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Concrete Delivers
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September 2008
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Concrete Promotion NewsLinks
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Concrete Pavement Analyst Version 3
Finalized
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August PPI: Asphalt and Steel Race
to Top of Price Chart
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NRMCA's ConcreteWorks Offers
Promotion/Sales Track
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RPGs Vote to Dissolve, Join PCA
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NRMCA Offers Parking Lot Design
Seminars for Specifiers; Contractor/Producer
Training with
ASCC
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Carolinas State Association Launches
Parking Lot Promotion Web Site
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ACPA Airport Pavement Design Seminar
Set for Denver in October
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PCA Announces 2009 Schedule of
Courses
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Needed: Concrete Ads, Flowable Fill
Photos & Videos for Promotion Resource Center
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NRMCA Seeks Promoter of the Year
Nominations
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NRMCA Names New National Resource
Director for Southeast Region
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Ohio Promoters Create Impressive
Pervious Display at Cleveland Event
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NRMCA Adjusts Default Values on CPA
Software
Concrete Delivers
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July 2008
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Asphalt Price Increases Boost Concrete
Pavement Opportunities
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June PPI: Steel, Asphalt Prices Continue to Rise
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Recent Additions Featured on Concrete
Promoters' Resource Center
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Newslinks of Interest
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Wal-Mart Re-Issues Concrete Parking Lot
Alternate
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NRMCA Delays Release of CPA Software Version
3
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PCA YouTube Channel Broadcasts Industry
Briefings
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New England Promoters Brainstorm on
Parking Lot Promotion Opportunities
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Industry Panel Shares Best Practices for
Buildings Under Design Program
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Iowa Concrete Producers Protect Plants from
Flood Waters
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Collaboration in Connecticut Produces
Results
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Major Health Care Provider Evaluates Porous
Pavements
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Economic Slowdown Fails to Curb Drug Store
Expansion Plans
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Green Building Council Begins Contractor
Training Pilot Program
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Pennsylvania Audience Learns About
Green-Star, CO2
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Architects, Green Building Council Strategic
Alliance
Concrete Delivers
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June 2008
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New Content Bolsters Concrete Promoters' Resource Center
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All Buildings Materials See April Price Increases
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26% of California Highways Reported in Disrepair
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Free "Concrete Design for Sustainability" Course on
McGraw Hill Web Site
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Updated Version of CPA Software Almost Ready
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Mississippi Names New Executive Director
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Steel Institute Challenges Green Building Standard
Proposal
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Green Roof Trend Brings Big Business for Builders
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Architects, Green Building Council Form Strategic
Alliance
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Midwest Promoter Publishes Article on Concrete Parking
Lots
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Solar Reflectance: The Bright Side of Concrete
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Results Detailed from Recent Promotion-Focused Survey
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NRMCA Seeks Candidates for Southeast Field Promotion
Position
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NRMCA Launches New Green Building with Concrete Course
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ACPA Schedules Slipform Paving Webinar
Concrete Delivers
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April 2008
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New Section, Additional Content Bolsters
Concrete Promoters' Resource Center
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ACI Offers New Specification on Pervious
Concrete
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Professional Promoters Workshop for 2008:
More Interactive Than Ever
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Sustainability Survey: Concrete Shows
Strength in Energy Efficiency Durability
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ACPA Webinar Scheduled on Streets & Local
Roads Design
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New Pervious Subcommittee Off to Strong
Start
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TXI's Barrett Reese Wins Promoter of the
Year Award
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Cement Association of Canada Releases 2008
Sustainability Report
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February PPI: Steel Continues Climb
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Significant Declines in Construction and
Cement Consumption Expected
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NRMCA Introduces Pervious Concrete
Promotion "Flip-Chart" Pitch Book
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Large Pervious Parking Lot Unveiled in
Virginia
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Anecdote of the Month
Concrete Delivers
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March 2008
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New Content Bolsters Concrete Promoters'
Resource Center
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Professional Promoters Workshops 2008
Lineup is More Interactive Than Ever
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Concrete Alternative Withdrawn from
Wal-Mart Spec
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New Brochure Details Concrete's
Contribution to Sustainable Development
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PCA-RPG Alignment Moves Forward
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Buildings Under Design Renewed for Another
Year
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New York City Sees Pervious as Key to
Stormwater Plan
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California Nevada Cement Association to
Receive ACI Award
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Concrete Work Highlights I-35W Bridge Progress
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Grim Residential Outlook Expected to Drag Down
Cement Consumption
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January PPI: Steel, Asphalt Prices on Rise
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Anecdote of the Month
Concrete Delivers
–
January 2008
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NRMCA Adding
Promotion Track for 2008 Fall Conference
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85 Promoters Now Registered on Resource Center Web Site
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Concrete Answers Series Provides "Leads" to Concrete Assistance
Network
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Interesting News from Across the Web |
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Washington
State
Officials
Mandate
Low-Impact
Construction
in Metro
Seattle:
In an effort
to reduce
pollution in
Puget Sound,
a state
appeals
board in
Washington
has ordered
builders to
implement
low-impact
construction
techniques
such as
green roofs
and porous
pavement.
Environmentalists
hailed the
new
requirement,
which could
mean the end
of
curb-and-gutter
road
construction
in new
subdivisions.
The American
Society of
Civil
Engineers'
ASCE
SmartBrief
electronic
newsletter
included
stories from
local
Seattle
newspapers:
the
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
and
The Seattle
Times.
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ICF
Storm
Resistance
featured in
TV News
Video: ICFs
were
featured
recently in
a "Safe &
Affordable"
segment on
WCCO
television
news in
Minneapolis-St.
Paul,
demonstrating
how concrete
homes can
protect
against the
destruction
from
tornados
such the one
that hit
Hugo, MN,
earlier this
summer.
Click
CLICK
HERE
for this
extremely
supportive
story.
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Missouri
Contractors
Turn to
Concrete: An August 25 article
in the Springfield
(MO)
Business
Journal
states that
"asphalt has
long been
the pavement
material of
choice for
area road
construction
projects,
but the
rising cost
and
dwindling
availability
of the
petroleum-based
product has
hardened
concrete's
foothold as
a
competitor."
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Charlotte
Contractors
Face Rising
Materials
Costs: The
August 22
edition of
the Charlotte
Business
Journal
said
construction
companies
are changing
how they do
business to
cope with
escalating
costs of
building
materials:
CLICK
HERE.
Source: AGC
SmartBrief
electronic
newsletter.
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Denver
Area Views
Concrete
Favorably
with Asphalt:
Continuing
the theme
found
elsewhere in
the U.S.,
Denver-area
municipal
road
departments
are turning
to concrete
for paving
as the
rising price
of crude oil
also raises
the price of
asphalt. An
article was
posted in
the Denver
Business
Journal:
CLICK
HERE.
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Curbing
Stormwater
Runoff in
Vermont: State DOT engineers are using pervious concrete and
extolling
its virtues
for a
park-and-ride
lot adjacent
to a local
Interstate.
Television
station WCAX
posted an
August 28
video report
and article
on its Web
site:
CLICK
HERE.
NRMCA
producer
member
Carroll
Concrete
supplied the
concrete.
Thanks to
Jonathan
Kuell,
executive
director of
the Northern
New England
Concrete
Promotion
Association,
for sending
the link.
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Utah
Parking Lot
Features
Pervious
Pavement: Like their
counterparts
in New
England,
state
officials
in Utah
recently
discussed
their
favorable
response
to a
pervious
parking
area.
Television
station
KSL
filed
this
report
on
August
26 –
CLICK
HERE.
NRMCA
producer
member JB
Parsons
Companies
supplied the
concrete for
this
project.
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Concrete Pavement Analyst Version 3 Finalized |
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NRMCA's
Concrete
Pavement
Analyst
(CPA) is a
powerful
parking area
concrete
promotion
design and
costing
software
tool that
quickly and
accurately
quantifies
the
differences
between
concrete and
asphalt
pavements.
Using ACI
and Asphalt
Institute
recommendations,
CPA compares
total
ownership
costs,
providing
specifiers
the
information
they need to
make sound
pavement
decisions.
Since
Version 1
was
introduced
in 2004,
thousands of
ready mixed
concrete
professionals
have used it
to make the
compelling
case for
concrete.
Version 3
features:
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A
new asphalt
cost
calculator –
allows for
easy
conversion
of in-place
square foot
cost to
in-place per
ton cost.
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The
ability to
include
aggregate
sub base
into
concrete
cost
calculation
to more
accurately
reflect
real-life
designs.
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Re-formatted,
user-friendly
reports are
concise,
easy-to-read.
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Updated
default
values for
material and
labor costs.
Existing CPA discs can be traded in for Version 3 for $3.50
each.
Without
trade-in,
new copies
are $25 for
members/partners
($100 for
non-members).
Existing
CPA Program
Partners pay
only $5.00
for new
discs.
Organizations
can become
partners
through a
purchase of
100 discs
for $1000.
Contact: Jacques
Jenkins at 240-485-1165,
or
buy online.
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August PPI: Asphalt and Steel Race to Top of Price Chart |
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(Click graph to enlarge & for more info)
Asphalt
prices
logged
another
large
monthly
gain,
increasing
9.8% from
July to
August,
while steel
prices rose
2% over the
same period
for the 10th
straight
monthly
hike,
according to
the August
Producer
Price Index
(PPI).
Lumber
prices
increased
0.6% in
August.
Concrete
declined
slightly
(0.1%). Over
the last
year, steel
prices are
up 40.8% and
asphalt has
increased
46.6%.
Concrete
prices are
up 3.6% and
lumber
prices are
down 5%.
NRMCA
provides
excellent
tools and
strong
support for
ready mixed
producers to
expand
market
share. Many
items are
available
for
immediate
download
here on
the Concrete
Promoters'
Resource
Center website,
ConcretePromotion.org.
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NRMCA's ConcreteWorks Offers Promotion/Sales Track |
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NRMCA's Fall Conference, now known as ConcreteWorks, was
created in
2006 as a
combination
of three
important
annual
events: the
Business
Administration
Conference,
the
Operations,
Environmental
and Safety
Forum & Expo
and the
National
Mixer Driver
Championship.
For the
first time
in 2008, the
conference
also
features a
comprehensive
concrete
promotion
track. ConcreteWorks
is also
known for
great
networking,
social
events and
keynote
presentations,
All industry participants with a special interest in concrete
promotion
and sales
are invited
to attend
the new
conference
track. With
more than
500
attendees in
2007 and
strong
growth
expected in
2008, this
is a great
chance to
expand
promotion
know-how
while
interacting
with members
and peers
from around
the country.
Please note
that NRMCA
is offering
a travel
stipend to
encourage
the
participation
of promoters
from the
staff of
state
affiliated
organizations.
Concrete promoters are also invited to attend NRMCA'
Promotion
Committee
meeting
Saturday,
October 18,
from 3-5
p.m. and the
Pervious
Subcommittee
meeting from
on Tuesday,
October 21,
from 1-4
p.m. |
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RPGs Vote to Dissolve, Join PCA |
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To date, a total of five Regional Promotion Groups (RPGs)
have opted
to dissolve
and join the
Portland
Cement
Association:
the Great
Lakes Cement
Promotion
Association,
the
Northwest
Cement
Producers,
the Rocky
Mountain
Cement
Council, the
South
Central
Cement
Promotion
Association
and the
Southeast
Cement
Association.
Three others
– the
Arizona
Cement
Council,
Northeast
Cement
Shippers
Association
and the
North
Central
Cement
Council –
will vote on
alignment in
the next
month.
From PCA Executive Report, September 8, 2008. |
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NRMCA Offers Parking Lot Design Seminars for Specifiers;
Contractor/Producer
Training
with ASCC |
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Modeled
on the
successful
pervious
concrete
design
seminars
offered
across the
U.S. over
the past two
years, NRMCA
is planning
to offer
conventional
design
seminars
with local
and state
partners.
The initial
four
seminars are
set for the
last two
months of
2008 with 20
more planned
for 2009.
NRMCA is
also working
with the
American
Society of
Concrete
Contractors to
offer
design,
promotion
and
construction
training to
ready mixed
producers
and
contractors
in 2009. The
first of
these
two-day
events
(Building a
Successful
Concrete
Parking Lot
Construction
Business)
will be
offered
January
20-21 in St.
Louis, with
three
additional
sessions to
be offered
in other
locations
during the
year. |
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Carolinas State Association Launches Parking Lot Promotion
Web Site |
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The Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA) has
launched a
Web site to
promote
concrete
parking lots
in the
Carolinas. The
site, called
Carolinas Concrete
Parking Lots,
is a
comprehensive
site which
offers
visitors
from all
fields of
design and
construction
valuable
information
regarding
benefits of
concrete
parking
lots. Much
of the
content is
original and
some is
provided by
other
industry
sites,
including
NRMCA's.
For More Information: Contact CRMCA's Jason D. Wimberly
at
704-717-9199,
or by e-mail
at
wimberly@crmca.com. |
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ACPA Airport Pavement Design Seminar Set for Denver in
October |
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The concrete pavement industry is responding to airport owner
demands for
quality and
efficiency
in
construction
of airport
pavements.
A limited
number of
seats are
still
available
for the
American
Concrete
Pavement
Association's
next Airport
Pavement
Design
Seminar,
scheduled
for October
7-9 in
Denver. This
comprehensive,
hands-on
training
course
covers the
design and
construction
of concrete
pavements
for
airports.
CLICK HERE
(pdf) for
more
information. |
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PCA Announces 2009 Schedule of Courses |
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The Portland
Cement
Association's
2009 course
schedule
continues
its
commitment
to offering
seminars
that address
current
industry
concerns and
challenges.
Programs use
a
combination
of
practicing
professionals
with solid
experience
and the
latest in
simulations
to enable
participants
to master
the skills
they need.
The courses
stress
discovering
and
understanding
real-world
problems
through
laboratory
experiences
that
reinforce
practical
and
immediate
solutions.
Scheduled
courses
include:
Kiln Process:
February
10-13;
September
22-25
Design &
Control of
Concrete: February
23-26;
October
19-21
Mill
Grinding: March 3-5;
October
27-29
Troubleshooting:
Solutions to
Concrete
Field
Problems: March
9-11;
November 2-4
Cement &
Concrete
Overview: April 2-3
Cement
Manufacturing
for Process
Engineers: December
8-11 |
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NEEDED:
Concrete Ads, Flowable Fill Photos & Videos for
Promotion
Resource
Center |
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The online Concrete Promoters' Resource Center (ConcretePromotion.org)
features an
ever-expanding
repository
of
downloadable
resources,
thanks to
numerous
promoters
who have
provided
material now
available
for the
benefit of
all. NRMCA
is offering
a section on
the site
with copies
of ads that
organizations
have used to
promote
concrete –
please send
anything you
have on any
application,
including
promotion of
the "green"
benefits of
concrete.
Another particular need is good flowable fill photos and
videos.
Thanks to
Myron
Hillock at
Somero
Enterprises
for sending
photos of
pervious
placements
with a laser
screed (CLICK
HERE for
the Resource
Center photo
section).
If you have any content you would like to share,
please send
to NRMCA's
Glenn
Ochsenreiter
at
glenn@nrmca.org. |
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NRMCA Seeks Promoter of the Year Nominations |
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The NRMCA Promoter of the Year Award recognizes the
contributions
of industry
advocates
who seek to
maximize
concrete's
share of the
construction
materials
market,
spread
concrete
innovation
and support
the positive
image of the
industry's
quality,
value and
professionalism.
You can help
one of these
industry
champions
receive
deserved
acknowledgement
by
nominating
him or her
for this
prestigious
award. The
most recent
Promoter of
the Year
Award was
presented to
Barrett
Reese of
Texas
Industries.
Nominees must be employees of an NRMCA ready mixed producer
member
company and
must have
worked in
the industry
for at least
five years.
The award
will be
presented
during
NRMCA's
Annual
Convention
at Walt
Disney World
Resort in
Orlando,
March 15-18,
2009.
CLICK
HERE
for more
information,
or contact
NRMCA's
Michelle Barringer
by email or
at
1-888-846-7622,
x1143. |
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