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Association & Industry News
Early bird registration for NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2024, scheduled for October 10-14 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, CO (just east of Denver) is available until next Wednesday, August 7. Register before August 7 and you’ll be entered into a contest to win a FREE suite upgrade* at the resort. While NRMCA has contracted a block of rooms at a discounted rate of $239/night plus taxes plus a $23/night resort fee, rooms are only available until the cut-off date (September 6) or until the block sells out, whichever occurs first. The room block is almost sold out - in the event the Gaylord sells out, a list of nearby hotels can be found here. You may also contact NRMCA at meetings@nrmca.org to request to be added to the room block waitlist. *Suite upgrade is for a one-bedroom executive suite available from October 9 through October 15 on a room reserved in the NRMCA block at the group rate. Registrations must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, August 7, to be eligible. For more information, please contact Senior Director of Meetings Jessica Walgenbach at jwalgenbach@nrmca.org. Click here to access ConcreteWorks registration, the exhibitor prospectus and more. 
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NRMCA's Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year Award, now in its 29th year and sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB), acknowledges the significant contribution of ready mixed concrete truck drivers to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry. As a salute to these key members of the concrete production and delivery team, the award recognizes the driver’s career achievement, safety, professionalism, competence and customer service skills in a manner that will enhance the industry and public image of the career of Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional. The 2025 Ready Mixed Concrete Driver of the Year Award winner will be honored at an awards presentation ceremony at NRMCA’s Annual Convention in Tucson, AZ, in March 2025. Nominations must be e-mailed to DOY@nrmca.org by November 30. Click here for more information and to review the entry form. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach. 
On behalf of the entire NRMCA team, we welcome and recognize our new and rejoining Producer and Associate members for the month of July. We look forward to serving you throughout the year. Producer Members: Associate Members: For more information on how to get more from your NRMCA membership, contact Senior Director, Membership Engagement, Amanda Muller at 703-706-4838 or amuller@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA’s Lionel Lemay and Brandon Wray presented Sustainable Concrete: How to Reduce, Quantify and Specify Carbon to over 400 structural engineers via webinar on July 24. The session examined how early collaborative decision‐making and the use of performance‐based specifications can empower project teams to include embodied carbon targets alongside cost, performance and schedule to create a holistic bidding and procurement process that supports sustainability goals. The presentation focused on establishing a carbon budget for projects using NRMCA’s Concrete Carbon Calculator. The webinar, delivered on Structure magazine’s continuing education platform, was sponsored by NRMCA’s Build With Strength initiative. Click here for an on-demand recording of the webinar. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay, llemay@nrmca.org or Brandon Wray, bwray@nrmca.org. Buildings
Earlier this month, Build With Strength Director, Building Innovations, Justin McCain met a group of Austin, TX, engineers to promote concrete for city projects. He demonstrated how they can achieve their sustainability goals through consistent specifications and partnering with ready mixed concrete producers early in the design process. Austin plans to require Environmental Product Declarations for projects in 2025 and McCain provided feedback with NRMCA benchmarks and reasonable reduction goal estimations for officials' considerations. He said he aimed to send a clear message: materials cannot be considered sustainable if they are not also resilient. Concrete is the material of choice because of its long-term durability and unique capability to accomplish the sustainability goals of projects. He also introduced the available services offered by the BWS team to the design-build community, including specification reviews, life cycle assessments and concrete design assistance. The meetings provided valuable insight for the engineers along with guidance on how adopting performance-based specifications will maximize the ready mixed concrete industry’s ability to deliver achievable results. For more information, contact Justin McCain at jmccain@nrmca.org.
Pavement
NRMCA’s Pave Ahead program is pleased to announce the release of its third flyer in the Enhancing Concrete’s Performance series. The new flyer, Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, introduces the basics of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) and provides guidelines for the mixing and placing of FRC. “The Enhancing series is intended to educate project owners and specifiers to better understand the nuances of ready mixed concrete,” said Senior Vice President, Local Paving, Phil Kresge. Previous publications in the Enhancing Concrete’s Performance series include Texturing of Concrete Parking Lot Pavements and Jointing. The series is available for download under the Concrete Parking tab. For more information, or if there is a topic you would like to see covered in future publications, contact Phil Kresge at pkresge@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that links for more information and registration for each entry can be accessed here. August 27, Los Angeles September 9 - 13, Baltimore *Limited Seating September 10 - 12, Sacramento, CA September 25, Metro Kansas City October 10 - 14, Denver October 15 - 18, Denver November 20 - 22, Oklahoma City December 3 - 5, Orlando, FL December 10 - 13, Charleston, SC *Sold Out December 10 - 12, Denver 2025 January 28 - 31, Albuquerque, NM February 11 - 13, Antioch, TN March 4 - 7, Tucson, AZ March 18 - 20, Denver March 18 - 21, Oklahoma City April 8 - 11, Orlando, FL October 10 - 14, Orlando, FL 
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