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
Hanover, PA
As part of a five-year comprehensive street repair program, Conewago Township approved the resurfacing of a municipal street called Peanut Drive. The project was spilt into two phases, with one half of Peanut Drive being paved in 2013 and the other half in 2014.
The 2013 section of the road was completed using traditional hot mix asphalt (HMA) materials and the typical application process. However, as township officials reviewed bids for the paving of the remaining section of Peanut Drive in 2014, it was suggested that this phase of the construction could be a good candidate for the use of roller compacted concrete (RCC). The Township believed that RCC could provide a much longer service life than traditional HMA, while simultaneously offering ways for it to stretch its limited construction budget.
When we began to look at the numbers and the compressive strengths of the RCC material, for us, it meant the investment we put into this road would last a whole lot longer.~ Eric Mains, Buchart Horn, Inc., Township Engineer
~ Eric Mains, Buchart Horn, Inc., Township Engineer
“When we began to look at the numbers and the compressive strengths of the RCC material, for us, it meant the investment we put into this road would last a whole lot longer,” said Township Engineer Eric Mains, Buchart Horn, Inc.
Because the use of RCC in roadway projects was not part of the official Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) specification, the township needed special permission to pursue its use on Peanut Drive and have Liquid Fuels funds pay for the placement. In 2014, the Township secured approval from PennDOT and undertook a pilot project to study the durability of RCC as a road base on low-volume roads. At the completion of the project, the Township would be the first municipality in the state of Pennsylvania to use RCC in a state funded municipal road project, and PennDOT would have a road from which to gather “real world data” on the long-term performance of RCC.
RCC is a good alternative to asphalt because it is strong and durable like concrete, but is installed using traditional or high-density paving equipment. Unlike traditional concrete, RCC does not require joints, forms or steel reinforcing, allowing for a faster placement that makes it well-suited where roads cannot be closed to traffic for weeks at a time. On Peanut Drive, RCC was placed with high-density paving equipment and then finished using double-drum rollers.
Conewago Enterprises (producer and contractor), installed the roller compacted concrete on the Peanut Drive site that spanned nearly 1,500 feet. “The material is cheaper and the placement is reduced to half of what it would be for asphalt,” said Bill Heape, Vice President of Sitework for Conewago Enterprises. “It made RCC an ideal choice for this project.”
While RCC has been used for industrial and commercial sites for years, the success of the Peanut Drive project could quite literally pave the way for other townships and boroughs across Pennsylvania to use roller compacted concrete in municipal road projects for years to come.
(Photos Courtesy of Eric Mains, Buchart Horn Inc.)
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.