Concrete Pipe Week 2026 Webinars
Join us for Concrete Pipe Week 2026 as we continue to spotlight the strength and resilience of concrete pipe and box culverts. This year’s webinar series will offer fresh insights, expert perspectives, and real-world applications that demonstrate why concrete remains the proven choice for infrastructure.
Take a peak of this year’s webinars below:
Webinar
RCP = Resilient – Common sense – Performance | Al Hogan, P.E. | 1 PDH
Monday, September 21st, 2026 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
Resiliency in Storm Drainage System begins and ends with a simple common sense approach. That common sense approach requires proper pipe material selection, proper design, development of clear and correct Specifications, & supporting installation details. The use of RCP ensures the engineers approach is safe, efficient, and easy to apply on their jobs and culminates in the most resilient solution available today! Our class will conclude with working through real life structural design example as we working through the indirect design process using one our best design aides The ACPA LRFD Fill Height Tables.
Virtual Tour
Rinker Materials | John C. Susong, P.E. | 1 PDH
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
Take a tour through one of Rinker Materials, plants and get a glimpse of what it takes to make a concrete pipe. John Susong, Civil Engineer and Director of Technical Resources, Rinker Materials will walk you through the plant and give you insights into the process of the production of concrete pipe. The tour will start with the aggregate, take you through the welding of the cages, pouring and curing of the concrete, testing, and eventually on to the jobsite. This is an opportunity to see the production process from the comfort of your chair!
Webinar
Pipe Structure Connections | Hank Gottschalk | 1 PDH
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
There are several options for connecting storm water pipelines to drainage structures. This session will discuss all options, including a historical perspective, review national and state standards, specifications, anticipated performance levels (soil tight/silt tight/leak resistant) and discuss real life best practices. Topics include:1. Cored, cut, and cast pipe openings including potential concerns about exposed reinforcing steel during production/cutting operations.2. Grouted connections, including written specification and best practices.3. Manufactured pipe to manhole connections. 4. ASTM standards. 5. The benefits of each type of pipe connection6. Challenges with using, designing and specifying each available option7. Various pipe material choices and how it affects each type of connection.8. Limitations of each option.
Webinar
Building Our World: A Career in Concrete Pipe | Carlos Villarreal & Melitza Avila | 1 PDH
Thursday, September 24th, 2026 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Nobody dreams about a career in concrete pipe growing up — but if you’re a new grad or early in your career, this industry has more paths in than you’d guess. Engineering, quality assurance, plant operations, project management, government relations: we’ll walk through what these roles actually look like and how people got there, straight from the source. No recruiting-brochure gloss — just a real look at an industry building the infrastructure under every community and looking for people to build it with them.
About Concrete Pipe Week
Concrete Pipe Week recognizes the significance that the reinforced concrete pipe and precast industry has in community quality of life, and affirms the contributions of the concrete pipe and precast industry to each State and Province. Concrete Pipe Week is a time to recognize the contributions of ACPA’s partners: Public Work agencies, DOTs, engineering companies, associate members, steel producers, form producers, casting producers, the trucking industry, sand and rock producers, cement producers, contractors, academia, and everyone associated with the buried infrastructure industry and the products this industry requires.