Industry Advocacy

CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES FOR YOUR COMPANY

The original mission and purpose for CFA was to provide advocacy for contractor organizations at a national level, giving voice to smaller companies that could not achieve a platform of influence. As an industry trade organization, a primary benefit of becoming a member is participating in this advocacy work, or helping to ensure CFA is working on your behalf. Whether as a singular entity or a collection of distinct organizations, the prospect of effecting change, establishing standards, promoting awareness, and endorsing safe and intelligent practices is exceedingly challenging. Therefore, we stand in the face of that challenge and continually work toward the improved conditions, regulations and prescriptive requirements that impact your business.

CFA staff has participated in meetings and advocacy for the Advisory Council for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH). This council, established by OSHA as a way of investigating issues that may lead to or change regulations related to construction safety practices or health concerns, has been instrumental in the efforts to increase safety regulations for issues such as fall protection and crane operator certification. CFA has helped to defend and shape these regulations as well as stepping into the application gap by researching and advising on the best practices to balance worker safety and company risk. Through these efforts, the industry has become more knowledgeable and safer while participating companies have become market leaders for adapting to the standards. CFA continues to teach, train, organize certifications and weigh in on development issues, advising the industry of pending regulatory action and providing statistics to support or refute proposed development.

In 2023, CFA joined in to support the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) who launched a safety campaign to bring heightened awareness of ASME B30.27, Material Placement Systems—which when followed, elevates safety on concrete pump job sites. To be effective, the B30.27 standard requires accountability and cooperation among all trades on a concrete pumping site. ACPA saw an industry need for a one-stop resource to help both pumpers and contractors understand their responsibilities prescribed by the standard. When trades partner for safety, with each doing their part to prevent accidents, we can better protect every person on a job site from injuries and fatalities.

CFA staff maintains rigorous attention to the volume of articles published annually in relation to the cast-in-place concrete industry within a variety of publications and publicly available technical documents. Concrete Facts is the flagship publication for the industry, receiving regular posts for news items, technical and business content and identifying the strategic advancements of the market and the Association. Partners with such industry magazines as Concrete Contractor and Concrete Construction magazines, CFA ensures that the voice of the cast-in-place concrete contractor is heard. Through a robust array of social media outlets, CFA curates the attractiveness of the industry and an awareness of the accomplishments and strategies employed by companies throughout North America known as #cfaconcretepros.