Changes to MNL 117 and Category AC Mixer Requirements

The Plant Certification Committee recently appointed a task group to review the requirements for the stationary mixer in MNL-117, section 4.3.4.2, paragraph 2, and for the Category AC Production Capability requirements in Table 1 of the Architectural Certification Program Supplemental Requirements. The task group recommended that:

  1. Section 4.3.4.2 of MNL 117 be clarified during a future revision of MNL-117. In the meantime, an addendum should be adopted to clarify these requirements.
  2. The addendum should state that truck mixing is allowed for face mixtures provided that certain specified requirements are met:
  3. Truck mixing of concrete face mixtures for category AC should be permitted provided these requirements are satisfied

The task group’s recommendations were approved by the Plant Certification Committee during their meeting at the 2021 Convention and by the Quality Activities Council in June 2021.

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Changes to Policy 20 (PCI Plant Certification Program)

At its September 2025 meeting during Committee Days, the PCI Board of Directors approved a series of changes to PCI’s Plant Certification Program. These changes resulted generally from ongoing maintenance of the standard, including clarifications of existing requirements and changes required in accordance with our IAS accreditation or those being made in response to issues that have arisen since the last revision of Policy 20 was approved.

  1. General: Minor edits to correct staff titles, roles, titles of tables, etc.
  2. Section 20.5.4: Clarified the requirements for certified plants that wish to subcontract the manufacture of products to other plants.
  3. Section 20.6.1: The PCI Architectural Certification Program Supplemental Requirements were added to the list of requirements used in the evaluation of a plant.
  4. Section 20.7.6.4: Excluded Group A certification categories from extension to the two-year limitation. The Supplemental Requirements contain a different process.
  5. Section 20.7.8: Excluded certain precast products from PCI audits if the plant has another certification covering the products and the certification is recognized in the project specifications.
  6. Section 20.8.10: Added policy requirements as part of the PCI-IAS bilateral agreement.
  7. Section 20.8.13: Allowed a reduction in audit days for certain plants that only manufacture repetitively produced products (e.g. railroad ties, hollow-core, etc.) This provision was originally approved by the committee in 2015 and implemented shortly thereafter but was never added to Policy 20.
  8. Section 20.9.18: Added information regarding the program’s joint certification to PCI Policy 20 and ISO 9001:2015.
  9. Section 20.17.1: Reference to Section 6.0 of the Policies and Procedures Manual was deleted as it is no longer used.
  10. Attachment 1: The definition of “component” was added per the request of the Board during the review and approval of the prior edition of Policy 20.
  11. Attachment 1: Clarification was added to the definition of Non-Certified Plant” to reinforce that compliance to ISO 9001:2015 is required to maintain certification in the PCI plant certification program.

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Changes to Policy 28 (PCI Quality Personnel Certification Program)

At its 2022 Committee Days meeting, the PCI Board approved a revision to Policy 28 that reduces the waiting period between exams from 60 days to 14 days. This waiting period is to allow a sufficient opportunity for self-study or reinstruction, to improve the candidate’s opportunity for success on the subsequent exam.

  1. Section 28.3.10 was revised to reflect that program fees are established by staff.
  2. The term ‘examiner’ was changed to ‘proctor’ in several locations. Definitions for both terms were also added.
  3. There were several editorial changes in the sections on the Level III, CFA, and CCA programs, to better align the language and flow of the requirements.
  4. The required passing score for the CFA and CCA exams was changed from 80% to 70% to align with the other programs.
  5. A new section with definitions specific to Policy 28 was added.

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Changes to Policy 29 (PCI Erector Certification Program)

At its June 2021 meeting, the PCI Board of Directors approved a change to PCI’s Erector Certification Program requiring that all certified erectors have at least one employee who is currently certified as a Certified Field Auditor (CFA) or is currently registered for a CFA training class and is certified by the next company audit. This requirement has been extended to existing certified erectors.

  1. Removal of Erector membership requirements and substituting reference to PCI Policy 14 on Membership.
  2. General maintenance items and minor reorganization to clarify existing practices and procedures.
  3. Proposed new requirements to existing sections 29.5.1.5, 29.8.2.3.1, 29.9.9, 29.10.2, and 29.10.9.
  4. Sections 29.14 to 29.18 were added.
  5. Several definitions were added or clarified.
  6. Attachment 2, the Erectors Post Declaration was removed from the policy.

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