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The 2022 Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program fundraising auction will be held next week, Wednesday, January 19, in Las Vegas, NV, and you can support the program while buying great items whether you are at the event or at home! Once again, there are items for everyone – many of which are ready mix specific (Mack/McNeilus mixer truck, Con-Tech high performance mixer, loads of cement from almost every manufacturer nationwide, fly ash, aggregates, plant and truck equipment and more). 

 

As the Biden Administration gears up to implement the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the $1 trillion infrastructure package enacted last year, NRMCA and our allies in Washington are prepared to weigh in to ensure that the infrastructure bill is fully funded and is implemented in a manner consistent with the bipartisan way it was formulated and passed. While the higher funding levels of the surface reauthorization will be effective once Congress acts on appropriations, there are many programs that will require additional personnel at the Department of Transportation and will take years to implement.

 

 

[UPDATED] The Winter 2021-22 newsletter of the National Concrete Consortium has the following items:

NRMCA is offering its information packed, one-day course, Handling Concrete Specifications, Low Strength Problems and Mixture Submittals, intended for concrete producers, contractors, engineers and testing labs online from February 15 and 17. The course will feature a new group discussion session on February 17. This course will discuss the latest changes to the code and specification requirements (ACI 318, 301, ASTM C94) governing ready mixed concrete. This course will address many topics, including: