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Association & Industry News
NRMCA congratulates the following rising-star executives selected for the 2022 Developing Industry Leaders (DIL) program:
As it does each year, NRMCA asks your company to complete the annual Mixer Driver Recruitment & Retention Survey. With the largest participation rate of all NRMCA surveys, results represent approximately 30% of the driver pool. To keep such robust statistical reporting we need your input. If you are not an NRMCA Producer member, please forward the survey link to your clients. Please note the following: • Responses are confidential and anonymous; Click here to access the survey. For more information, contact Eileen Dickson at edickson@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA recently partnered with the Maryland Ready Mixed Concrete Association (MRMCA) to present a webinar titled Building Code Fundamentals of Insulated Concrete Forms to the Maryland Building Officials Association (MBOA). The May 26 webinar was presented by NRMCA, Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Gordon and Vice President, Fire Codes and Standards, Shamim Rashid-Sumar in partnership with Bob Hackman who represented the Maryland Ready Mixed Concrete Association. Nearly 60 code officials from across the state participated.
SEO
Get ready for the National Mixer Driver Appreciation Week, taking place August 1 through 5. To help celebrate our industry’s drivers please visit the Appreciation Week Store which includes polos, t-shirts, hats, beverage tumblers, koozies, key chains and multitools. The store will remain open through Wednesday, June 15; orders will then be shipped by July 15 and arrive by August 1, just in time for Appreciation Week. Click here to visit the Appreciation Week swag store. For more information, contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org or Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org. The 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).
Buildings
Learn how to specify sustainable concrete using performance-based specifications during Session 3 of Concrete Innovations to be held Wednesday, June 8, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. • Lowering the CO2 Footprint of Concrete with Portland-Limestone Cement (Type IL) - Product Spotlight sponsored by Titan America and presented by Eric Koehler, director of quality, Titan America • Specifying Sustainable Concrete - Presented by Colin Lobo, PhD, PE, NRMCA executive vice president, engineering and Brandon Wray, NRMCA director, building innovations • Moisture Control in Concrete Batch Plants to Control Costs and Reduce Embodied Carbon - Product Spotlight sponsored by Hydronix and presented by Neal Cass, sales manager, Hydronix Register here for this session. 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.
Build With Strength in collaboration with Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council recently hosted a "Coffee & Concrete Hard Hat" tour for students of Bullard-Havens Technical High School, Eversource Energy and Energize Connecticut of a home (seen here) being built from Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) in Sandy Hook, CT. The purpose of the tour was to educate the 40 students and architects on the numerous benefits of ICFs and concrete construction in general. Throughout the tour, the homeowner, Sam Fertik of Carbon Custom Builders, addressed questions and concerns regarding concrete’s sustainability along with its resiliency. Ken Lynch of Nudura ICFs and Tremco also helped in answering and educating the attendees. Representing NRMCA/Build With Strength was Derek Torres who provided insight and opportunities on how his team can help convert the attendees’ current projects into a more cost-effective and sustainable building using ICFs/concrete. A big thank you goes to Dominic Di Cenzo of the Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council for organizing this event. Through the Build With Strength campaign NRMCA promotes sustainable concrete solutions for buildings. For more information, contact Derek Torres at dtorres@nrmca.org or 973-876-0938.
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. They 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 access the entry form. The staff contacts are Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org and Kevin Walgenbach. 
Pavement
 A new infographic titled Cradle-to-Grave/Rock-to-Rock! highlights the sustainable benefits of concrete pavement. This one-page flyer (seen here) includes bullet points on durability, resilience, heat island, lighting and carbon sequestration as well as other benefits. However, the main feature points out that concrete is made from natural ingredients and returns to those natural ingredients once its service life is completed. “Basically, concrete is made from rock and water,” says NRMCA Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Phil Kresge. “And once it has reached the end of its service life, it can be crushed and, once again, becomes rock. The crushed concrete aggregate can be used as a subbase material or as aggregate in new concrete mixes. Either way, it is a natural replacement for virgin aggregate material. Rock-to-Rock! Sustainability in its simplest form.” The infographic can be downloaded here from Pave Ahead. For more information, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's Web site. 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 
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