Khaled Awad Elected President of American Concrete Institute

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) elected its 2017-2018 president, vice president, and four board members during The Concrete Convention and Exposition in Detroit. Khaled W. Awad has been elected to serve as president of the Institute for 2017-2018, Randall W. Poston has been elected ACI vice president for a two-year term, and David A. Lange is now the Institute’s senior vice president, which is also a two-year term. Four members have also been elected to serve on the ACI board of direction, each for three-year terms: H.R. Trey Hamilton, Joe Hug, William M. Klorman, and Tracy D. Marcotte.

Khaled W. Awad, FACI, is the chairman and founder of ACTS, a material and geotechnical consulting firm based in Beirut, Lebanon, and operating in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and several other countries of the Middle East. An active member of ACI, he serves on the certification programs committee, international advisory committee, ACI board committee chairs committee, and the international certification subcommittee. He is also the founder of Grenea, an investment firm providing technical assistance to eco-developments around the world. Prior to establishing Grenea, Awad was the founding director of property development at the Masdar Initiative in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Masdar is a multifaceted initiative advancing the development, commercialization, and deployment of renewable and alternative energy technologies and solutions. Awad oversaw the development of emission-free Masdar City, the world’s first development aiming to become carbon-neutral.