PHOENIX, Arizona (July 9, 2010) -- Western Technologies Inc. is proud to announce that Luke Snell, P.E., has joined the firm as Senior Construction Materials Engineer. Snell is the former Eminent Scholar of the Concrete Industry Management program in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University.

Working out of Western’s Phoenix, Arizona office, Snell will be helping clients solve construction and concrete problems through his wide-ranging experience and technical expertise. He has written over 200 articles on concrete, construction materials, and construction education, and has done extensive consulting throughout the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, and Algeria.

He is an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fellow and received the ACI Joe W. Kelly Award in 1995, the ACI Chapter Activities Award in 1997, and was the ACI Educational Committee Member of the Year in 2002. He has received various other awards and was named one of the Ten Most Influential People of the Year in the Concrete Industry by Concrete Construction and Concrete Producer magazines in 2007, Construction Laureate of Mongolia (2007), and the Henry L. Kennedy Award from ACI (2008).

Snell is the Chair of the ACI International Committee and is a member of ACI Committees E702, Designing Concrete Structures; the Construction Liaison Committee; Financial Activities Committee; and the Chapter Activities Committee. He is a Past Chair of ACI Committees 517, Accelerated Curing of Concrete; E702, Designing Concrete Structures; the ACI Chapter Activities Committee; ACI 120, History of Concrete and the Educational Activities Committee, and is also a past member of the Board of Direction. He has been instrumental in starting ACI chapters in Mongolia, Algeria and Ethiopia and has worked with India and Saudi Arabia to start concrete certification programs.

Western Technologies Inc. is a leading southwestern U.S. consultant in geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering and testing. Founded in 1955, Western has 16 offices in five western states, as well as a sister company with 5 offices in Mexico, and employs 325 engineers, scientists, technicians and support staff. More information about Western Technologies Inc. is available at www.wt-us.com.

CONTACT:

Bruce MacIlroy, P.E. - Technical Director

Western Technologies Inc.

3737 East Broadway Road

Phoenix, AZ 85040

602-437-3737