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Buildings
NRMCA, Build With Strength Attend Key Microsoft Meeting to Discuss Reducing Concrete’s Carbon Impact
NRMCA’s Patrick Matsche, Brandon Wray and Donn Thompson recently presented at Microsoft’s quarterly meeting of its national and global sustainability design build teams. Matsche and Wray discussed Reducing Concrete’s Carbon Impact with two sessions held over multiple days via webinars. The presentations focused on the role of NRMCA as the voice of the ready mixed concrete industry, education and promotion offerings, and the codes and standards platforms of Build With Strength and PaveAhead. The impact of Reducing Concrete’s Carbon Impact for the international design build community reinforced Microsoft’s commitment to reducing the embodied carbon of concrete used as the building material of choice throughout the United States and abroad. Possible U.S. project locations include Texas, Wisconsin, Virginia and other Eastern seaboard states, to name a few, Matsche said. NRMCA’s invitation to address the sustainability groups’ quarterly meeting follows a yearslong effort of Build With Strength and PaveAhead to support the design build community’s drive to a low carbon future. “The impact of the disruptors and investor class within the ESG and sustainability movement to adopt SE2050 goals affords the NRMCA a unique opportunity to position concrete as the low carbon building material of choice,” Wray said. For more information, contact Patrick Matsche at pmatsche@nrmca.org or 415-672-5275 or Brandon Wray bwray@nrmca.org or 408-806-0453.
NRMCA is pleased to announce Tiffany Reed-Villarreal, P.E. has joined the Association as director, sustainability codes and standards. Based in Texas, Ms. Reed-Villarreal will support NRMCA members and state affiliates in sustainability codes and standards advocacy for the ready mixed concrete industry.
NRMCA is now accepting applications for the Excellence in Quality Award contest. A company must be a Producer member in good standing to participate. Companies can enter as a company or a division. Applicants are asked to respond to a multiple-choice type application form that generates their scores. Companies or divisions that achieve a score of 75% or greater will be recognized at NRMCA's ConcreteWorks, scheduled from September 29 - October 3 in Nashville, TN. There are several advantages to participating in this award program: Click here to access the link for the Excel file. Before starting the survey, please download the file to your computer and save it using a different file name (company/division name). Then e-mail the completed Excel file and required attachments to Karen Bean at kbean@nrmca.org. For more information, contact Vice President, Technical Services, Karthik Obla at kobla@nrmca.org. The deadline is Friday, June 30.
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The NRMCA’s Annual Safety Award acknowledges the significant contribution that safe work practices give0 to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry as a whole. These awards are presented to an individual or company whose actions represent the very highest in the advancement of safety in the ready mixed concrete industry. The award program is generously sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB).
NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk, FAIA; Connecticut Concrete Promotion Council Executive Director Dominic Di Cenzo and Nudura Senior Technical Sales Rep Kenneth Lynch (seen here at right along with Frank Mruk) presented on ICFs at a Southeastern Connecticut Building Officials Association meeting at the Groton Town Hall on May 11. Over 25 building officials attended the event, Mruk reports. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting building officials at the cutting edge of practice. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. 
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Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. May 23 - 25, Manchester, NH June 6 - 8, Orlando, FL June 20 - 22, Manchester, NH September 29 - October 3, Nashville, TN October 11 - 13, Centennial, CO November 7 - 9, Charlotte, NC November 14 - 16, Dallas November 28 - 30, Orlando, FL December 12 - 15, Orlando, FL 
Does your facility need to report to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program? Have you run the calculations to determine if your facility does? Do you know what the requirements are and/or how to report if necessary? Now’s the time to obtain answers to all of these questions. EPA's TRI Program website contains more information, including listed chemicals, potential for reporting and when/how to report. NRMCA staff contacts are Gary Mullings and Kevin Walgenbach. 
Registration is now open for NRMCA's revised mixer driver certification program. The material focuses on the aspects of the job beyond driving a commercial vehicle. CDP emphasizes the professional, technical aspects of the job. The participant’s reward is a nationally recognized certification. This newly updated curriculum meets all new industry codes and standards. The value of even the best internal training program can be enhanced by the validation of NRMCA’s Concrete Delivery Professional certification. This program provides a competitive advantage by assuring customers that your mixer drivers are introduced to industry operation standards so your customers can expect the highest level of professionalism. Click here to learn more and register for the program. Questions? Contact Shawnita Dickens. Engineering
On May 10, NRMCA’s Karthik Obla presented a webinar titled Selecting Exposure Classes and Requirements for Durability offered through Structure magazine, published by the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations. More than 1,300 specifying engineers had registered for the event. The ACI 318, Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, defines exposure classes and applicable requirements for concrete mixtures used to construct buildings. ACI 301, Specification for Concrete Construction, incorporates these requirements in the ACI reference specification. Assigning durability exposure classes is part of the design process and is the responsibility of a licensed design professional. NRMCA has developed some simple resources that will help designers select the appropriate durability exposure class and corresponding concrete requirements. The presentation discussed the durability requirements of the code and involved a demonstration of the NRMCA resources. The webinar was sponsored by NRMCA’s Build With Strength initiative. View the webinar here to earn one Professional Development Hour. For more information, contact Karthik Obla at kobla@nrmca.org or Lionel Lemay, llemay@nrmca.org. 
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