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Association & Industry News
Showcase your products and services at NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2024, the premier event to connect with potential customers and expand your reach. Reserve your spot by Friday, June 14, to be included in the first round of booth assignments. The Exhibitor Prospectus outlines the priority point formula used for exhibit space assignments. Applications and payments received by June 14 will be part of the priority assignment process. Past ConcreteWorks exhibitors will be assigned first based on their priority number followed by new exhibitors in the order applications are received. Applications submitted on or after June 14 will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis by exhibition management. For exhibit space costs and to reserve your spot, complete the Exhibit Booth Application and submit it to NRMCA with the required payment. NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2024 will be held October 10-14 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, CO. For more information, please contact Senior Director of Meetings Jessica Walgenbach at jwalgenbach@nrmca.org. Click here to access all relevant exhibitor information. 
NRMCA’s Member2Member (M2M) program provides better service and more value to all members, with a growing list of Associate members offering Producer members a vast array of savings through rebates and discounts on everything from truck purchases, software, maintenance and technical services to business solutions. Join NRMCA’s M2M partner and Associate member Slabstack on Wednesday, June 26, at 1 p.m. Eastern time for an exclusive webinar where you'll hear directly from Matthew Jetmore, executive vice present and general manager Central Region at Lauren Concrete, about the company's journey in optimizing operations and increasing profitability with technology. Visit all NRMCA dedicated services through the updated M2M webpage where you can explore the offerings. For more information, contact either Jacques Jenkins at jjenkins@nrmca.org or Heather Houck at hhouck@nrmca.org.
Buildings
The next Concrete Innovations Session, Decarbonization Strategies, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. This session will present three unique decarbonization strategies for concrete. The first will focus on reducing the reliance on conventional reinforcing by introducing fiber reinforcing materials at the microscale, allowing the integration of tensile properties in structural design to improve durability and efficiency. The second will feature a new generation of cement and concrete strength enhancers that improve the viability and performance of blended cements. The third will focus on biochar, a carbon negative material that sequesters more than twice its weight in carbon dioxide, helping reduce the embodied carbon footprint of concrete. Topics and speakers include:
Register here and visit www.concreteinnovations.com for session details. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995.
On June 7, the NRMCA Build With Strength team was joined by American Institute of Architects (AIA) Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer Lakisha Ann Woods at the NRMCA/PCA booth at the AIA24 Conference on Architecture held in Washington, DC. AIA24 is a premier annual conference that celebrates multidisciplinary solutions from across the built environment and the power of designing a better world. (Seen here are, from left to right, Derek Torres, Michael Wymant, Lakisha Ann Woods, Frank Mruk, Donn Thompson and Lionel Lemay.) At the conference NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk and MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Deputy Director Hessam Azari Jafari presented Leveraging the Properties of Concrete in Net-Zero Buildings to an audience of over 80 attendees. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting architects and the AEC industry in the specification of high-performance, energy-efficient concrete buildings. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org, Michael Wyman, mwymant@nrmca.org; Frank Mruk, fmruk@nrmca.org; Donn Thompson, dthompson@nrmca.org or Derek Torres, dtorres@nrmca.org. 
Earlier this month Build With Strength Director, Building Innovations, Justin McCain met with architects and structural engineers to promote concrete throughout Austin and San Antonio by educating the firms on building low- to mid-rise buildings with insulated concrete forms (ICF). McCain then showed how they can achieve their sustainability goals through consistent specifications and partnering with ready mixed producers early in the design process.
NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Brandon Wray, continued Build With Strength’s push to be the trusted expert for key concrete designers through a targeted lunch and learn for Saiful Bouquet Structural Engineers in its Los Angeles and San Diego offices. Saiful Bouquet is a top 10 structural engineer in California and has designed such iconic concrete projects as Metropolis Los Angeles and the Landmark Residential Tower. The presentation (seen here, with Wray standing next to the screen), Low Carbon Concrete: How to Reduce, Quantify, and Specify Carbon, focused on leveraging performance-based specifications to achieve efficient and practical embodied carbon reductions that are paired with strategic carbon goals. The event was attended by nearly 50 structural engineers and led to direct conversations involving upcoming projects and how NRMCA’s design assistance and specification review service can help the project teams put concrete’s best foot forward. For more information, please contact Brandon Wray at bwray@nrmca.org. SEO
Seats are limited for NRMCA’s 2024 Fall Safety Course scheduled for September 10 - 12 in Sacramento, CA. 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 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 and much more. Click here for location details and registration information. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach.
Last week, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) published its Annual Report to the President of the United States; the 2023 report highlights NIBS’ work to improve the safety, performance and resilience of the nation’s buildings and communities; enable innovation and response use of technology across the building industry; and provide continuing education opportunities to ensure a competent and vibrant workforce. NRMCA provided input on section titled Moving Forward Report: Findings and Recommendations from the Consultative Council which defines solutions to key challenges faced within the built environment and highlights resilience, sustainability and energy efficiency-based solutions, all of which benefit the concrete industry. NRMCA is an organizational member of NIBS. In addition to the Consultative Council, NRMCA participates in NIBS’ Multi-Hazard Mitigation Council in order to promote disaster resilience and whole-building strategies to strengthen individual buildings, businesses and communities. For more information on NRMCA’s Codes and Standards advocacy efforts related to resilience, sustainability and energy efficiency, contact Shamim Rashid-Sumar at ssumar@nrmca.org. 
Pavement
NRMCA Senior Director, Local Paving, Luke McHugh and Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Phil Kresge recently represented NRMCA at the I.CON East 2024 conference hosted by the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association in Jersey City, NJ. McHugh (seen here, wearing navy blazer) and Kresge manned the Pave Ahead tabletop exhibit which focused on concrete parking lots for warehouses and concrete overlays of existing asphalt pavement. According to NAIOP personnel, this year’s sold-out conference was their largest ever with over 1,200 in attendance. Besides manning the booth, McHugh and Kresge also spoke with representatives from several key national accounts, including industrial property developers, general contractors and property management firms. Additionally, they were able to talk with engineers from national companies Kimley-Horn and Bowman Consulting. Formerly known as the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association is the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate For more information, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org or Luke McHugh at lmchugh@nrmca.org. 
Engineering
The Spring 2024 newsletter of the National Concrete Consortium is now available online and includes the following items:
• What Can Be Done to Reduce the Embodied Carbon Emissions of Concrete? - The Spring 2024 NC² Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief from the NC² Resource Library reviews several practical and implementation-ready strategies for material selection and proportioning that transportation agencies, contractors and concrete suppliers can use to reduce the cradle-to-gate embodied carbon emissions of paving concrete in readily quantifiable ways. NRMCA is still accepting applications for the Excellence in Quality Award contest. A company must be an NRMCA Producer member in good standing to participate. Companies can enter as a company or a division. Applicants are asked to respond to a multiple-choice type application form that generates their scores. Companies or divisions that achieve a score of 75% or greater will be recognized at NRMCA's ConcreteWorks, scheduled from October 10 - 14 in Aurora, CO. The deadline for receiving completed award applications is June 30. There are several advantages to participating in this award program: Click here to access the link for the Excel file. Before starting the survey, please download the file to your computer and save it using a different file name (company/division name). Then e-mail the completed Excel file and required attachments to Karen Bean at kbean@nrmca.org. For more information, contact Vice President, Technical Services, Karthik Obla at kobla@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. September 9 - 13, Baltimore September 10 - 12, Sacramento, CA September 25, Metro Kansas City October 10 - 14, Denver October 15 - 18, Denver December 3 - 5, Orlando, FL December 10 - 13, Charleston, SC *Sold Out December 10 - 12, Denver 
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