NRMCA South Central Senior National Resource Director Vance Pool recently attended the first meeting of the newly-created Arizona Concrete Promotion Council (ACPC). Its mission is "to promote and increase the use of concrete products in the state of Arizona through technical promotion, education and political advocacy." This new organization is being formed with concrete subcontractor members of the former Arizona Concrete Contractors Association, which is folding into ACPC. Composed of concrete producers, cement companies, concrete subcontractors and all the related suppliers, this new organization will tout the many benefits concrete brings relative to sustainability and, of course, "bang for the buck."
ACPC will focus solely on promotion and is being led by Brad Belt of Drake Cement who discussed the structure, mission and other details of the new organization with about 60 attendees. "It is great to see grassroots promotion gaining traction in Arizona," Pool noted. "In order to upgrade a market to concrete paving it takes time and concerted effort at the local level. ACPC is putting in place the organization to get it done."
For more information, contact Vance Pool at vpool@nrmca.org.
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association