{"id":12815,"date":"2023-02-08T04:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/aci-recognizes-canadas-claude-bedard\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T04:50:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:50:25","slug":"aci-recognizes-canadas-claude-bedard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/aci-recognizes-canadas-claude-bedard\/","title":{"rendered":"ACI recognizes Canada\u2019s Claude B\u00e9dard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1003978738\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"magnific nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.on-sitemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Claude-Bedard-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1003978738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claude B\u00e9dard (Photo courtesy of Euclid Admixture Canada)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Claude B\u00e9dard, former president of Euclid Admixture Canada Inc., has been named a 2023 honorary member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Formal announcement of B\u00e9dard\u2019s election will be made at the ACI Concrete Convention in April.<\/p>\n<p>Being named an honorary lifetime member is ACI\u2019s highest honour. This membership was bestowed upon B\u00e9dard for his impact as a dynamic ACI ambassador, his dedication and commitment to improving relations between industry and academic researchers, and for his central role in the chairing and success of the organization\u2019s Strategic Development Council.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e9dard has been active in the concrete industry for more than 40 years and is currently a strategic consultant at Euclid Chemical. He also serves as an ambassador for the Centre for Research on Concrete Infrastructures (CRIB) and is a member of the Self-Consolidating Concrete Committee, ACI Foundation Concrete Innovation Council and Concrete Research Council.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, B\u00e9dard served as a member of the Board of Direction of ACI, Standards Council of Canada and various ACI committees. He is also a former trustee and chair of the ACI Foundation, past-chair of the ACI Foundation Strategic Development Council, past-chair and member of the Canadian Standards Association, and two-time past-president of the ACI Qu\u00e9bec and Eastern Ontario Chapter.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, B\u00e9dard received the ACI Foundation Concrete Innovation Council Jean-Claude Roumain Innovation in Concrete Award for his lifelong contribution to innovative concrete applications. 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