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NRMCA Welcomes Greg Halsted to Local Paving Team

NRMCA is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Halsted as its senior director, local paving, for the Western Region, effective February 16, 2023. Mr. Halsted, who had recently been on the Pavements and Geotechnical staff with the Portland Cement Association (PCA), will be responsible for increasing the paving market share for ready mixed concrete products through promotion, design, technical services and construction activities at the local, regional and state level. He has over 25 years of experience in the use of cement and concrete in the pavements and geotechnical industry.

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Buildings

Build With Strength, NRMCA Producer Member Discuss Reducing Carbon Footprint to Nationwide Audience of Architects

Build With Strength’s Director, Building Innovations, Brandon Wray, recently presented The Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete’s Carbon Footprint alongside Alana Guzzetta and Juan Gonzalez of NRMCA Producer member Central Concrete, a subsidiary of Vulcan Materials Company. The event took place in STUDIOS’ San Francisco office and was virtually joined by the firm's Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, DC, offices for a total of 60 architects participating. STUDIOS is known for work in the iconic and sustainable structures space involving such projects as the Googleplex and LinkedIn’s Middlefield Campus.

Wray said thoughtful discussions highlighted the importance and value of engaging the concrete industry early in the design process in order to put a project’s best foot forward as it pertains to sustainability.

For more information regarding the event, contact Brandon Wray at bwray@nrmca.org.

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SEO

March 2023 Think First Topic Centers on Tire Safety

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NRMCA Now Accepting Safety Award Nominations

The 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 NRMCA Annual Safety 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 23.

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Entries Still Welcome for 2023 Environmental Excellence Awards

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NRMCA, Build With Strength Attend AIA Large States Dinner

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, wrapped up with a Large States Meeting and dinner at Clyde’s Restaurant, reports NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk who is seen here at right along with with AIA National 2024 President Kimberly N. Dowdell (center) and AIA National Director at Large, Illya Azaroff (at left). The AIA summit brings together AIA volunteer leaders, chapter executives and chapter staff across regions; this year’s theme, Architecture’s Generations at Work, focused on building bridges.

The AIA Large States dinner was focused on sharing experiences from the day’s Resilient America Act lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill which seeks to invest in community resilience before disaster strikes.

For more information, contact Frank Mruk at fmruk@nrmca.org.

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Engineering

NRMCA Completes Regional Short Course Held in Florida

The Regional Concrete Technology Training and Certification Program (Technical Short Course) held in early February in Orlando was attended by 40 industry personnel (seen here) at the Florida Concrete Products Association (FCPA). Besides the NRMCA Engineering Division Staff, guest speakers included Terry Harris with GCP Applied Technologies who discussed chemical admixtures and Mike Davy with ARGOS-USA speaking on quality control procedures.

The NRMCA Concrete Technologist Level 2 Certification was awarded to 25 individuals and 20 achieved the Level 3 Certification. Brandon Coble with CalPortland Company (CA) achieved the highest score of 100% on the Level 2 exam while Brandon Weaver with Lauren Concrete (TX) obtained the high score of 93% on the Level 3 exam. The support and sponsorship of FCPA and Heidelberg Materials for providing PCA reference text and the NRMCA super sponsors (Euclid, Master Builders Solutions and Sika) are appreciated. The attendees at the course are congratulated for their involved participation.

The next Short Course will be scheduled in early November in Maryland. For more information contact Colin Lobo at clobo@nrmca.org.

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