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Association & Industry News
NRMCA’s 2024 Annual Convention will take place March 18 - 21 at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street in Tampa, FL. Registration is now open; please register now to take advantage of the early bird pricing discount and save $130 off the regular registration fees. NRMCA has contracted a block of rooms at the hotel at a discounted rate of $349/night plus applicable taxes. We encourage you to make your hotel reservations online. The hotel reservations cut-off date is Tuesday, February 27, or when the block sells out, whichever occurs first. Click here for the convention website homepage which contains all relevant registration links and more. For more information, please contact Senior Director of Meetings Jessica Walgenbach. 
Buildings
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 Wednesday, January 31. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. In today’s competitive marketplace, even a small investment can lead to a big return through NRMCA’s targeted Sponsorship Program. Sponsoring NRMCA’s events, courses and more should be your company’s first choice for the most efficient ROI. With over 6,000 members and partners in the ready mixed concrete industry that rely on its training and education programs, NRMCA is a powerful force throughout the U.S. Click here to examine the numerous opportunities for reaching key buying influencers in the industry, including NRMCA’s 2024 Annual Convention, ConcreteWorks 2024 and the National Mixer Driver Championship. Regardless of your budget, you’ll find options that can deliver to a powerful, receptive audience at an affordable cost. Sponsorship opportunities are limited and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read the sponsorship guide to be a part of a precisely targeted media program that reaches the people you need to reach – your customers. It all adds up to a great investment with a great return. For more information, contact Jacques Jenkins at jjenkins@nrmca.org or 703-706-4865.
The 2024 election will quite possibly be the most important in U.S. history and CONCRETEPAC needs your help to have a strong voice on Capitol Hill. CONCRETEPAC sponsorship dollars help to underwrite the cost of the CONCRETEPAC events held during NRMCA’s Annual Convention and ConcreteWorks. Your company has the chance to become an overall sponsor, swag sponsor or auction item sponsor or donor. As a reminder, CONCRETEPAC sponsorship contributions can be made with corporate dollars and opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for more information or contact Heather Houck at hhouck@nrmca.org. 
Have you given CONCRETEPAC Prior Authorization to allow us to inform you about upcoming events? Did your Prior Authorization run out at the end of 2023? Now is the time to sign up so we can inform you about the exciting events coming up in 2024. 
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 Respiratory Protection… Mask Up!  In late December, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk, FAIA, held a year end meeting of the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Rhode Island chapter to review 2023 accomplishments and aspirations. In 2024, he will serve as past president of AIA's Rhode Island chapter, the seventh oldest in the U.S. The AIA RI chapter currently has over 300 members. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting architects at the cutting edge of industry best practices. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. January 16 - 19, Los Angeles *Sold Out January 16 - 19, Nashville, TN February 5 - 9, Oklahoma City *Sold Out February 13 - 15, Denver *Limited Seating Left February 20 - 22, Nashville, TN February 20 - 23, Philadelphia 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 April 30 - May 2, Mendota Heights, MN October 10 - 14, Aurora, CO 
Engineering
The American Coal Ash Association has released its annual Production and Use Survey for 2022. Production of coal combustion products (CCP) declined from 77.3 million tons in 2021 to 75.2 million tons while beneficial use in 2022 was 46.8 million tons, an increase of 1 percent from 2021. 62% of coal ash produced was recycled. Other highlights include:
Click here to access the ACAA report with statistics for all CCPs produced and use applications. 
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