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Ken Crank, director of concrete promotions of the Pennsylvania Aggregates & Concrete Association (PACA), announced this week that PACA has released a new case study that highlights the use of ICF construction on a project in Lebanon County (seen here). The two-page document includes links to the developer and architect on the project along with links to more information on ICFs and a video showcasing the project. The owner, Byler Holdings, decided on ICFs for the apartment buildings after being introduced to the concept by Crank and his frequent promotion partner, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Doug O'Neill. After evaluating the costs, timing, ease of use and ultimate quality of the final product, the decision was easy, according to Wilbur McMichael, Byler Holdings' director of construction. You can read more case studies at PACA’s Specify Concrete website. For more information on this project or to discuss developing a case study of your own, contact Doug O’Neill at doneill@nrmca.org.
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NRMCA will host five face-to-face classes beginning this fall; they focus on giving participants immediate skills to help juggle all their balls within compliance parameters as well as learn efficiency processes and organizational methods.
These classes earn NRMCA's STEPS "Operations and Production" Track certification, CCPf. STEPS is the ready mixed concrete’s industry most prestigious employee professional development program, supporting career development and job retention/succession planning. More information for each of the classes can be accessed from NRMCA's main calendar webpage. You may also contact Jessica Walgenbach at jwalgenbach@nrmca.org or 703-706-4852. 
NRMCA recently verified a system-level Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) program for NRMCA Producer member Smokey Point Concrete in Arlington, WA. The EPD was developed in consultation with and based on a software tool by Athena Sustainable Materials Institute. The software tool integrates LCA impacts within batch operating software to generate EPDs when desired. The software, underlying life cycle data for each plant and EPD were reviewed and verified by Sustainable Solutions Corporation, a verifier in NRMCA’s EPD program. Public access to the EPD is available on the NRMCA EPD webpage and is listed as NRMCA EPD: 20060 Smokey Point Concrete. This EPD reports the impacts for ready mixed concrete produced at Smokey Point Concrete in Arlington, WA. For more information, contact Matthew Lemay at mlemay@nrmca.org. 
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Registration is now open for Learning Session 3 of Concrete Innovations which will focus on Specifying Sustainable Concrete and take place on Wednesday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time.
There are sessions scheduled each month throughout 2022. Visit www.concreteinnovations.com for upcoming sessions. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. More than 600 structural engineers participated in a webinar titled The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint offered through Structure magazine on May 11. The webinar, sponsored by Build With Strength, an initiative of NRMCA, discusses the Top 10 strategies to take advantage of concrete’s benefits while ensuring the lowest possible carbon footprint. For the those who missed the live webinar, the session is now available on-demand. This session offers one Professional Development Hour (PDH) for engineers and one AIA-CES HSW Learning Unit for architects. Although geared to design professionals, anyone in construction will benefit, including contractors and concrete producers. Registration is free. Questions? Contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org.
NRMCA’s Annual Safety Award acknowledges the significant contribution that safe work practices gives to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry as a whole. The NRMCA Annual Safety Award is presented to an individual or company whose actions represent the very highest in the advancement of safety in the ready mixed concrete industry. The award program is generously sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB).
Get ready for the National Mixer Driver Appreciation Week, beginning Monday, August 1. To help celebrate our industry’s drivers please visit the Appreciation Week store which is now open and includes polos, t-shirts, hats, beverage tumblers, koozies, key chains and multitools. It will remain open through June 15; orders will then be shipped by July 15 and arrive by August 1, just in time for Appreciation Week. For more information, contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org or Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA’s Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards competition offers producers national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound management practice in their operations. The program salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance measures and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment. NRMCA member companies producing ready mixed concrete from a fixed plant location in the U.S., its territories or Canada are eligible to enter. Awards will be determined upon individual plant merits. Winning entrants will be honored at the Awards Ceremony at NRMCA‘s ConcreteWorks this October in Aurora, CO. Winners will also be featured in a 2022 edition of NRMCA’s Concrete InFocus magazine and Concrete Products magazine. Entries and photos must be e-mailed to gmullings@nrmca.org by Friday, July 22. Click here for more information and to download the entry form. Staff contacts are Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org and Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org. Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's Web site. May 24, Free Online Webinar May 24 - 26, Middleton, MA September 29 - October 3, Aurora, CO October 18 - 20, Charlotte, NC November 8 - 10, Louisville, KY November 15 - 17, Phoenix November 29 - December 1, Orlando, FL December 13 - 16, Kansas City, MO 
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