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Association & Industry News
The Nebraska Concrete & Aggregates Association and Nebraska Concrete Paving Association has named Anne Klute as joint executive director, effective May 1. Ms. Klute was previously president/CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors-Nebraska & South Dakota Chapter. She has extensive experience in association management, marketing and business development, and has also been the co-owner of a marketing company and a director of membership engagement at the Lincoln Independent Business Association. Contact Rochelle Hitz at rochelle@nebrconcagg.com or 402-325-8414 for more information. 
Buildings
Concrete Innovations Session 20, The Importance of Innovation, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time. Innovation is the key to meeting carbon reduction goals of the building industry. All members of the design and build team must be willing to encourage innovative products and processes. This session will address how developers are incorporating innovative concrete products into their projects and how structural engineers are specifying for performance and low carbon. The session will show how concrete producers are implementing AI to optimize mixes and nanoparticles to improve concrete performance. Topics and speakers include:
Click here to register and visit www.concreteinnovations.com for upcoming sessions. For more information, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org or 847-922-7995. LEED v5 is in public comment period until May 20 and NRMCA and the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) are looking for the concrete industry to provide input. Concrete is well represented in the standard in nearly every category, with new credits for resilience, water conservation, urban heat islands and embodied carbon reduction. However, there are a few credits that could be improved, including optimized materials (responsible sourcing) and energy credits. NRMCA and CSC are providing comments to the new standard, and we would like the concrete industry to help by also providing comments. Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to noon Eastern time to learn how you can help. Panelists include:
For more details, contact Lionel Lemay at llemay@nrmca.org. 
SEO
NRMCA’s Annual Safety Award acknowledges the significant contribution that safe work practices gives to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry as a whole. The award is 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; the deadline to submit nominations is Friday, June 21.
NRMCA’s Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards competition offers producers national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound management practice in their operations. The program salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance measures and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment. NRMCA member companies producing ready mixed concrete from a fixed plant location in the U.S., its territories or Canada are eligible to enter. Awards will be determined upon individual plant merits. Winning entrants will be honored at the Awards Ceremony at NRMCA‘s ConcreteWorks this October in Aurora, CO. Winners will also be featured in a 2024 edition of NRMCA’s Concrete InFocus magazine and Concrete Products magazine. Entries and photos must be e-mailed to kwalgenbach@nrmca.org by Friday, July 19. Click here for more information and to download the entry form. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach.
Registration for NRMCA’s Fall Safety Course scheduled for September 10 - 12 in Sacramento, CA, is now open. This 2.5-day course teaches participants about OSHA safety compliance, beginning with why safety is so important and details the reasons why an effective safety program actually saves money through loss prevention and control. Participants learn about the silica rule, electrical safety, machine guarding, fall protection, hazard communication, confined spaces, personal protective equipment, emergency action plans, maintenance shop safety, chute handling, fleet safety and much more. Click here for location details and registration information. For more information, contact Kevin Walgenbach at kwalgenbach@nrmca.org. 
Registration is open for this year’s Environmental Certification Course being held in Orlando, FL, December 3 - 5. Course attendees will be educated on industry-specific environmental issues that affect ready mixed concrete production, including the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, Discharge Permits, Stormwater Management, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Solids Management, Hazardous Materials, Dust Control, Recycling, Spill Prevention Plans, Air Quality Management, Noise Management, Environmental Auditing and much more. Those who should attend include plant managers, environmental managers, compliance managers, executives or anyone with fiscal and/or environmental responsibilities that should know the details concerning a company’s responsibilities when it comes to EPA regulations, the Clean Water Act, Discharge Permits, Stormwater Management and numerous other critical environmental matters. Click here to register or for more information. The staff contact is Kevin Walgenbach. 
Engineering
The NRMCA Engineering Department has updated the NRMCA Pre‐Construction Checklist – Concrete Acceptance Testing and the PowerPoint presentation Code and Standards Requirements For Acceptance Testing along with the accompanying notes. The checklist now includes onsite monitoring of field concrete testing and enforcement of initial curing requirements through an inspection process. These resources, as well as allied documents, are available here. They can be used to ensure that acceptance testing conforms to industry codes and standards, an important step toward attaining low carbon concrete. For more information, contact Karthik Obla at kobla@nrmca.org. 
Calendar
Please note that e-mail and direct registration links to each event listed below can be accessed from NRMCA's website. May 14, Online Course May 15, State College, PA May 15, Online Course September 9 - 13, Baltimore September 10 - 12, Sacramento, CA October 10 - 14, Denver October 15 - 18, Denver December 3 - 5, Orlando, FL December 10 - 13, Charleston, SC *Sold Out December 10 - 12, Denver 
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