
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