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Leroy started his engineering career in 1981working for Richmond Screw Anchor Company, doing Tilt-up Erection and Bracing engineering, Bridge Deck Forming designs, Wall Forming designs and Anchor Pullout calculations.  He assisted customers with product applications and worked on product development and improvement.  He continued with Dayton Superior after the acquisition of Richmond in 1998.  Since 2009 Leroy works as a senior engineer for CMC Construction services.

Leroy’s multiple contributions to the field of engineering include: writing computer programs for Tilt-up Erection and Bracing, Masonry Bracing, Prestressed Masonry, and Bridge Overhang and Interior Forming Design.  Since commencing employment for CMC in 2009, he has worked to eliminate or minimize strongbacks on tilt-up panels utilizing reinforced concrete design principals. CMC successfully edge lifted a strongback free panel 46’-11 ¾” tall.

Leroy also ghost wrote a paper on tilt-up engineering and later wrote the first Tilt-up Bracing Guide for TCA.  In 2009 he wrote a paper on Bridge Overhang Bracket spacing calculations and presented it at the ACI Convention in New Orleans.

Leroy is a registered P.E. in 12 States: Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah.