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As a growing and evolving association, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is constantly looking for new opportunities to enhance its operational effectiveness to keep pace with the needs of its members and to drive greater member value. After careful review on how best to achieve this goal, NRMCA will be changing the direction of the chief operating officer role to focus on accelerating our growth by increasing non-dues revenue streams and pursuing new opportunities to improve productivity internally. Despite our best efforts to have Nicole Maher remain at NRMCA in a different leadership capacity, she has decided to explore opportunities outside of NRMCA.

 

Monarch Cement Company - NRMCA Associate member Monarch Cement Company and Evergy Energy Solutions have announced a partnership on a solar project that company officials expect to serve as a model for the cement industry’s use of renewable energy. With the capacity to generate 20 megawatts of clean electricity, the project is designed to offset a significant portion of Monarch’s energy consumption, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The project will be located on Monarch’s property in Humboldt, KS. Construction is expected to begin this spring.

 

More than 30 construction professionals attended an Ohio Concrete and NRMCA co-sponsored presentation held last week at the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Columbus Chapter Munch and Earn. Titled Pathways for Lowering Carbon Impact of Concrete, the program addressed various critical issues that designers should consider when evaluating how best to optimize the environmental impacts of ready mixed concrete materials used in their projects.

NRMCA staff recently partnered with the Utah Ready Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) and the American Concrete Institute-Intermountain Chapter (ACIIM) on the 2024 Concrete Conference – Paving, Code, + Construction held in Layton, UT. The conference attracted nearly 400 attendees, including representatives from Utah DOT, cities and counties, engineering consultants, academia and the concrete industry. NRMCA Executive Vice President, Structures and Sustainability, Lionel Lemay; Senior Director, Building Innovations, Patrick Matsche and Vice President, Local Paving, Don Clem made the following presentations: