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.
Conewago Enterprises
Harrisburg, PA
Norfolk Southern Corporation recently expanded its Intermodal Facility located on Industrial Road in Harrisburg PA. The $28 million dollar project was one of three located in greater central Pennsylvania. Intermodal transportation involves the use of two or more transportation modes (train, truck, ship) to move shipping containers and trailers from origin to destination.
The equipment used to facilitate the movement of the shipping containers at the facility and the volume of trucks in and out places extreme demands on the pavement. Norfolk Southern selected Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) to meet those demands and Conewago Enterprises to produce and install the product.
Using RCC saved us both time and money, which is key in the railroad industry. We are very pleased with the performance of RCC and plan to utilize it again on future projects.~ Rich Zaluski, Senior Costruction Engineer, Norfolk Southern
~ Rich Zaluski, Senior Costruction Engineer, Norfolk Southern
Why select RCC? RCC is used where strength, durability, and economy are primary needs. Ports, intermodal, and military facilities; parking, storage, and staging areas; streets, intersections, and low-speed roads are all perfect candidates for the technology. In addition, low cost continues to draw engineers, owners, and construction managers to RCC.
Because paving did not begin until late October, fast track construction called for Conewago to complete the 35,000 cubic yard project in 22 days. The concrete was produced on site by a portable central mix plant. Portable plants provide an advantage on these types of projects because the concrete is placed within minutes of mixing. Such speed offers real and important advantages during cold winters and hot summers. Also, there is a much better flow of concrete and on site performance because all traffic issues are removed from the equation. In the end it is a much greener application.
RCC is placed in lifts utilizing a paving machine. Depending on the type of equipment that is used to place the material (RCC may be placed with a high density machine or a conventional paver) the maximum thickness placed in one lift is about 10”. The Harrisburg project required 16” and 8” thicknesses, so the thicker section were placed by two high density pavers working in tandem.
The process saw the paver placing the first lift fed directly via dump truck. The first lift was then rolled immediately. After rolling, a second paver (fed via a Material Transfer Vehicle) then placed the next lift directly on the initial lift. Following rolling, joints were cut into the pavement and it was sprayed with a membrane forming curing compound.
Conewago Enterprises, Inc. is a multi-faceted organization that serves the needs of a variety of clients primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. The company continues to serve both small local customers with projects under $10,000 to routinely undertaking the design and construction of $5 to $50 million hotels, corporate headquarters, regional operations centers, and medical facilities.
Do you have a project that requires a “tough duty” pavement? RCC may be the answer.
Concrete, It Just Makes Cents!
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.