Anthony E. Fiorato, Ph.D., president and CEO of CTLGroup in Skokie, Ill., has become the 2006 chairman of the ASTM International Board of Directors; he has been part of the Board of Directors since 2001.

An active member of ASTM International who joined the organization in 1980, Fiorato currently serves on ASTM Committees C01 on Cement and C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. He is vice chairman of and serves on the Executive Subcommittee of C09. In addition, he is chairman of Subcommittee C09.61 on Testing for Strength, as well as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (ASTM C01.96/C09.96).

Professionally, Fiorato has responsibility for overall management of CTLGroup's consulting, testing, and research services, which CTLGroup provides to the construction and associated industries, with particular emphasis on cement, concrete, and masonry. CTLGroup helps clients make sound decisions and solve challenging problems related to performance of structures and construction materials.

Before his current position, Fiorato was vice president of research and technical services for the Portland Cement Association. He joined PCA in 1973 as a structural engineer and held a number of professional and management positions within the association.

Fiorato's technical activities interface engineering properties and durability of concrete with structural design, construction, and performance characteristics. Active in research and consulting, he has written more than 60 publications on cement and concrete technology.

In addition to his work with ASTM International, Fiorato is a fellow and past president of the American Concrete Institute. He currently serves on ACI's Executive Committee, Financial Advisory Committee, ACI Committee 318 Structural Concrete Building Code, and the Board Advisory Committee on the International Organization for Standardization's Technical Committee 71 on Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Prestressed Concrete.

Fiorato is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Institute, and the Post-Tensioning Institute. He received ACI's Henry C. Turner Medal in 1997, the Henry L. Kennedy Award in 2002, and the A.J. Boase Award from the Reinforced Concrete Research Council in 1999. He received a University of Illinois Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2004.

A licensed structural engineer in Illinois and professional engineer in Arizona, Michigan, and Ohio, Fiorato holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Drexel University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois.

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