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.
Pervious concrete allowed the addition to be built, while maintaining impervious cover limits.
Masters Ready Mixed Concrete
Magruder Construction Company
Clarks Summit, PA
Two years ago, PACA was contacted by a representative from The McKnight Group, a design/build firm located in Grove City, Ohio. The company had been contracted by Parker Hill Church to construct an addition onto the existing building at its Clarks Summit location and was interested in pervious concrete.
As the company started to move forward with the project, they learned that the site had exceeded its impervious cover limit. PACA staff member, Ken Crank, met with representatives from The McKnight Group, the church, and local officials to explain pervious concrete and its benefits. He also provided sample ordinance language that could be used to modify the existing code and allow for the use of pervious concrete. Without this change the church addition could not have been built
Attention to detail and a cooperative effort between the contractor and the concrete supplier are critical. The mix has to be properly designed and consistent from batch to batch. The supplier on this project, Masters Ready Mixed Concrete, did a great job working with us.~ Bruce Glaspey, Magruder Construction Company
~ Bruce Glaspey, Magruder Construction Company
Along with the installation of pervious concrete, the project also featured the use of Insulating Concrete Forms (ICF’s). The McKnight group has now started incorporating ICF’s into their project designs. Mr. Ronald Zinn, Senior Project Architect for the McKnight Group noted “In the case of the design for this project, ICF’s made tremendous sense. ICF construction creates a building that is very energy efficient, while providing excellent sound attenuation. Aspects of the building also possessed an EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing System) exterior. The foam that comprised the form portion of the ICF allowed us to minimize the prep involved prior to applying the exterior finish”. “The walls of the project went up very quickly, and we were pleased with the expertise exhibited by the concrete contractor, Benedict Construction. We will definitely use ICF’s for future projects” he stated.
The pervious concrete was installed by Magruder Construction. The company’s pervious concrete division, out of Sanford, Florida; has extensive experience placing the material. After spending several hours on the job and talking with Magruder’s superintendent, Bruce Glaspey, it is clear this is not his first rodeo. Having placed over 2 million square feet of pervious concrete, this gentlemen brought tremendous insight with him.
“Attention to detail and a cooperative effort between the contractor and the concrete supplier are critical. The mix has to be properly designed and consistent from batch to batch” stated Glaspey. “The supplier on this project, Masters Ready Mixed Concrete, did a great job working with us” he noted.
Project Manager Ralph Redwine (The McKnight Group) stated that there were several challenges with the placement of the pervious concrete. Most notable was the slope that the parking area was constructed on. “Due to the slope of the lot, a series of dams was constructed within the entire parking area footprint. The dams provide breaks between paving sections and direct the water downward, through the system”.
This installation is the first of its size in the area and will allow architects and engineers in northeastern Pennsylvania to view pervious concrete up close.
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.
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.