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Ready mixed concrete truck driver Jason Erickson from NRMCA Producer member Smokey Point Concrete, a division of CalPortland of Arlington, WA, earned top honors at NRMCA's National Mixer Driver Championship held earlier this month at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN, in conjunction with NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks 2023. Mr. Erickson (seen here) also earned the champion’s check of $5,000. He has been driving for Smokey Point Concrete since 2019 and was the 5th place finisher in the 2022 NRMCA National Mixer Driver Championship held in Denver.

The Alliance for Concrete Codes and Standards (ACCS) organized a two-day workshop to develop its codes and standards advocacy agenda for the International Code Council’s next code development cycle. The workshop was hosted by the American Concrete Institute (ACI) at its Resource Center in Elk Grove, IL, and was chaired by NRMCA Senior Vice President, Codes and Standards, Shamim Rashid-Sumar, who currently serves as ACCS president.

Last week, NRMCA Senior Director, Building Innovations, Frank Mruk presented the winners of the 2023 AIA Central Massachusetts Design Awards held at Architect Diller Scofidio + Renfro's - College of the Holy Cross PRIOR Performing Arts Center in Worcester. The Arts Center, opened in late 2022, was designed as an incubator for multidisciplinary creativity and is known for its innovative precast concrete curtain walls which line the auditorium’s interior.