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Buildings
The next Concrete Innovation session, #27, Innovative Cementitious Materials, is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. This session will focus on innovative cementitious materials with discussions on performance standards and testing being developed to evaluate and permit their use in concrete. Ongoing research, demonstration projects and federal funding for new cementitious materials will be presented. There will also be a presentation on advancements in limestone calcined clay cements. The session will end with a presentation on NRMCA’s EPD Grant program to encourage more concrete producers to publish environmental product declarations. Presentations include:
Register now and visit www.concreteinnovations.com for more session details. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. 
For the first time the Concrete Council of St. Louis, in partnership with the Illinois Ready Mix Concrete Association, exceeded 4,000 contact hours in 2024, promoting concrete through multiple in-person events, seminars, inhouse training and other personal contact promotion activities, reports NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Donn Thompson. (Seen here is full attendance at the annual Concrete Pavement Seminar held earlier this year in Fenton, MO.) Along with regular in-house presentations, the groups offered several annual seminars, including the Concrete Pavement Seminar, Professional Engineers Seminar, the new Concrete Inspection Seminar, programs for various owner and designer groups, and other educational opportunities. Event evaluations continue to provide very favorable feedback to speakers and topics, Thompson said. Along with staff engineer Jesse Jonas PE, the affiliates have called upon national experts, agency management, NRMCA, CP Tech Center, concrete technology experts and others from around the world to bring outstanding content, credibility and value to these cooperative promotional efforts. “We are especially grateful to NRMCA for our years of partnership on these events, presentations and for all that they bring to our concrete promotion efforts,” said Oliver Dulle, executive director of the Concrete Council of St. Louis. For more information, contact Oliver “Skip” Dulle at oad@concretecouncil.com; Jim Randolph, executive director, Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association, at jrandolph@irmca.org; Donn Thompson at dthompson@nrmca.org or Luke McHugh at lmchugh@nrmca.org. 
Association & Industry News
As 2024 comes to a close, the Concrete Advancement Foundation wishes to thank our many individual, corporate and organization donors for their generous contributions this year. Donor support is essential toward achieving the industry’s goals and the Foundation’s mission of decarbonization, advancing resilient and affordable communities and building world-class sustainable infrastructure. The Foundation invites you to learn more about its programs and progress on our website; you can also find out more about two of our signature programs, the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub and Skate4Concrete. We welcome recommendations for future program investments to address industry challenges and opportunities. Please send program ideas to Julia Garbini at jgarbini@concreteadvancement.org for consideration through the Foundation’s approvals process. As you consider any end of the year giving, we also remind you that the Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and, as such, donations are fully tax deductible. Pledges can be paid over time, but are recognized in full at the time they are made. Secure online one-time donations can be made here and pledge forms are also available for download at the same link. Thank you again to all our generous donors; without you our work would not be possible.
Spread cheer this holiday season while putting your company brand in the spotlight. Sponsoring NRMCA’s events, contest, surveys and more should be your company’s first choice for the most efficient ROI. Sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 Annual Convention, ConcreteWorks 2025 and the National Mixer Driver Championship are selling fast, so click here to choose your sponsorship option before it’s gone. Sponsorship opportunities are limited and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read the sponsorship brochure to be a part of a precisely targeted media program that reaches the people you need to reach – your customers. It all adds up to a great investment with a great return. For more information, contact Jacques Jenkins at jjenkins@nrmca.org or 703-706-4865. 
NRMCA’s Concrete Cares Award celebrates our Producer members’ dedication to supporting their local communities. With ready mixed concrete plants in almost every community in America, NRMCA member companies make a difference in their neighbors’ lives. The Concrete Cares Award aims to share that message and recognize local community service efforts by shining a national spotlight on the positive impact ready mixed concrete companies have on hometowns nationwide. This is your opportunity to show off the softer side of concrete! The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2025. For submissions or questions, please contact NRMCA's Membership Department at membership@nrmca.org. 
Learning & Development
NRMCA’s Dispatcher Course, hosted in Dallas last month, marked the introduction of a new curriculum designed in response to member insight with a focus on practicality. Members who offered valuable advice and suggestions through the 2024 Learning & Development Survey and focus groups have contributed greatly to the overhaul of the course and other NRMCA educational programs. NRMCA is grateful to Ron M. Robertson, director of consumer success at Associate member Command Alkon, Inc., who designed, developed and then delivered this course which has changed in several key ways:
Calendar
2025 February 3 - 7, Dallas March 4 - 7, Tucson, AZ October 10 - 14, Orlando, FL 
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