8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2002

                           Commission File No. 1-11781

                           DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                     Ohio                           31-0676346
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        (State or other jurisdiction     (IRS Employer Identification No.)
         of Incorporation)

            7777 Washington Village Dr., Suite 130 Dayton, Ohio 45459
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (937) 428-6360





Item 4: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

On June 10, 2002, the Board of Directors of Dayton Superior Corporation (the
"Company") voted to dismiss the firm of Arthur Andersen LLP as the Company's
independent accountants, effective immediately, and to engage Deloitte & Touche
LLP as the Company's independent accountants for the year ending December 31,
2002, effective June 10, 2002, subject to Deloitte & Touche's internal client
acceptance procedures.

The reports of Arthur Andersen LLP on the Company's financial statements for the
years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 did not contain an adverse opinion or a
disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles.

In connection with the audits of the Company's financial statements for the
years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001, and through the date of this Form 8-K,
there have been no disagreements with Arthur Andersen LLP on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Arthur
Andersen, would have caused Arthur Andersen to make such reference thereto in
its report on the Company's financial statements for such years.

During the years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 and through the date of this
Form 8-K, no event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K
occurred.

During the years ended December 31, 2000 and 2001 and through the date of the
Board of Director's determination to engage Deloitte & Touche LLP as its
independent accountants for the year ending December 31, 2002, Deloitte & Touche
LLP was not consulted by the Company (or anyone on its behalf) on the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction (either
completed or proposed), the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the
Company's financial statements or any matter that was either the subject of a
disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a
reportable event described in Item 304(a)(1)(vi) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Arthur Andersen LLP a copy of this Form 8-K prior to its
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company requested Arthur
Andersen LLP to furnish it a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange
Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements. A copy of the
letter dated June 10, 2002 provided by Arthur Andersen LLP is filed as Exhibit
16.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 7:  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits

      The following exhibits are filed herewith:

         16.1     Letter from Arthur Andersen LLP to the Securities and Exchange
                  Commission, dated June 10, 2002, regarding its agreement with
                  the statements made in this report on Form 8-K.





                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                             DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION.



Date: June 13, 2002                          By:/s/ Alan F. McIlroy
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                                             Name: Alan F. McIlroy
                                             Title: Vice President and Chief
                                             Financial Officer

EX-16.1

                                                                    Exhibit 16.1
Office of the Chief Accountant
SECPS Letter File
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 11-3
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

June 10, 2002


Dear Sir/Madam:

We have read the statements made in the first, second, third and fourth
paragraphs of Item 4, to be included in the Form 8-K filed by Dayton Superior
Corporation, dated June 10, 2002, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and are in agreement with the statements contained therein.

Very truly yours,



Arthur Andersen LLP




Copy:             Alan F. McIlroy
                  Chief Financial Officer