NRMCA e-news

NRMCA and the ready mixed concrete industry notes with deep sadness the death of New Jersey Concrete & Aggregates Association (NJCAA) Executive Director William Layton. Mr. Layton died June 29 after a struggle with cancer. He was 55.

 

More than 150 onlookers were on hand as ground was broken for a new Habitat for Humanity neighborhood featuring 17 affordable concrete homes (one of which is seen here) being built west of Chicago in Aurora, IL, reports NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Donn Thompson. The project is being realized through a partnership of local natural gas utility Nicor and Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity. With the support of NRMCA’s commitment to affordable housing nationwide, Fox Valley was able to build its first ICF home last year, leading to the commitment to use the more volunteer-friendly insulating concrete form (ICF) wall technology in the advanced net zero project. 

 

 

City leaders are the first line of defense in the fight against climate change. In February, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk FAIA, represented the American Institute of Architects (AIA) during lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill, meeting with Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Representatives Seth Magaziner and David Cicilline to promote the Resilient AMERICA Act which increases federal investment in pre-disaster mitigation through FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. With the IRA incentives planned to be rolled out later this year, resiliency and concrete will play an increasingly strategic role in the economic development of cities, said Mruk.