Allen Face & Companies Resume: State of the Art Concrete Floor Profiling Technology and Consulting Services

Education		Webb Institute of Naval Architecture B.S. in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (1970) Glen Cove, New York
1970-1974		Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia
'70-'72		Staff Supervisor - Steel Hull Division
'72-'74		General Foreman - Steel Fabrication Department
1974-1975		John J. McMullen Associates New York City Project Manager - Santa Ana Shipyards Program
1975-1979		Tidewater Flooring Systems, Inc. Norfolk, Virginia Partner / Vice President Directed field operations for family business specializing in the installation of polymeric concrete floor coatings and toppings
1979-1992		The Face Companies, Inc. Norfolk, Virginia Cofounder and Principal Directed international firm specializing in flat and superflat concrete floor technology. The Edward W. Face Company provides design consultation, contractor training, and on-site quality control services for close-tolerance concrete floor installations. Face Construction Technologies manufacturers and markets sophisticated electronic surface profiling equipment and related software. FCT also conducts a national seminar program on state-of-the-art concrete floor design and construction. Flatcon, Inc. manufactures heavy precision concrete grinding equipment and provides superflat floor remedial services.
1992-		Allen Face & Associates Newport News, Virginia ('92-'99) Wilmington, North Carolina ('99- ) Founder and Principal As the author of the F-Number System, inventor of the Dipstick®, F-Meter®, D-Meter®, and a principal inventor of superflat floor technology, Allen Face is a leading authority on the design and construction of concrete slabs-on-grade, and is considered the world's pre-eminent authority on floor profile specification and control. AF&A offers a full range of related consultation services including design and specification assistance, contractor training, forensic analysis, expert witness testimony, and the presentation of both public and in-house educational seminars.
1992-		Allen Face & Company, L.C. Newport News, Virginia ('92-'99) Wilmington, North Carolina ('99- ) Founder and Principal AF&Co manufactures and markets the F-Meter® - a sophisticated, yet extremely fast and easy-to-operate downloading rolling profiler - and the D-Meter® - an inexpensive, yet highly reliable and easy-to-operate downloading walking profiler.
2003-		Laser Strike, L.L.C. Wilmington, North Carolina ('04- ) Founder and Principal Laser Strike manufactures and markets the Screed Rail wet screed replacement system. Screed Rail is a fast in-and-out grade form that routinely produces FF-35/FL-25 at the speed and cost of wet screeding.
Inventions		1976 - Face Differential Floor Profileograph 1979 - Face Floor Profile Numbering System* 1982 - Dipstick® Floor Profiler 1989 - JointSaver Permanent Joint Repair System 1993 - F-Meter® Rolling F-number Tester 1996 - Slab Sentinel System for Monitoring In-Situ Slab Shrinkage & Curling 1998 - JointLiner Permanent Early-Age Joint Filling System 1999 - F-Meter® (Speed-Insensitive, Downloading, Rolling Profiler) 2003 - D-Meter® (Easy-to-use, Downloading, Walking Profiler) 2005 - ScreedRail Quick Floor Forming System
Publications		Author of numerous magazine articles and technical reports discussing concrete floor optimization and profile control. Principal contributor to the current ACI-117 (Tolerances), ACI-302 (Floor Construction), and ACI-360 (Slab-on-Grade Design) documents. Author of ASTM Standard E-1155-87 on floor tolerance measurement.
Professional Associations		American Concrete Institute(ACI) Member: Committee 117 - Tolerances Member: Committee 302 - Floor Construction Member: Committee 360 Slab-on-Grade Design American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) Past Chairman: E6.21.10 - Floor Profiling Past Chairman: E6.21.14 - Dynamic F-Numbers
Awards		1990 Construction Innovation Forum "Nova Award" for Outstanding Innovation in Floor Profile Measurement Technology 1997 Lifetime Achievement Award - World of Concrete '97 (Las Vegas, NV) 1997 Fellow of the American Concrete Institute *Formalized in ASTM E-1155 & E-1155M and adopted by ACI as the national standard for specifying finished floor flatness and levelness tolerances