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Industry experts in design and construction consulting services

Jerry Holland, PE, FACI

Vice President / Director of Design Services - Principal

Jerry Holland, PE, FACI, is a Vice President, Director of Design Services and a Principal who works in the Atlanta, GA office. He was formerly with Lockwood Greene Engineers, Atlanta, GA. Jerry has over 50 years of worldwide experience in design and construction along with troubleshooting and forensics investigations for concrete materials, floors, pavements, topping slabs, other structures and related geotechnical problems. He specializes in concrete mix designs, floor slabs on ground (including superflat and other specialty floors) and suspended slabs, fiber reinforcement, post-tensioning, shrinkage-compensating concrete, paving and liquid containing structures. He has had projects in every state in the U.S. and on every continent except Antarctica. His projects included commercial, industrial, and military projects in the U.S. and in 51 other countries.

 

Jerry’s honors and awards include the following: the ACI 1997 Wason Medal for the most meritorious paper; ACI Fellow since 1998; Concrete Construction magazine’s 2007 most influential people in the concrete industry, 2009 "Sam" Golden Trowel Award for the "outstanding accomplishments in and contributions to the art and science of high quality horizontal concrete construction."; ACI Educational Activities Committee 2008-2009 Speaker of the Year; ACI 2014 Joe W. Kelley Award for work improving the world-wide concrete industry, and nine projects that have won First place in the ACI Georgia Chapter Awards Competition including a world record shrinkage-compensating pavement placement.

 

Jerry has published numerous papers in national and international publications. These articles discuss such topics as slab and pavement designs including curling and shrinkage, reinforced slabs, shrinkage-compensating slabs, post-tensioned slabs, fiber slabs, superflat slabs, warehouse slabs, light-reflective floors, covered slabs, sustainable floors, slab jointing including spacing, doweling and aggregate interlock, floor finishing, slab geotechnical considerations, and construction methods used in other countries.

 

For many years Jerry has been a speaker at the World of Concrete on topics related to slab design, curling, shrinkage, reinforcing, concrete mix materials and design, associated geotechnical issues, troubleshooting, and remediation. In 1992 he set up the curriculum for the ACI Slab-on-Ground seminars and has been the coordinator and an instructor for that and other ACI seminar programs ever since. Jerry has presented seminars and assisted in the construction of high performance demonstration slabs all over the world. He is also an ACI examiner for the Certification Programs for “Concrete Flatwork Finisher” and “Commercial/Industrial Concrete Flatwork Finisher”.

 

Another area of Jerry’s expertise is in the science and art of Value Engineering. He has presented seminars on this topic in several countries and has participated in over 50 value engineering studies, several of which were outside the U.S.

 

Holland is a member of the following committees: ACI 360, Design of Slabs-on-Ground (Past Chair); ACI 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete; ACI 330, Concrete Parking Lots and Site Paving; ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; ACI 325, Concrete Pavements; ACI 522, Pervious Concrete; ACI C640, Slab Craftsmen Certification and ACI 350, Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures. Jerry is also a member of the Post Tensioning Institute Advisory Board and the National Pervious Concrete Pavement Association Board.

Related News

"How to Build a Sustainable Floor", Concrete Construction, December 3, 2010 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Take Your Flatwork Expertise to a Higher Level", Concrete International, December 1, 2010 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"No Joints? No Cracks? No Gray? No Problem!", Concrete Construction, September 2010 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Floor Finishing", Concrete Construction, February 19, 2010 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Reinforcement for Slabs on Ground – What it Will and Will Not Do", Concrete Construction, 2007 Special Floors Issue. - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Don't Let a Reentrant Corner Crack Ruin Your Image", Concrete Construction, January 2009 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Macro Polymeric Fibers for Slabs on Ground", Concrete Construction, June 6, 2008 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Floor Finishing, How Good is Your Attention to Detail", Concrete Construction, January 11, 2007 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"A Jointless, Crack-Free Walkway", Concrete Construction, March 12, 2007 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"The Hidden Cost of Aggregate Interlock", Concrete Construction, Feb. 2007 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Performance-Based Dowel Design", Concrete Construction, Jan. 2007 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
Performance-Based Dowel Design, Concrete Construction, Jan. 1, 2007 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Floor Finishing", Concrete Construction, Dec. 2006 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete Pavements Perform Well", Concrete International, January 1, 2006 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Cost-Effective Slabs-on-Ground", Concrete International, May 1, 2004 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Chilean-American Concrete", Concrete International, August 1, 2002 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Designing a Durable, Light-Reflective Floor", Concrete International, July 1, 2001 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
Design of Unreinforced Slabs on Ground Made Easy, Concrete International, May 1, 2001 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Gatorade Floor: Quenching Thirst, Joints, Cracks, and Curl", Concrete International, January 1, 2001 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"The First Commandment for Floor Slabs: Thou Shalt Not Curl nor Crack... (Hopefully)", Concrete International, January 1, 1999 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Plate Dowels for Slabs on Ground – Dowels for the 21st Century", Concrete International, July 1998 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
“Controlling Curling and Cracking in Floors to Receive Coverings”, Concrete Construction, July 1998 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"A Peach Of A Pavement Using Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete", Concrete International, May 1, 1996 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"And the Owner said, "Let There Be Light" but No Floor Joints or Cracks Permitted", Concrete International, January 1, 1996 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"Design and Construction of a State-of-the-Art Superflat Floor", Concrete International, April 1, 1991 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.
"China: Contrasts in Concrete", Concrete International, July 1, 1989 - Contact Jerry Holland, PE, FACI for article or more information.

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