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Association & Industry News
NRMCA is seeking nominations for its annual Promoter of the Year - Buildings, Promoter of the Year - Pavements, State Affiliate Promoter of the Year and John Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award for Promotion.
The NRMCA Promoter of the Year Awards for Buildings and Pavements recognize the contributions and promotional efforts of individuals from the ready mixed concrete industry. Nominees must be employees of an NRMCA Producer member and must have worked in the industry for at least five years. The State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award recognizes outstanding concrete promotion contributions by an employee of one of NRMCA’s state affiliate partner organizations. Nominees must be current employees of a state affiliate who have worked in the industry for at least five years.
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE), recently elected NRMCA Senior Vice President, Codes and Standards, Shamim Rashid-Sumar, PE, FSFPE, as secretary-treasurer of the Board of Directors with her term beginning January 1, 2024. Ms. Rashid-Sumar had previously served on the SFPE Board of Directors as a General Board Director. The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) was established in 1950 and is the world’s leading professional society representing those practicing in the field of fire protection and fire safety engineering. The society has over 4,700 members and 100+ chapters, including more than 20 student chapters worldwide. The Society recently published a position statement titled Engineering a Sustainable and Fire Resilience Built Environment, identifying sustainability and fire resilience as important objectives for the built environment and highlighting the Society’s position that every built environment project should balance these objectives. “I look forward to serving SFPE in the capacity of secretary-treasurer and as an ambassador of NRMCA. The work of the society is critical to our industry and it is important that we continue to participate as a stakeholder in raising the bar for sustainability and fire resilience in the built environment,” said Rashid-Sumar. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. The Concrete Advancement Foundation’s 2023 End-of-Year newsletter was published on December 1. It was an exciting year for the Foundation, most significantly in our name change, revised goals and vision, and our completely revamped website. We look forward to continuing to support the broad concrete industry in the year ahead. 
Buildings
In mid-November the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) collaborated with NRMCA's Build With Strength coalition to construct two affordable double unit homes for AmeriCorps members. The project marked the first instance of New Orleans Habitat employing a building system incorporating ECOPact low-carbon concrete from NRMCA Producer member Holcim US. Holcim's innovative product is expected to reduce upfront costs and expedite onsite construction while maximizing the structures’ durability and energy efficiency. Holcim estimates that its ECOPact products will lower the carbon footprint of the New Orleans project by an impressive 34%.
On December 1, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk participated in the Boston Society of Architects Carbon Leadership Forum’s Low Carbon Concrete workshop at the Boston Society of Architects' headquarters building in Boston. This event was the last of four workshops held to brainstorm breaking down the critical gaps which remain between raising low carbon concrete performance goals and the organizational/industry capability to achieve them in Massachusetts. Over 30 architects, engineers, contractors and concrete industry participants attended the event. Barbara Batshalom and Michelle Lambert (pictured here) facilitated the meeting. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting professions at the cutting edge of industry best practices. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. 
NRMCA, through its Build With Strength and Pave Ahead initiatives, is seeking nominations for the 2024 Concrete Innovations Awards. The award program recognizes outstanding achievement in concrete design and construction. Innovative projects are awarded for outstanding performance while lowering environmental impacts, including embodied and operational carbon footprint. Buildings and infrastructure projects substantially designed and built using concrete in the United States in the last five years are eligible. Projects must demonstrate improved performance and sustainability. An NRMCA member company must have been involved in supplying products or services to the project. Areas of excellence include advanced quality control, innovative cements, supplementary cementitious materials, admixtures, aggregates, recycling methods, carbon capture and sequestration technologies, measurement tools or innovative designs that improve performance and sustainability. Nominations should be sent via www.concreteinnovations.com; the deadline is January 31, 2024. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. 
The pathway to net zero carbon footprint for concrete is complex. The concrete industry, in collaboration with building designers and contractors, will rely on innovative products and formulations to meet traditional performance criteria in combination with low-carbon footprint goals. In this session we will explore some of the latest concrete product innovations, new software to help design low-carbon mixes and case studies that demonstrate these cutting-edge technologies.
Click here to register for Concrete Innovations Learning Session 18 to be held Wednesday, December 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. Visit www.concreteinnovations.com for upcoming sessions. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995.
SEO
 NRMCA’s Think First monthly safety initiatives feature different industry-specific safety items relevant to seasons, current topics or industry concerns. The initiatives are meant to be shared, used as a training tool, printed, posted or distributed; all of which are encouraged. This month’s issue, shown here, is titled Wheel Chock Safety… Let’s Just Stop It. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. December 11 - 18, Online Course December 12 - 15, Orlando, FL *Sold Out December 12 - 14, Denver *Sold Out December 12, Charlotte, NC *Sold Out December 13, Online Course 2024 January 16 - 19, Nashville, TN February 5 - 9, Oklahoma City *Limited Seats Left February 13 - 15, Denver *Limited Seats Left February 20 - 22, Nashville, TN February 27 - 29, Orlando, FL *Sold Out March 5 - 7, Nashville, TN March 18 - 21, Tampa, FL March 26 - 28, Denver April 16 - 18, Nashville, TN October 10 - 14, Aurora, CO 
Pavement
Late last month, NRMCA and the California Nevada Cement Association (CNCA), hosted a Concrete Parking Lots Boot Camp in Fresno, CA, reported NRMCA Senior Director, Local Paving, Greg Halsted. The daylong event was held at the request of Heavy Roads Industries (HRI), a local concrete contractor specializing in site concrete, roller-compacted concrete and soil stabilization. Halsted (seen here, flanked at left by CNCA's Clay Slocum and on the right by HRI's David Cruce) presented an overview of American Concrete Institute 330 documents centering on concrete parking lots design and construction; provided training on concrete overlays of parking lots; reviewed the sustainability benefits of concrete over asphalt for parking lots and led an interactive discussion with examples of the PavementDesigner thickness design program for concrete parking lots. The program was attended by 14 concrete professionals, including designers, owners, contractors and concrete suppliers from throughout California's Central Valley region. They were also introduced to the tools and support available through NRMCA and CNCA, including NRMCA's Design Assistance Program and CNCA technical resources. For more information on holding a Concrete Parking Lots Boot Camp in your area, contact Greg Halsted at ghalsted@nrmca.org. NRMCA's Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year Award, now in its 28th year and sponsored by the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB), acknowledges the significant contribution of ready mixed concrete truck drivers to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry. As a salute to these key members of the concrete production and delivery team, the award recognizes the driver’s career achievement, safety, professionalism, competence and customer service skills in a manner that will enhance the industry and public image of the Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional. The award winner will be honored in March 2024 at NRMCA’s Annual Convention in Tampa, FL. Nomination applications must be e-mailed to DOY@nrmca.org by December 31. Click here to download the nomination form and for more information. The staff contact is Gary Mullings. 
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