The Scholer-Peterson Concrete Conference is dedicated to promoting and improving the production, use, and placement of quality concrete and concrete products.

What's new is 2022

Join us on Thursday, April 7, 2022 for the 44th Scholer Peterson Concrete Conference on the campus of Kansas State University - Olathe (new location) located at 22201 West Innovation Drive, Olathe, KS.

We recommend you review all website content so you are aware of ALL changes for this year.

• New Location
• New registration system (now you can register more than one person from the same category and your staff is able to register you for the event)
• Theme: A Greener Tomorrow! Sustainability, Resiliency, & Carbon Reduction with Concrete
• Each participant will receive a course completion certificate.
• Course Completion Certificate will be provided
• Contractor Hours 6.5

What's the same as previous years

• Conference will offer in person option only
• Agenda
• Sponsorship - Thank you for our continued support of the conference!
• Connect with Colleagues
• AIA Learning Units 6.5

Who Should Attend

Anyone who has an interest in the Concrete Industry.

• Architects
• Concrete Contractors
• Concrete Finishers
• Educators
• Engineers
• Home Builders
• Land Developers
• Municipal Code Inspectors
• Ready Mix Concrete Suppliers
• Realtors

Course Completion Certificate

If you registered for the conference and you attend all sessions of the Scholer Peterson Concrete Conference you will receive a course completion certificate. It remains your responsibility to verify with your state/or governing agency/or professional development committee that this course completion certificate will be accepted.

Parking

Parking is complimentary at K-State Olathe parking lots.

Refund Policy

If you must cancel your registration, please do so as soon as possible. Substitutions are accepted. Registration fees, less a $50.00 processing fee, will be refunded if notice is received in the registration office on or before Thursday, March 31, 2022. Due to guarantees we must give prior to the program; refunds are not available if notice of cancellation is given after the deadline. To cancel or modify your registration, please send a written request to scholer-peterson@ksu.edu with the program name in the subject line. Registrants who do not cancel their registration by the deadline are responsible for the total registration fee even if they do not attend the event and have not paid the registration fee.

Cancellation Policy

Kansas State University may cancel or postpone this program because of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If the program is canceled or postponed, registration fees will be refunded but we cannot be held responsible for other costs, charges, or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines or travel agencies. Registration fees will not be canceled, and refunds will not be issued if the program is held but the registrant is unable to attend due to travel delays or cancellations caused by inclement weather, or due to other extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of Kansas State University.

Special Assistance

Participants who need accommodations due to a disability or who have special dietary requirements should indicate services needed at the time of registration. Please allow up to two weeks advance notice to arrange for accessibility needs. Early notification is requested to ensure appropriate accommodations can be provided. Questions regarding registration, please email scholer-peterson@ksu.edu. 

COVID-19 guidance while on campus at Kansas State University.

Kansas State University Notice of Nondiscrimination

About the Conference

Charles H. Scholer, former professor and head of the Department of Applied Mechanics at Kansas State University, was for many years an outstanding researcher, educator, and consultant to the concrete industry.

Charles Scholer was past president of the American Concrete Institute and the Kansas Engineering Society. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the Highway Research Board in 1948, the Award of Merit of the American Society of Testing Materials in 1960, the Turner and Wason Awards of the American Concrete Institute and, in 1964, was named Kansas Engineer of the Year.

Loyd Peterson has devoted over 50 years to the construction and concrete industries in Kansas. As a K-State Civil Engineering graduate, he started his training with Martin K. Eby Construction and then served 30 years in promotion and educational work with Portland Cement Association. In semi-retirement Loyd has been a Concrete Consultant in both private practice and for Monarch Cement Company.

Loyd Peterson founded and guided the Scholer Conference in the early years and played a major role in all of the concrete associations in Kansas. No one person has had such a long and positive impact on the Kansas concrete industry.

Advisory Council

• American Concrete Pavement Association

• American Institute of Architects in Kansas

• Associated General Contractors of Kansas

• Concrete Promotional Group

• Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science, K-State

• Department of Civil Engineering, K-State

• Kansas Contractors Association

• Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association

• Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association