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Buildings
NRMCA members have lowered their carbon footprint by 13% in five years according to a new report. Through a process called Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, NRMCA has been tracking environmental impacts of its members since 2014. NRMCA recently published the 2019 version of the LCA report which indicating NRMCA members have significantly lowered their environmental impacts. “This represents a significant step toward meeting our carbon reduction goal,” said Lionel Lemay, In 2011, Architecture 2030 announced the Challenge for Products, with a goal for the materials industry “The analysis is based on a survey of 155 NRMCA members representing 1,954 ready mixed concrete Click here to learn more or contact Lionel Lemay at LLemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995.
SEO
NRMCA’s second Plant Manager Certification class was held in February in Miami. Two attendees ranked first, missing a total of just two questions on both exams. In alphabetical order, they were Mathew McCown from Martin Marietta, metro San Antonio, and John Molnar, Silvi Concrete, Fairless Hills, PA. The three remaining 2020 Plant Manager Certification classes have seats open: Boston, March 24 - 27; New Orleans, April 28 -May 1, and Phoenix, December 15 - 18. Click here for more information, registration options and staff contact. 
Calendar
*Please note that e-mail and direct links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's Web site. March 17 – 19, Dallas March 24 – 27, Boston March 25, Winchester, KY March 25, Washington, DC 
April 15 – 17, Indianapolis April 17, Sweetwater, TN April 28 – May 1, New Orleans April 29, Charlotte, NC 
Business Advancement
Our industry, as well as others all across the U.S., is competing to hire and retain good employees. It’s been very tough and the future looks even tougher. As a result, the Workforce Development Committee invites member producers to help develop employment-related solutions for our future. As directed by the Board of Directors, the committee’s goals are to address industry-wide recruitment and retention, leadership development and industry-based training, as well as engage in labor and employment-related regulatory and legislative issues. How does the industry pull together, divide the work into task groups and provide sound insight producers can incorporate into their own employee-centric business models? YOUR company has a stake in the answer. Give YOUR voice by sending your key human resources person(s) to Chicago on May 11 - 12 (please note the committee is an active, working group that meets three times a year). Is your company ready to step up to the plate? To RSVP your key executive as an attendee, please e-mail Eileen Dickson at edickson@nrmca.org, NRMCA staff liaison to the Workforce Development Committee. “It takes the village…” May 13 – 15, Glendora, CA May 20, Nashville, TN September 25 – 29, Denver October 20 – 22, Mendota Heights, MN November 17 – 19, Glendora, CA December 15 – 18, Phoenix *For sold out courses if you wish to be added to the course waitlist, please send your request to meetings@nrmca.org. 
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