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.
RCC placement met pavement load requirements and need for quick construction turn-around.
Centre Concrete Co.
Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.
Mill Hall, PA
Baker Hughes, one of the world's largest oilfield services companies, was in need of more than 11,000 yards of pavement at their new facility that would withstand heavy-duty tractor trailer traffic on a regular basis. Located at the Lamar Township Business Park in Mill Hall, Pa., the facility will support gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale. All factors pointed to concrete as the answer. However, Baker Hughes was looking to move fast and needed something that would allow for a quick turnaround.
RCC was the only solution that really met the client’s needs, and with these tough economic times it’s quickly becoming an attractive option. It was a great team effort by everyone involved.~ Rory McCoy, Centre Concrete Co.
~ Rory McCoy, Centre Concrete Co.
With the help of Centre Concrete (producer), Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. (installation) and A. Martini & Co. (contractor), roller compacted concrete (RCC) was selected because it had all the advantages of concrete, but also offered a speedier placement method.
“RCC was the only solution that really met the client’s needs, and with these tough economic times it’s quickly becoming an attractive option,” said Rory McCoy, Centre Concrete. “It was a great team effort by everyone involved.”
RCC is strong and durable like concrete but is put down like asphalt. It’s placed with conventional or high-density paving equipment and then is finished using double-drum rollers. RCC has a similar ingredient make-up as conventional concrete: water, cement and aggregates such as gravel and crushed stone, but it’s a drier mix that helps it be compacted by the rollers. RCC is constructed without the joints, forms and dowels or steel reinforcing typically needed with conventional concrete, allowing for a faster placement time.
Because RCC provides efficient placement, similar to asphalt, the project was completed in 2-3 weeks and was able to be placed at night to help meet the fast-approaching deadline.
Centre Concrete has been working with RCC for the past 10-12 years. "RCC is definitely becoming more popular. We are starting to see more interest from our customers as they are hearing and learning more about it," said McCoy. "I've quoted more RCC projects this year than ever before."
"Time is always a critical factor, and very often that can be why concrete isn't chosen for a project. RCC now provides a second option to asphalt; it provides the ability to pave an area with the strength of concrete, but the speed of asphalt."
Thanks to RCC’s durability, ease of application and lower cost, it’s becoming the preferred solution for industrial and commercial projects. 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.
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.
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.