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About WCCT
The World Center for
Concrete Technology (WCCT) is a top-notch facility for training,
educational research and conferences for the concrete products
industries. It's also a demonstration of the architectural
variations that concrete and concrete products offer.
At over 42,000 square feet, the Center has been hailed by the industry as "an exemplary design for
architectural block." It may be a building, but overall it's a
hands-on demonstration of what the World Center does. Serpentine
walls curve next to off-angles. Split-faced, burnished and glazed
units are used throughout to create different effects.
An $8 million premier research and educational facility, the WCCT is a partnership between the
concrete and concrete products industries, Alpena Community
College, the State of Michigan, the U.S. Department of Commerce
EDA, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Our
Mission
The mission of the World Center for Concrete Technology (WCCT) is to provide leadership, advancement and mastery of concrete
technology through education, training, research, testing, information management and communications. This is accomplished by
securing shared participation, cooperation, assistance and support of all those interested in concrete technology worldwide.
Our
Services
The WCCT is one of the few training facilities in the world that
provides hands-on materials-based training. Students learn about
concrete and concrete products on the same equipment and materials
that they will be presented with in commercial plants.
The World Center for Concrete Technology (WCCT) works in
cooperation with Alpena Community College to offer an Associates
in Applied Science degree in concrete technology.
The WCCT also functions as a continuing education center for new
and existing worldwide concrete businesses. Those already working
in the industry are able to attend classes and seminars to further
build their industry knowledge.
The WCCT is self-sustaining. This means that, since it receives no
government funding, the Center relies solely on dollar funding
from industry organizations, facility rental, programs, joint
research and training projects, and equipment donations as well
as other industry support.
Our
History
Built on a foundation of partnering, the concept began as a Besser
Company training program in 1954. The concept and facilities have
grown over the years to include Alpena Community College: in 1964
the Besser Technical Center was constructed, and the Associates in
Applied Science Degree Program in Concrete Technology was
established. The concept and facilities took another major leap
forward with the completion of Harris Hall in August 2000,
formalizing the World Center for Concrete Technology.
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