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Association & Industry News
Registration for the NRMCA 2026 Annual Convention to be held in March in conjunction with the CONEXPO-CON/AGG Show is now open. Register by December 5 to save $200 off the regular registration fee. The convention will be held February 28 - March 2 at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Important Dates:
The hotel reservation link will be made available after you complete your convention registration. NRMCA has secured a block of rooms at a discounted rate of $328 - $428/night plus a $45/night resort fee (plus applicable taxes). The hotel reservations cutoff date is Monday, January 26, 2026, or when the block sells out, whichever occurs first. NRMCA’s discounted rate is available from Thursday, February 26 - Thursday, March 5. For more information, please contact Vice President, Meetings and Events, Jessica Walgenbach at jwalgenbach@nrmca.org. Click here to access registration and hotel reservation information. 
 The Concrete Council held its annual Professional Engineers Seminar for a record crowd of over 90 engineers on October 8. Seen here is Barclay Gebel of Concrete Strategies giving a very detailed presentation on TiltUp Concrete construction titled That’s TiltUp?! Other topics in the full-day program included Concrete Pumping, Cellular Concrete, Post-Tensioning Concrete Floors and Slabs and two outstanding local project presentations, the I-270 Mississippi River Bridge, a massive project by the Illinois Department of Transportation, and The Chapel of the Risen Christ, a groundbreaking example of aesthetic exposed concrete architectural design come to life despite many unique challenges. For more information, contact Oliver Dulle at oad@dulleco.com.
Buildings
 On October 7, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk spoke at the second session of the Rhode Island Embodied Carbon Conversations held at WSP (formerly Odeh Engineers) headquarters in Providence. The event was hosted by Michael Scancarello, P.E. and the audience included a group of industry leading architecture, engineering and construction firms, including ERG, Cullion Concrete, Shawmut Design and Consigli. Additional events in the series will be scheduled. NRMCA continues to engage with leading design professionals to promote high-performance concrete construction solutions. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. 
Last week, NRMCA participated in the 58th New England Municipal Building Officials Conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. NRMCA delivered two presentations to an audience of building and fire code officials; Senior Vice President, Code and Standards, Shamim Rashid-Sumar (seen here, addressing attendees) presented The Balanced Approach to Fire Safety – How Concrete Building Systems Can Help Reduce Risk as well as Investigating ICF Walls Meeting the Requirements of NFPA 285. NRMCA provides education for the building and fire code officials community as part of its advocacy strategy. Click here for more information on Build With Strength education programs related to codes and standards, including fire safety and to schedule education sessions in your state. You may also contact Shamim Rashid-Sumar at ssumar@nrmca.org.
Learning & Development
 NRMCA’s first-ever Sales Symposium premieres on December 9 - 10 in Salt Lake City. The symposium provides sales training for up to 100 concrete colleagues through both small classroom and general session learning. The Sales Symposium is sponsored by Slabstack. On Day One, each participant will rotate through classes on each stage of the sales cycle: a) Prospecting and Planning, b) Persuasion: DiSC for Sales, c) Pricing and d) People in Ready-Mix Sales. On Day Two, participants will attend a general session with keynotes George Hedley from Hardhat Biz Coach for his Selling Beyond Price presentation and a panel on the tension between sales, dispatch and operations, followed by a closing keynote by Rob Jeppsen from Jeppsen Performance Group on Elite Sales Growth Mindset. Registration is open here. All registrations will be automatically entered into an opportunity to earn one complimentary seat at the symposium. 
Pavement
NRMCA Senior Director, Local Paving, Amanda Hult recently partnered with Florida Masonry’s Dan Kroeker to provide masonry and concrete education to students at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Stock Development Department of Construction Management. The class of almost 50 students (many seen here) was taught how to construct columns and wall segments using concrete blocks. After the hands-on portion, students were presented information on Fundamentals of Concrete and Concrete Building Construction. Students were then shown miniature insulated concrete forms (ICF) in order to practice constructing with ICFs. “This is the information we discuss in our materials class, and it is great to see that information connected to real applications and careers,” said university Professor Joel Wao. “We are always looking for industry support to allow these students to learn in a hands-on manner. It brings more value to their future workplace.” NRMCA would like to get involved in your local schools and universities. If you have a personal contact within a college or university’s building construction or civil engineering program, please contact Amanda Hult. 
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 November 20 - 21, Dallas December 9 - 10, Salt Lake City 2026 February 3 - 5, San Antonio, TX 
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