About The Cement Council of Texas

This website is brought to you by the Cement Council of Texas. The CCT is a non-profit Texas corporation, which represents the manufacturers and distributors of portland cement in the state of Texas. The Cement Council of Texas is an affiliate of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) and in addition to working closely with PCA; the Cement Council of Texas also works with the American Concrete Paving Association (ACPA), the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), and related local and regional associations and their members.

The Cement Council of Texas is also available for technical support and holds regular training seminars for architectural and engineering practitioners. Click here to see a full list of training seminars.

The CCT's mission is to encourage the use of cement and concrete in...

• the home construction industry using conventional forming techniques,
• industrial and commercial applications,
• highways,
• airport runways and taxiways,
• local road construction and parking lots,
• stabilization of soils,
• soil-cement and recycling,
• cement treated base,
• roller compacted concrete,
• other new applications

The Cement Council of Texas is also available for technical support and holds regular training seminars for architectural and engineering practitioners. Click here to see a full list of training seminars.

Robert V. Lopez, P.E., Executive Director

As the Director of the Cement Council of Texas, Lopez administers the marketing activities of three engineers and specialists working in the paving, recycling and stabilization, and concrete homes markets.

Bob Served as a structural and paving engineer for the Portland Cement Association in the South Central and the Rocky Mountain/Northwest Regions, respectively. He was also the Director of Marketing, Cement Division, for Gifford-Hill Cement Company followed by a similar position with Holnam (now Holcim) Cement Company during 1981 through 1993. He has been the Executive Director of the CCT since 1993.

Bob is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach, having received his BCSE in 1972 and Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1974. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas. He is also a member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Concrete Paving Association.

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Jeff Hawk, Manager, Soil Cement Programs

Jeff Hawk joined the Cement Council of Texas in December 2001 as Soil-Cement Program Manager. Hawk's responsibilities include promoting the use of Portland cement in soil stabilization and other related applications as well as serving as a key contact for federal, state, county and local government officials and consultants. As an assistant editor for McGraw-Hill Companies' international weekly business news magazine Engineering News-Record, Hawk covered the equipment market including new road-building technologies and current issues facing the highway construction market. Prior to ENR, Hawk edited the McGraw-Hill Construction's regional monthly publication Texas Construction. Hawk brings more than a decade of communications experience to the position, which includes a stint as a U.S. Marine Corps correspondent. Hawk graduated from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, with a degree in communications.

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Contact the Cement Council of Texas

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