Earlier this month, NRMCA Vice President of Sustainability Tien Peng joined more than 500 leaders in government, business and academia from the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada at the 25th Annual Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Summit in Big Sky, MT. Governor Steve Bullock, Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman, Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and Matt Rose, executive chairman of the BNSF Railway Company were among the over 150 speakers who addressed the legislative and business delegates at the Summit. Key to the concrete industry’s competitiveness in the region were innovations in use of wood products, advancing NetZero energy-efficient building in the region, and sharing best practices for environmental stewardship in light of the impact climate change is having on the region in the form of drought and forest fires.