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Association & Industry News
The early bird registration deadline for the NRMCA 2024 Annual Convention is around the corner. Register online by close of business on Thursday, February 1, to save $130 off the regular registration fees. The convention will take place March 18 - 21 at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street in Tampa, FL. 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 cutoff date is Tuesday, February 27, or when the block sells out, whichever occurs first. NRMCA’s discounted rate is available Sunday, March 17, through Thursday, March 21. Should you wish to extend your stay beyond these dates, contact the hotel directly at 813-221-4920 to arrange additional nights based on hotel’s availability and prevailing rates. 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
On January 11, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk and Lindy Group/PJ Dick’s Noah Shaltes jointly presented on current strategies to Reduce the Embodied Carbon Footprint of Concrete in Pennsylvania. The session was hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum of Pittsburgh, the Carbon Leadership Forum of Philadelphia and by Penn State University. Over 40 architects, contractors and owner representatives attended the event. The Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) is a group of professionals in the design, construction, infrastructure, non-profit and public sectors and related industries that have come together to provide education and inspiration to take action on embodied carbon in our industries. Through events, education and community events, it aims to build local industry capacity to design and construct buildings and infrastructure that radically reduce carbon emissions from the construction of our built environment. CLF is connected to the larger global network of the Carbon Leadership Forum which brings together 5,000+ professionals from 2,500+ companies, 75+ countries, and 1,000+ cities around the world. The Build With Strength program is a leader in supporting architects, contractors and owners at the cutting edge of industry best practice. For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org. NRMCA has sponsorship packages which make it an easy and cost effective way to sponsor Association events and programs. There’s still time to make your sponsorship selections for NRMCA’s 2024 Annual Convention, with opportunities such as the Annual Convention Premier Sponsor, Annual Convention Closing General Session Sponsor, Annual Convention Welcome Reception Sponsor and Annual Convention Attendee Welcome Bags. Many other great selections are still available. Click here to review all available sponsorship opportunities for the convention and ConcreteWorks 2024, the National Mixer Driver Championship and more. For more information, contact Jacques Jenkins at 703-706-4865.
NRMCA needs to ensure pro-business and pro-industry candidates are elected to Congress in November. By coming together as an industry, we can help influence the political process by ensuring that legislators consider the impact proposed laws could potentially have on the ready mixed concrete industry. Every day members of Congress vote on issues that affect the way concrete producers do business; NRMCA's Political Action Committee, CONCRETEPAC, needs to have a strong voice on Capitol Hill to allow us to maximize the industry’s involvement in the political process. Last year was CONCRETEPAC’s most successful fundraising year in its history and planning for this year’s events is well underway. Your company’s support through corporate sponsorship enables NRMCA to underwrite the cost of CONCRETEPAC events. Donations of auction items allow us to raise funds for the PAC through personal contributions from our members. If your company has sporting event tickets, vacation homes, access to exclusive clubs, etc. that you would like to donate to the Lost Shaker of Salt Dinner and Live Auction, please contact Heather Houck. Click here for more information about sponsorship opportunities and visit this page to fill out the sponsorship form online. Click here to see which NRMCA member companies have already sponsored in 2024. 
Last week, NRMCA began its advocacy efforts for the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) annual 2026 revision cycle for the 2027 editions of selected NFPA Codes and Standards. Senior Vice President, Codes and Standards, Shamim Rashid-Sumar, participated in the pre-first draft meeting of the Technical Committee on Construction and Demolition (COD-AAA) in New Orleans as a Principal voting member. The technical committee formed task groups to study various topics for review, including but not limited to construction materials for enclosures and fire separation, safeguarding construction operations for tall mass timber wood structures and safeguarding construction operations for large wood frame structures. NFPA technical committees and panels serve as the principal consensus bodies responsible for developing and updating all NFPA codes and standards. The NFPA standards development process does encourage public participation in the development of its standards. The deadline for submission of public inputs for the first draft of 2027 editions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code and other referenced NFPA codes and standards is June 4. Interested parties may view more on how the NFPA standards development process works here. For more information on NRMCA codes and standards advocacy efforts, contact Shamim Rashid-Sumar at ssumar@nrmca.org.
SEO
Remember, staring February 1, employers must display their OSHA 300A log where employees have access to it - it needs to stay posted until April 30, 2024. Click here for more information on OSHA recordkeeping requirements and here to access OSHA 300A forms and instructions. Click here for more information on required electronic submissions by March 2, 2024. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach. 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. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. February 5 - 9, Oklahoma City *Sold Out February 13 - 15, Denver *Sold Out February 20 - 22, Nashville, TN February 20 - 23, Philadelphia *Almost Sold Out February 20 - 21, Alexandria, VA February 27 - 29, Orlando, FL *Sold Out March 5 - 7, 2024 Nashville, TN March 18 - 21, Tampa, FL March 26 - 28, Denver *Limited Seating April 16 - 18, Nashville, TN April 30 - May 2, Mendota Heights, MN October 10 - 14, Aurora, CO 
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), put into law in 1986, requires industries to report on the “storage, use and releases of hazardous chemicals (and materials) to federal, state, and local governments.” This specific reporting requirement under EPCRA is commonly referred to as Community Right-to-Know (CRTK) reporting, Tier II reporting and/or Section 311/312 reporting. The reporting deadline is Friday, March 1. Click here to learn more about EPCRA, chemical/material thresholds and how to report. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach. 
Business Advancement
Registration is still open for NRMCA’s flagship financial performance education course, Think Like an Owner. This course will take place February 20 - 21 and be offered in a hybrid format, with both in-person and live virtual participation supported; the in-person course will be held at NRMCA’s headquarters in Alexandria, VA. This course is intended to empower participants to understand the drivers of financial performance and improve their management capabilities with an eye to profitability of their business center. Participants will learn how to read financial statements, measure performance, examine elements of profit and loss, and think in terms of economic profit. This course is a must-attend for industry participants, from plant managers to company presidents who want to run their operations profitably. Click here for more information and a registration link. The staff contact is Andrew Tyrrell. 
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