Scott Olin, president of NRMCA Producer member Dickenson Ready Mix in Dickenson, ND, recently hosted a three-hour concrete pavement seminar at Dickenson State University. Ken Justice, senior director, local paving, along with Dave Sethre, marketing director of the North Dakota Ready Mixed Concrete Association, presented on topics that included the advantages of concrete parking lots, the free NRMCA design assistance program, concrete overlays for roads and parking lots, and the use of fiber reinforcement as a steel replacement in pavements. More than 30 engineers, architects, DOT engineers and contractors (seen below) attended the seminar.

The following day, the Justice/Sethre team repeated the seminar for more than 20 engineers and architects at a hotel in Bismark, ND. Justice expects several requests for design assistance and additional project follow-up based on post-seminar responses.