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Association & Industry News
NRMCA is pleased to announce that two NRMCA Associate Members, the National Credit Card Processing Group and G-6 Hospitality, have both introduced Member to Member discount programs exclusive for NRMCA Producer members. The National Credit Card Processing Group, which focuses specifically on credit card acceptance for the ready mixed concrete industry, is offering low rates and great customer service to NRMCA members. It has a state-of-the-art payment gateway, mobile payments, fraud protection and more. The G-6 Hospitality (Motel 6) is offering NRMCA members discounts at any of its 1,300 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Offering clean, comfortable rooms with great service for a low price. Members are encouraged to take advantage of the NRMCA discount for business or personal travel. NRMCA is pleased to be working with the National Credit Card Processing Group and G-6 Hospitality to add to the many benefits of belonging to NRMCA. Neither membership in NRMCA nor participation in the M2M Benefits Program can in any way be construed as an endorsement, explicit or implicit, of any company, product or service by the Association. NRMCA accepts no responsibility in any dispute between supplier and customer. The M2M Benefits Program is intended solely as an informational service. Participating companies are responsible for insuring all M2M Benefit information is correct and up to date. For more information, contact Jacques Jenkins at jjenkins@nrmca.org. 
SEO
Fact: people quit because they have serious issues with their immediate supervisor. In an environment where our industry cannot lose one more mixer driver, it is critical that plant, operations, dispatch, fleet and driver managers, and supervisors understand the scope and tasks they are expected to execute. To stress the importance even more, according to the U.S. Department of Labor the most common business lawsuit filed is by employees against their employers - and the employees cite their direct supervisors as the cause. Therefore, the class content includes industry-specific, hands-on exercises to develop solid procedures to increase efficiency and profitability by using better business processes and communication methods with front line employees. This class is held just once a year. Dates are January 14-16 in Des Moines. Click here for more information, registration options and staff contact. 
Buildings
This Build With Strength activity report summarizes activity in state and local legislation for July 2019. Locations of interest are municipalities throughout New Jersey and Massachusetts along with the cities of Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Click here to access the advocacy report. For more information, contact John Loyer at jloyer@nrmca.org.
Pavement
NRMCA Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Phil Kresge recently participated in the Large Volume Concrete in the Carolinas seminar in Charleston, SC, co-hosted by the Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA) and the American Concrete Institute's (ACI) Carolinas Chapter. Kresge’s presentation, Designing Concrete Parking Lots with ACI 330, kicked off the event and was well received. As part of the presentation, Kresge highlighted the PaveAhead website and the Design Assistance Program (DAP) for pavement. Wilson Taylor, Jr., vice president of NRMCA Producer member Van-Smith Concrete Company, spoke of the success his company has had with DAP and encouraged attendees to take advantage of the free service. Other topics in the seminar included Trouble Shooting Concrete Failures, Concrete Maturity Testing, Mass Concrete Thermal Control Plans and Practices and A Producer’s Perspective on Mass Concrete and Performance Based Concrete Specifications. The event was organized by CRMCA’s Director of Business Development and Education Jessica Palmer along with Taylor who is currently serving as president of the ACI chapter. Approximately 35 engineers, specifiers and contractors were in attendance. For more information, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org. 
2020 January 14 – 16, Des Moines, IA January 21 – 24, Cincinnati January 28 – 30, Orlando, FL January 28 – 30, Dallas February 25 – 28, Miami March 7 – 9, Las Vegas March 10 – 14, Las Vegas March 17 – 19, Dallas September 27 – 29, Aurora, CO Learning & Development
If you are a NRMCA Developing Industry Leaders (DIL) alumnus or almumna, there is an opportunity for you to mentor one of this year’s six groups. Each cohort will work on a project over the winter months; projects tie directly back to one of NRMCA’s committees. DILs will report their results to their assigned committee at the annual convention in March 2020 in Las Vegas. While each group of five people works with the NRMCA staff person responsible for a specific committee, the DILs would gain additional perspective tapping into alumni’s experience. The committees with DIL groups this year are:
If you would like to volunteer to work with a specific group, please e-mail your committee choice to Eileen Dickson at edickson@nrmca.org before October 15. Calendar
*Please note that e-mail and direct links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's Web site. October 3 – 7, Kissimmee, FL October 22 – 24, Irving, TX *Sold Out October 22 – 25, Dallas *Sold Out October 24, Gambrills, MD November 6 – 7, Springfield, MA November 7, Antioch, TN November 11 – 15, Baltimore November 19 – 21, Orlando, FL November 20, Little Rock, AR December 10 – 13, Orlando, FL December 17 – 19, Dallas 
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