The leading voice for the crushed stone, ready mixed concrete, sand and gravel, and cement industries' community.
PELA is a 10-month hybrid program with online and in-person educational sessions and networking opportunities.
Careers in the Aggregates, Concrete & Cement Industries
The Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association (PACA) is the industry’s unified voice, representing more than 200 member companies across the state.
Creating a unified and strong voice for our industry.
PACA monitors and analyzes local, state and federal regulations and advocates for a balanced approach by the regulators.
PACA builds a bridge between our members and our partners at PennDOT, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission along with Pennsylvania’s construction industry to further the use of our materials to the benefit of the commonwealth.
One of the most effective tools in government relations for an industry is a robust advocacy/grassroots strategy.
In the last legislative session, we contributed over $275,000 to our political champions.
November 2025 at Hotel Hershey in Hershey, PA (PACA members only event).
PACA offers comprehensive concrete certification programs for ACI, NRMCA, and PennDOT in the central Pennsylvania area.
Membership has its privileges - most of PACA's events are open to PACA members only.
PACA conducts numerous education and training events during the year.
Choose concrete for your next parking lot project.
Streets built with concrete are built to last, consider concrete for your next project.
Concrete's strong, resilient and the choice for your next building or bridge.
PACA works with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) to convert your parking lot or building project to concrete without hurting your bottom line.
PACA drives a member-approved strategic plan to increase market share and engages specifiers and owners on the value of concrete in their projects.
This program provides free continuing education to the design and specifying communities. There are currently four courses available, ranging from 30 minutes to 60 minutes focused on the cement, aggregates and concrete industries. You'll receive a certificate of completion once you pass a quiz. The bookmarking feature allows you to leave the course and resume where you left off when you return.
Trans-fleet Concrete
D'Arcangelo Builders Incorporated
D’Arcangelo Builders, Inc. has been a well respected builder in the Delaware Valley area for almost 60 years. The company offers not only their dedication to quality and a well designed home, but homes and neighborhoods providing you with an everlasting value and careful attention to craftsmanship.
In keeping with their vision, Carmen D'Arcangelo and his son Joseph saw concrete as the perfect construction material to provide value to their Merion Station project and its residents.
Incorporating ICF's into these townhomes allows us to bring value to the residents and more for their rental dollar~ Carmen D'Arcangelo, D'Arcangelo Builders
~ Carmen D'Arcangelo, D'Arcangelo Builders
Starting from the ground up, the contractor partnered with Trans-fleet, staff from the Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association (PACA), and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association(NRMCA) to design the street the project would be built on. The design recommendations were facilitated through a free design assistance program available through the NRMCA. The 6" street required 467 cubic yards of 4000 psi concrete. The driveways required an additional 120 cubic yards.
Simultaneously the townhomes started being erected. Each of the four three-story units features 12" insulating concrete form (ICF) walls and contains 240 cubic yards of concrete. The benefits of ICF construction to the residents include superior energy savings and sound attenuation (no more hearing what your neighbor is doing).
In addition to the main features of the project noted above the installation of a culvert and retention basin was also required to manage stormwater on-site. Concrete was again the choice and for these items totaling over 650 cubic yards.
Merion Station is a testament to the value that D'Arcangelo Builders Inc. and concrete bring to a project. We hope other builders and homeowners recognize that same value.
Built into a hillside, ICF construction met the challenge of this project site.
Unique pattern and color make this pervious concrete pad stand out.
The project featured tilt-up concrete construction as well as pervious and roller compacted concrete pavements.
Pervious concrete was selected because it offered a life-cycle cost advantage over asphalt.
Pervious concrete allowed the addition to be built, while maintaining impervious cover limits.
The building features Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) construction.
RCC placement met pavement load requirements and need for quick construction turn-around.
Concrete was the answer for the severe rutting that the street was experiencing.
Project is one of only eight strong walls in the US, and the only one poured monolithically
The program is delivered in one (1) module and it should take approximately 30 minutes to complete. You will receive a certificate of completion once you pass the quiz. The bookmarking feature will allow you to leave the course and resume where you left off when you return.