Pat Harrison is a Vice President and Senior Consultant with Structural Services, Inc., and brings over 25 years of high tolerance industrial slab design, construction and forensic experience to our clients. Based in Kansas City, he has worked throughout North America, focusing extensively on commercial and industrial concrete slabs and pavements. His specialization and expertise includes:

 

Pat received his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University in 1982 with a B.S. in Construction Science. In 1991 he received his master’s degree in Business Administration from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. Beyond his education, he has gained unique, valuable experience and expertise in practical design and construction while working in the concrete flatwork industry his entire career. Previously vice-president with a nationally acclaimed industrial floor contractor, he had a successful appointment as Manager of Industrial Flooring for a leading fiber reinforced concrete manufacturer, and most recently as Director of Consultative Services for an innovative manufacturer of concrete load transfer products.

 

Pat is published in Concrete International and Concrete Construction and has been a highly rated speaker on the ACI Design of Slabs on Ground continuing education program since 1994, where he has been very instrumental in the development of the programs content. He has also been a featured guest speaker in various locations in Mexico, Latin and South America, as well as the U.K. on quality floor slab design and construction. He has extensive experience with concrete mixture design analysis and development.

 

He is a member of ACI 302 Construction of Concrete Floors, ACI 223 Standard Practice for the Use of Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete and ACI 360 Design of Slabs on Ground.