Membership Meeting

November ICRI NTX Membership Meeting
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Location: Pappasito’s Cantina, 10433 Lombardy Ln, Dallas, TX 75220

Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Registration and networking for the meeting will begin at 11 AM, a buffet lunch will be served at 11:30 AM, and the presentation will begin at noon.

Online registration is now closed. In person registration is available at the event.

Presentation Topic: Petrographic Analysis of Concrete

Speaker: Gerard Moulzolf, P.G.

This presentation will attempt to offer a brief overview of how petrography is performed and cover a broad range of petrographic interpretations of various construction defects. In addition to concrete, analysis of other cementitious materials such as stucco, block, pavers, mortars, grouts, thin sets, and underlayments will be described.

Speaker Bio : Gerard Moulzolf, P.G. is a Geologist and Principal Petrographer, as well as a Vice President for American Engineering Testing, Inc. (AET) where he manages the Petrographic and Chemistry Group. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota – Duluth with a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology and is a professionally licensed geologist in the states of Minnesota and Florida. Gerard is a director of ASTM C-9 Concrete and Aggregates. He is currently secretary of Committee 9.20 Normal Weight Aggregates, a Director on the board of the International Concrete Repair Institute, and a member of ACI Committee 201. He is also a past president of the former Iowa-Minnesota Chapter of ACI and the Minnesota Concrete Council – an organization dedicated to cast-in-place concrete. He currently is active in many other concrete-related industry groups. His experience of over 27 years includes petrographic work in nearly 10,000 projects throughout the United States and numerous foreign countries. Materials regularly studied include: cast-in-place and pre-cast concrete; coating and flooring failures, mortar, block, and stone, sand and gravel. He possesses extensive experience in materials related distress such as alkali silica reaction (ASR), delayed ettringite formation (DEF), corrosion of steel reinforcement, and cyclic freeze-thaw.