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Association & Industry News
NRMCA recently joined the American Cement Association and the American Concrete Pavement Association in writing an opinion piece titled Concrete makes modern life possible that was recently posted on the website of the Washington (DC) Times. The article was written in response to remarks made by President Trump in August criticizing the conditions of the roads in the nation's capital. The article states the solution is concrete roads. "Mr. Trump says the best deals are the investments that pay off in the long run. That was why he chose concrete to build Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower. At 92 stories, it’s the tallest concrete building in the U.S. and is built almost entirely of reinforced cast-in-place concrete," the article states. "Whether it’s an iconic skyscraper, new data centers to help the president in his efforts to win the global artificial intelligence race or the roads within a 3-mile radius of the White House, concrete remains the best solution." Buildings
 On September 10, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk helped facilitate the CSI Boston Chapter's Future of Specification meeting held at the Mass Club in Boston. The in-person and virtual discussion regarding the future of specification writing was moderated by CSI Boston President Gary Brock, senior associate/sustainability leader at HMFH Architects, Inc. Panelists included Dave Lemont, executive chairman at Acelab; David Stutzman, independent specifier at Conspectus and Gary Christensen, client education manager at RIB Speclink. The event drew 35 live attendees and many others who participated via Zoom. Part 2 of this series will be held at the October CSI Boston meeting; Mruk will be on the panel. Mruk is a director with the CSI Boston Chapter and is currently serving as 2025-2027 president of the CSI Northeast Region. NRMCA continues to engage with leading design professionals and specifiers to promote high-performance concrete construction solutions. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA’s Member2Member (M2M) program provides better service and more value to all members. A growing list of Associate members are offering Producer members a vast array of savings through rebates and discounts on everything from truck purchases, software, maintenance and technical services to business solutions for your company.
SEO
 Elevate your OSHA safety compliance knowledge at NRMCA’s Think First Safety Course in Dallas from November 17 - 19. Taught by Bobby Doyle, Steve Lindley and Gary Mullings, this interactive course concludes with a mock OSHA inspection at a local plant. Enroll now and take a step toward a safer work environment. Click here for more information and a link to register.
NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Brandon Wray recently put resilient and sustainable concrete resources and solutions on display at the Structural Engineers Association of California’s (SEAOC) annual conference held in San Diego. Primary topics of discussion with the nearly 500 attendees included recent resilience efforts through the Building With Resilience initiative, performance-based specifications, and low carbon concrete materials and strategies. Wray was joined by Jim Little of NRMCA Producer member National Ready Mixed Concrete Company who highlighted recent advancements in blended cements, specifically NRMCC’s limestone calcined clay cement (LC3). (Wray is seen here at left with Little.) Build With Strength left the conference with numerous requests for direct support, education and consulting for firms throughout the Pacific Southwest as they continue their push toward implementing low carbon concrete and performance-focused specifications. For more information regarding promotion in California, contact Brandon Wray at bwray@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA’s Concrete Durability Course, to be held in Dallas from November 18 - 20, covers the fundamental mechanisms and issues which impact the durability of concrete. Deepen your knowledge of concrete durability in this course taught by instructors at the forefront of research in the field, including Colin Lobo, Kevin Folliard and Anton Schindler. Click here for more information and access to the registration link. 
Engineering
NRMCA has announced the winners of its 2025 NRMCA Excellence in Quality Awards. Winning Producer members have demonstrated that they adopt and comply with quality management principles over a broad range of activities, from establishing and documenting the achievement of quantifiable quality goals, materials management, managing production facilities and product quality control to maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
Calendar
*Please click here to access the relevant links for each of the entries listed below. This link also includes a link for the NRMCA Course Calendar. November 4 - 7, Atlanta *Sold Out November 17, Dallas November 17 - 18, Dallas November 17 - 18, Dallas November 17 - 18, Dallas November 17 - 19, Dallas November 17 - 19, Dallas November 18 - 20, Dallas November 20 - 21, Dallas November 20 - 21, Dallas November 20 - 21, Dallas December 9 - 10, Salt Lake City 
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