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Association & Industry News
Early bird registration is now open for NRMCA’s 2023 Annual Convention, scheduled for March 10-13 at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas. NRMCA’s Annual Convention is the venue to explore industry trends and network with your peers. The convention is co-located with the Portland Cement Association and the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s 2023 annual conventions; special discount pricing is available to those who are members of all three associations. In addition, these events immediately precede the CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show and convention attendees receive significant discounts on show registration and seminar tickets when they register for the show at the same time via the link listed on our registration website. NRMCA has contracted a block of rooms at the Encore at Wynn Las Vegas at a discounted rate of $329/night plus applicable taxes with a daily resort fee of $35/night plus applicable taxes. We encourage you to register for the convention and, once registered, you will be directed to make your hotel reservations. The reservations cutoff date is Tuesday, February 14, 2023, or whenever the room block sells out, whichever occurs first. The room block is reserved for attendees of the NRMCA 2023 Annual Convention. Click here to access event registration and more information on the convention itself. For more information, please contact Senior Director of Meetings Jessica Walgenbach at 703-706-4852. 
Engineering
NRMCA Engineering Staff attended the American Concrete Institute's Fall Convention held from October 22-26, in Dallas and filed the following committee summaries as they relate to the ready mixed concrete industry.
132 – Responsibilities in Concrete Construction – The committee published ACI PRC-132.1-22: Responsibility for the Care of Test Specimens for Acceptance of Concrete—TechNote that is available from ACI. The committee has completed a guide to responsibilities in concrete repair and rehabilitation that will be published soon. The committee has begun revising ACI PRC-132-14 Guide for Responsibility in Concrete Construction. The committee hosted a well-attended Hot Topic session discussing impact of sustainability initiatives on constructability with representatives from the designer, contractors and ready mixed producer. It is planning a session at a future convention to outline the completed document responsibilities for concrete repair and rehabilitation. Colin Lobo maintains representation on ACI 132.
SEO
 NRMCA’s Think First monthly safety initiatives feature different industry-specific safety items relevant to seasons, current topics or industry concerns. The initiatives are meant to be shared, used as a training tool, printed, posted or distributed; all of which are encouraged. This month’s issue, shown here, is titled Machine Guarding at Ready Mixed Concrete Plants. 
The estimated ready mixed concrete produced in August 2022 is 39.9 million cubic yards, 7.2% higher than that in August 2021. The estimated production in the U.S. through August is 268 million cubic yards, approximately 3.9% higher than that during the same period in 2021. Ready mixed concrete production is estimated from cement shipments reported by the U.S. Geological Survey. More detail is available here for NRMCA members under Production Statistics. Buildings
Please consider participating in Concrete Innovations Session 8 on Wednesday, November 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time when attendees will learn about natural pozzolans along with other strategies to lower the carbon footprint of concrete. Presentations include: • Natural Pozzolan - What is Old is New Again: This presentation will cover a brief history of natural pozzolans, technical data, and current and future availability presented by Joseph Thomas, executive director, Natural Pozzolan Association. Concrete Innovations Learning Sessions are designed to bring practitioners, researchers and policy makers together to exchange the latest innovations for sustainable concrete design, construction and manufacturing. Click here for free registration. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org.
Pavement
NRMCA once again joined forces with the American Concrete Pavement Association's (ACPA) Colorado/Wyoming Chapter in sponsoring a booth at the 8th Annual APWA Colorado Chapter Conference held last week in Golden, reports NRMCA Vice President, Local Paving, Don A. Clem, PE. The conference, titled Working Together Towards Tomorrow, drew over 230 public works professionals from throughout Colorado. The program featured high-level presentations from public works leaders, including APWA Colorado Chapter President Paul Ruud and APWA National past President-Elect Dan J. Hartman. The booth was staffed by Clem, Angela Folkestad, PE, executive director, and Sarah Sanders, PE, paving engineer, ACPA CO/ WY Chapter (shown here, from left to right, are Sanders, Folkestad and Clem during the conference.) Copies of the Guide to Concrete Trails and the Guide to Concrete Overlays of Asphalt Parking Lots (both authored by the National CP Technology Center with funding provided by the RMC Research & Education Foundation) were provided to many booth visitors, with several indicating upcoming potential concrete projects. For more information, contact Don Clem at dclem@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. November 7 - 11, Baltimore-Washington Area *Sold Out November 8 - 10, Louisville, KY *Sold Out November 15 - 17, Phoenix *Sold Out November 29 - December 1, Orlando, FL *Sold Out December 6 - 8, Dallas December 13 - 16, Kansas City, MO *Sold Out December 14, Nashville, TN 2023 January 10 - 13, Nashville, TN January 24 - 27, Charlotte, NC February 6 - 10, Orlando, FL February 14 - 16, Dallas February 21 - 23, Nashville, TN March 10 - 13, Las Vegas, NV March 14 - 18, Las Vegas, NV March 21 - 23, Nashville, TN March 28 - 30, Dallas 
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