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 NRMCA, along with Build With Strength and Pave Ahead, are excited to announce the inaugural Concrete Innovations Award Program which recognizes outstanding achievement in concrete manufacturing, design and construction. People, companies, products and projects that demonstrate outstanding performance in concrete manufacturing, research, design and construction will be recognized for their achievements in helping improve concrete performance while lowering environmental impacts, including embodied and operational carbon footprint. There are four award categories:
Winners in each category will demonstrate improvements in concrete performance, including improved strength, durability, resilience, energy efficiency and sustainability, including embodied and operational carbon footprint reduction. To be eligible for an award, an NRMCA member company or individual must have been involved, either as primary team member or as contributor or product supplier. A distinguished panel of independent judges will select winners. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 14, 2023, in Las Vegas during CONEXPO-CON/AGG. Nominations are being accepted at www.concreteinnovations.com/awards until January 31, 2023. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. 
NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Patrick Matsche and Michael Bernert, vice president, Wilsonville Concrete Products, recently presented Top Ten Ways to Reduce Concrete's Carbon Footprint to an Oregon-based architecture firm, Carlson Veit Junge Architects PC, on behalf of the Oregon Concrete and Aggregates Producers Association (OCAPA). Carlson Viet Junge is a highly recognized design firm. Founded in 1951, it is represented by the fourth generation of principals. Build With Strength is providing specification review to reduce the overall carbon footprint of concrete. Local NRMCA and OCAPA Producer members provided mix designs to meet the demands of the Pacific Northwest project goals. For more information contact, Patrick Matsche at pmatsche@nrmca.org or 415-672-5275. 
Buildings
NRMCA and Build With Strength's Donn C. Thompson, senior director, building innovations, and Brandon Wray, director, building innovations, will conduct a webinar titled Insulating Concrete Forms for Commercial Construction, on Wednesday, December 14, at 1 p.m. Eastern time. This presentation will address how the thermal properties of ICFs, combining the high R-value of rigid insulation with the thermal mass of concrete, offer building owners significant energy savings over the long term. The presentation will also provide guidance on how to minimize the cost of ICF construction to take full advantage of these benefits, resulting in investments that are secure and generate long-term value. Click here to register, which is free. The webinar is being presented in conjunction with STRUCTURE magazine.
NRMCA has released a new Best Practices template titled Stay Interview Questionnaire that is now available for free download on NRMCA’s website. Stay interviews are conducted by an employee’s direct supervisor and/or HR staff to improve retention. The goal is to find out why employees stay and what might cause them to leave. In an effective stay interview, structured questions are asked in a casual and conversational manner. Most stay interviews take less than 10 minutes. NRMCA’s Workforce Development Committee's Retention Task Group now has five HR Best Practices templates; the other four are Employee Check in 2 Weeks, Employee Check in 60 Days, Exit Interview and Layoff/Severance Considerations. Each of the five can be downloaded free here. For more information, contact Eileen Dickson at edickson@nrmca.org. 
Learning & Development
NRMCA is still accepting registrations for its financial performance education course, Think Like an Owner, scheduled for December 12 - 13 in Dallas. This course is intended to empower participants to understand the drivers of financial performance and improve their management with an eye to profitability of their business center. Participants will learn how to read financial statements, measure performance, examine elements of profit and loss, and think in terms of economic profit. This course is a must-attend for industry participants, from plant managers to company presidents, who want to run their operations profitably. Click here for more information and here to register. The staff contact is Andrew Tyrrell at atyrrell@nrmca.org. On Monday, November 21, the Business Advancement Committee and NRMCA’s IT Task Group held a session on eticketing adoption within the ready mixed concrete industry. This was the first of two eticketing sessions to be hosted by the IT Task Group. Co-chairman Luis Angulo lead the discussion on eticketing and the importance it plays in the industry’s digital transformation; he was joined by NRMCA members from across the country to talk about the processes, challenges and the ultimate advantages of adopting etickets. Click here to listen to a recording of the session. Contact Andrew Tyrrell for more information about NRMCA’s Business Advancement Committee and IT Task Group. Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. December 6 - 8, Dallas December 12 - 13, Dallas/Ft Worth, TX December 13 - 16, Kansas City, MO *Sold Out December 14, Nashville, TN 2023 January 10 - 13, Nashville, TN January 24 - 27, Charlotte, NC *Sold Out January 24 - 27, Manchester, NH 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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