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Association & Industry News
NRMCA is seeking information from its Producer and Associate members regarding upcoming milestone anniversaries of a company's founding. The Association plans to recognize companies that are about to celebrate 25, 50, 75. 100 and 125 in business. These announcements will be made during NRMCA's Annual Convention, beginning with the 2025 convention to be held in March in Tucson, AZ. There are also plans to promote these anniversaries on NRMCA's website; share acknowledgements via social media outlets; host a toast at the convention; present plaques to companies during the conventon; show a brief video tribute for companies celebrating 100+ years or more in business; display a banner listing each company and highlight anniversaries in NRMCA's quarterly magazine, Concrete InFocus. Companies that are celebrating a milestone anniversary listed above are asked to send such information to Senior Director, Member Services, Amanda Muller by Monday, October 21. Questions should be directed to Gregg Lewis. 
ConcreteWorks
NRMCA’s Concrete Promotion Committee has organized four education sessions for 2024 Concrete Works to address critical promotion issues. Sessions include:
October 12, 2 - 3 p.m. - Green Public Procurement: Current Policies and Progress: This session will provide an update on federal, state and local buy clean policies, NRMCA’s EPA grant, as well as GSA and FHWA benchmarking and grant activities. Speakers include Lionel Lemay and Brian Killingsworth of NRMCA and Chris Senseney, University of Colorado.
Engineering
NRMCA has announced the winners of its 2024 NRMCA Excellence in Quality Awards. Winning Producer members have followed and exceeded quality management principles over a broad range of activities from commitment to quality, materials management, managing production facilities and product quality control while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. The winners below will be honored on October 11 during the awards ceremony at NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks in Denver.
The Summer 2024 newsletter of the National Concrete Consortium has the following items:
• Sustainable Pavements: CRCP Across Texas: The Summer 2024 NC² Moving Advancements into Practice (MAP) Brief from the NC² Resource Library delves into the successful deployment of CRCP throughout Texas, highlighting the design principles and construction practices used to build these pavements and the substantial benefits they offer in terms of durability and sustainability. CRCPs are renowned for their exceptional performance in handling heavy traffic loads and resisting severe weather conditions.
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 topic (seen here) is titled Material Handling at Concrete Plants. Click here to view this month’s and all previous issues. For more information, contact Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org. 
On behalf of the entire NRMCA team, we welcome and recognize our new and rejoining Producer and Associate members for the month of August. 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. 
Buildings
Last week, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, and American Institute of Architects Past President Frank Mruk delivered a Lunch and Learn titled Concrete Resiliency and Decarbonization Strategies to 25 architects in Providence at a Lunch and Learn workshop hosted by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA RI). Member firms that participated included Jeff Caplin Architect, Vision 3 Architects, Northeast Collaborative, Shepley Bulfinch, James Barnes Architect, JBD, Hart Design Group, RIH Lifespan, JHL Architects, Perkins Eastman, MAI LLC and Wetherbee Architecture. AIA RI is an organization of architectural design professionals dedicated to enhancing the quality of our built environment and thereby the quality of life. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting architects and architects in the specification of high-performance, energy-efficient concrete buildings. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org.
NRMCA has named Ms. Lorri Soule of Miles Sand & Gravel Company and Auburn Concrete as the recipients of its 8th Annual Safety Awards. Ms. Soule is the corporate safety manager for Miles Sand & Gravel Company in Washington State; Auburn Concrete is headquartered in Auburn, Maine. They were named 2024 award recipients for tireless work and commitment of safety leadership in the ready mixed concrete industry.
NRMCA has announced the winners of the 2024 NRMCA Environmental Excellence Awards. Now in its 29th year, the program offers NRMCA Producer members national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices in their operations. The program salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance requirements and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment.
Learning & Development
The Improving Concrete Quality course is an excellent option for concrete producers, ingredient material suppliers, testing labs and design professionals looking to understand the impacts of investments in concrete quality on their businesses. NRMCA Senior Vice President, Technical Services, Karthik Obla and instructor of the course points out that quantifiable concrete quality indicators are often not tracked in the industry, meaning that the returns on quality investments are not well understood. However, he provides a tangible example of how producing higher quality concrete can significantly save costs, explaining “if you reduce the variability of concrete, if you’re producing a more consistent product, then you don’t have to increase your overdesign. You can save on concrete material cost - you can save a lot of money.” Professionals enrolled in this course can expect to gain a greater understanding of many other ways in which improving concrete quality can increase profitability and the performance of their products.
Calendar
Please note that links for more information and registration for each entry can be accessed here. September 9 - 13, Baltimore *Sold Out September 10 - 12, Sacramento, CA *Sold Out September 18, 11 a.m. 1 p.m. Eastern Time, Free Online Webinar September 25, Metro Kansas City October 10 - 14, Denver October 15 - 17, Denver October 21, McMinnville, OR November 20 - 22, Oklahoma City December 3 - 5, Orlando, FL December 10 - 12, Denver 2025 January 28 - 31, Albuquerque, NM February 11 - 13, Antioch, TN *Limited Seating 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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