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Association & Industry News
 CONCRETEPAC is NRMCA's bipartisan, multi-candidate federal Political Action Committee (PAC) with a stated goal of electing pro-business, pro-ready mixed concrete industry candidates to Congress. Supporting candidates who support the ready mixed concrete industry has never been more critical and, with mid-term elections just around the corner, the ready mixed concrete industry must be prepared to support the races that matter most.
NRMCA’s M2M Benefit Program continues to grow while providing better services and more value to all members. The program just added two Associate members to its list of M2M providers. CrownSource is a leader in delivering exclusive savings programs through innovative procurement technology solutions to transportation and specialty fleet industries. It combines analytics and benchmarking, sourcing and contracting, and procurement best-practice expertise with innovative business (B2B) procurement technology solutions. CrownSource can save small-to-medium sized mixer truck fleets up to 48% and large fleets that operate multiple locations as much as 34%.
NRMCA Director, Building Innovations, Brandon Wray will take part in an August 25 climate action and resilient design webinar hosted by the American Institute of Architects' California chapter. Wray will join Evan Reis of the US Resiliency Council (USRC) to discuss a recent USRC study in which the performance of various structural systems were assessed after being subjected to earthquakes of varying intensities. Functional recovery time is often an underrepresented criterion of consideration when selecting a structural system. When (not if) the big one comes, the impacts of repair/rebuild will have massive economic and sustainability implications, but more importantly, displaced populations will be hit particularly hard. These impacts will unfortunately be weighted heavily toward low income and multifamily housing where FEMA P58-based displacement periods have the potential to be upward of 6 to 9+ months for some materials while concrete structures can be 1 to 2 weeks. We have the power to build it once and build it right when we Build With Strength. Click here for more information and to access a registration link. You may also contact Brandron Wray at bwray@nrmca.org.
SEO
Friday, September 2, is new deadline for drivers to register to compete in the 16th National Mixer Driver Championship being held on Saturday, October 1, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, CO, in conjuction with NRMCA's ConcreteWorks 2022. To register your drivers please use the online driver registration webpage and choose the Driver Attendee registration type; please also review the Driver Rules & Procedures and Driver Schedule of Events. *Note that new this year, drivers must register for the event online - NRMCA no longer offers the fax/email-back option. Also, as in the past, driver supervisors will need to register separately and NOT as driver guests; they should use the Driver Supervisor registration type. Finally, in helping to ensure a successful event this year, we encourage everyone to please review this year’s sponsorship opportunities for the driver championship. For more information, contact Gary Mullings at gmullings@nrmca.org or Jessica Walgenbach at jwalgenbach@nrmca.org. Registration for NRMCA’s fall in-person Safety Course to be held October 18 - 20 in Charlotte, NC, is still open. This 2.5-day course teaches participants about OSHA safety compliance, beginning with why safety is so important and details the reasons why an effective safety program actually saves money through loss prevention and control. Participants learn about the new silica rule, electrical safety, machine guarding, fall protection, hazard communication, confined spaces, personal protective equipment, emergency action plans, maintenance shop safety, chute handling, fleet safety, pre-trip inspections and much, much more. Click here for location details and registration information. The staff contacts are Gary Mullings and Kevin Walgenbach. 
Registration is continuing for this year’s in-person Environmental Certification Course being held in Orlando, FL, from November 29 through December 1. Course attendees will be educated on industry-specific environmental issues that affect ready mixed concrete production, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Discharge Permits, Stormwater Management, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Solids Management, Hazardous Materials, Dust Control, Recycling, Spill Prevention Plans, Air Quality Management, Noise Management, Environmental Auditing and much more. Those who should attend include plant managers, environmental managers, compliance managers, executives or anyone with fiscal and/or environmental responsibilities that should know the details concerning a company’s responsibilities when it comes to EPA regulations, the Clean Water Act, Discharge Permits, Stormwater Management and numerous other critical environmental matters. Click here for registration and location details. For more information, contact Gary Mullings or Kevin Walgenbach. 
Buildings
Justin McCain has joined NRMCA as director, building innovations, covering Texas and Oklahoma. Based in the Dallas area, Mr. McCain’s primary goal is to promote concrete as the primary structural system and building material for buildings. He will accomplish this by building awareness of advanced concrete technologies while connecting the design community to NRMCA’s in-house design assistance programs. Prior to joining NRMCA, he worked in the heavy civil construction industry for 15 years, beginning his career with the Washington State Department of Transportation and then with various general contractors. As a construction manager, he delivered complex underground infrastructure, tunnels, roadways and site development projects for commercial buildings and schools. The majority of his contracting experience has utilized alternative project delivery methods, principally Design-Build. McCain's experience with ready mixed concrete includes drilled shafts, cast-in-place walls, bridge decks, roadways, building foundations and shotcrete. His most recent projects include a $30 million 60-inch storm drain interceptor and outfall in downtown Tacoma, WA, and a 30-foot diameter tunnel, roadway and utilities for the $1.2 billion Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Mr. McCain’s transition into the concrete industry expands upon his experience successfully delivering civil engineering projects, all of which have incorporated ready mixed concrete in different capacities. Justin McCain can be reached at jmccain@nrmca.org or 253-228-6295.
NRMCA and Build With Strength recently held a popular and heavily attended webinar titled Specifying Sustainable Concrete hosted by Structure magazine, a publication by the National Council of Structural Engineering Associations (NCSEA). The event set a record for the publication with more than 1,300 registrants and nearly 800 attendees listening as NRMCA Executive Vice President, Engineering, Colin Lobo and NRMCA Director, Building Innovations, Brandon Wray discussed the benefits of performance-based specifications on sustainable design. The event was largely attended by members of the structural engineering community in which sustainable design considerations are becoming a common occurrence. Build With Strength is turning out to be a valuable industry resource for education and design assistance as engineering firms are being tasked with lowering the embodied impact of structural materials while also providing a structural system that can improve the operational efficiency of the building, Wray said. From the event, the Build With Strength team has already begun numerous specification reviews for a number of large design firms throughout the country. Click here to access a recording of the event and a copy of the presentation from Structure magazine. For more information, contact Brandon Wray at bwray@nrmca.org. 
Pavement
Senior Vice Presidents of Local Paving Jon Hansen and Phil Kresge recently completed two Parking Lot Boot Camps within a 3-week period. “Success breeds success,” Hansen reports. “When one contractor sees what another is doing, wondering what he knows that I don’t know, the answer was Parking Lot Boot Camp.” Both Boot Camps were conducted in the same region of the country during the weeks of July 27 and August 9, with both contractors primarily interested in learning the latest information on concrete overlays of existing asphalt parking lots. As one contractor commented during his Boot Camp, “During these times when I might not get enough concrete daily to do a full depth industrial parking lot, I probably can get enough to do an overlay, which keeps my crews working full days.” For more information about Parking Lot Boot Camps, contact any member of the Pave Ahead/local paving team. The print copies of the Guide to Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Parking Lots - second edition have been received from the printer and are being packaged for shipment, reports Jon Hansen, senior vice president, local paving, and contributing author of the guide. “For those that ordered pre-print copies, your shipments are being prepared and will ship within the next week. Once those orders are fulfilled, there will be a limited stock left for those that wish to purchase a small quantity of copies,” Hansen said. For more information, contact Jon Hansen at jhansen@nrmca.org. 
Learning & Development
Concrete 101 (CCSP I) is being offered October 18 - 20 in Dallas. This annual introduction to concrete fundamentals is for those who need a broad overview of technical and operations essentials. The curriculum is appropriate for sales reps, dispatchers, administrative/home office and mid-level staff as well as those in executive functions whose jobs do not relate to concrete per se, but who should have knowledge of the industry. This class is NOT appropriate for technical ready mixed concrete personnel. For those working toward their NRMCA STEPS® CCPf certification in the Sales and Marketing Track, this is a required class. For others working toward CCPf certification in other STEPS tracks, the class is the qualifying prerequisite or an elective. Click here for more information, including registration options and staff contact information. Phoenix will host the Fall 2022 Dispatcher Certification class from November 15 - 17. Schedulers and dispatchers focus on how to make the order system flow seamlessly and productively in their companies. Key skills covered are: • ASTM-C94 and other technical knowledge that assure the order’s materials are correct Check here for more information, including registration options and staff contact information. Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. August 25, Las Cruces, NM September 14, Little Rock, AR September 29 - October 3, Aurora, CO October 14 - 15, McCormick Place, Chicago October 18 - 20, Charlotte, NC October 18 - 21, Dallas November 1 - 3, Bowling Green, KY November 7 - 11, Baltimore-Washington Area November 8 - 10, Louisville, KY *Sold Out November 15 - 17, Phoenix November 29 - December 1, Orlando, FL December 6 - 8, Dallas December 13 - 16, Kansas City, MO 
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