Nine trade groups in the concrete industry have formed a non-profit organization to raise awareness of certifications that professionals can get and tell the advantages of doing it.

The Concrete Industry Certification Consortium (CICC) plans to do unified marketing about certifications through all of the nine members' websites and to create a site of its own with a list of certified personnel.

The groups that formed CICC are: American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA), American Shotcrete Association (ASA), Architectural Precast Association (APA), Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA), International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI), National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA), Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) and the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA)

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In an effort to increase the awareness of certification opportunities for concrete professionals, while promoting the advantages of such programs, nine concrete associations have joined forces to form the Concrete Industry Certification Consortium (CICC). ...