Conference Sessions
The Future of Concrete is Education!
Date & Time:
Thursday Feb 13, 2025 at 10:45 am
Duration:
50 minutes
Location:
Room A
Registration:
$50 plus hst
Description
What is the main challenge for the concrete industry?
Is it carboneutrality? Material innovation? Or other fancy topic?
Or it is just our workforce?
For sure, workforce is a real challenge for all industries, but what makes concrete so different?
In this presentation, we will take a look about education and training in concrete sector and why the future of this industry pass thru education to all level of workers from the driver to the design engineer.
Presented by
Luc Bédard, ing., M.Ing., M.B.A., directeur général, Association béton Québec
Luc Bédard obtained a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University de Sherbrooke in 1995. In 1999, he also completed a master's degree in engineering from the same university, including a path in urban infrastructure rehabilitation focused on concrete structures. Also, he completed an MBA program at the University du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM). He began his career monitoring concrete on site for a testing laboratory. In 1998, he worked to start a concrete manufacturing plant in Argentina. Subsequently, he held the position of director of quality for a prefabrication company and he managed the quality system of 13 paving and concrete block factories. In 2008, he joined the Association béton Québec as Technical Director and since 2012 has held the position of General Manager.
Sponsored by:
Association béton Québec