NRMCA e-news

On behalf of the entire NRMCA team, we’d like welcome and recognize our new and rejoining Producer members for the month of January. We’d also like to offer a warm welcome to our new and rejoining Associate members across our three membership divisions. We appreciate your continued support to our members and the ready mix industry and look forward to serving you through all of 2024. 

 

 

The leading economist for the cement, concrete and construction industries anticipates the U.S. economy will gradually weaken during the first half of 2024 but will likely slowly recover in the second half. Ed Sullivan, Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) chief economist and senior vice president of market intelligence, made that prediction and others for the industries earlier this month at the World of Concrete  trade show in Las Vegas.

 

NRMCA has named Richard (Ricky) Fulda of Producer member Dickinson Ready Mix the 2024 Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year. A national panel of industry judges selected Mr. Fulda as the top driver from a near record number of outstanding applicants from across the U.S. Mr. Fulda, whose home plant is located in Dickinson, ND, was honored for his career achievements, outstanding safety record, professionalism, driving competency and customer service skills. His extraordinary safety record includes a 36-year career with no on-the-job accidents and no at-fault rejected loads. Ricky also drives a front-end loader, snowplow, excavator, backhoe, dump truck, roll-off truck and is a certified NRMCA Concrete Delivery Professional.

 

 

 

 

Last week in Washington NRMCA’s CONCRETEPAC held a fundraiser for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. The event raised more than $150,000 and showcased the concrete, cement and related industries support for the Speaker and his team and provided industry attendees an opportunity to visit with the Speaker and discuss the issues facing the industry.