NRMCA Names Man from Pennsylvania Producer Member 2025 Driver of the Year

NRMCA has named Michael Welsh of Pennsylvania Producer member Silvi Materials the 2025 Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year. A national panel of industry judges selected Mr. Welsh as the top driver out of a strong field of outstanding applicants from across the United States. Mr. Welsh, whose home plant is located in Morrisville, PA, was honored for his career achievements, exceptional safety record, professionalism, driving competency, peer adoration and customer successes.

His extraordinary safety record includes an 18-year driving career with no at-fault rejected loads. He is ACI certified, Smith System trained and a certified NRMCA Concrete Delivery Professional. Mr. Welsh was also a 2021 Silvi Driver of the Year nominee. On Mr. Welsh’s application, Morrisville Plant Manager Steve Misko wrote, “Mike has not only mastered every aspect of plant operations but has also trained nearly every manager and assistant manager over the past 20 years, particularly on batching processes. Mike’s expertise spans every task and there is no role - whether driver or plant personnel - that he doesn’t excel in."

The judges also selected two extraordinary runners-up, the first being 6-year driver Hector Buz with Dolese Bros. Co. in Oklahoma City, driving out of Yukon, OK. Mr. Buz has a remarkable safety record, having no on-the-job-vehicle accidents or rejected loads while amazingly delivering an average of over 6,000 cubic yards annually over the past three years. He is the 2024 Dolese Driver of the Year, a relief batcher and driver trainer. Also honored as a runner-up is 21-year veteran mixer driver Mark Nieciecki of VNCA Prairie LLC from Bridgeview, IL, driving out of Glenview, IL. He is an NRMCA Certified Concrete Delivery Professional, ACI certified and the 4th place finisher for NRMCA’s 2024 National Mixer Driver Championship.

Mr. Welsh will receive a $5,000 check from the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau. As runners-up, Mr. Buz, and Mr. Nieciecki will each receive a check for $1,500. The 2025 Driver of the Year winners will be honored at NRMCA’s Annual Convention held in March in Tucson, AZ. The Chicago-based trade magazine Concrete Products is a cosponsor of the NRMCA Driver of the Year program.

For more information, contact Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org.