National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Early Bird Registrants for 's ConcreteWorks 2024 are eligible for a FREE One-Bedroom Executive Suite Upgrade: https://bit.ly/4d3cRuA

Register before Wednesday, August 7th, and you’ll be entered into a contest to win a FREE suite upgrade* at the resort!

*Suite upgrade is for a one-bedroom executive suite available from October 9 through October 15 on a room reserved in the NRMCA block at the group rate. Registrations must be received by 5:00 pm ET on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, to be eligible. For more information, please contact Senior Director of Meetings Jessica Walgenbach at [email protected].

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This month's Think First safety initiative is all about Safety & Health Programs - Check out the flyer here : https://bit.ly/3zsKeVr

Welcomes New, Rejoining Producer and Associate Members - read more on this week's NRMCA E-News: https://bit.ly/3WHnc9P

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🚨Fritz-Pak is proud to be a Premiere Sponsor for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks 2024 in Aurora, Colorado. 🚨 Registration is open. Don't forget to come by the Booth to say hello during exhibit hall hours. https://zurl.co/lurh

Proud to have our Milford plant be awarded for the 2024 Excellence in Safety Award from the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

Participates in White House Concrete Innovation Summit - read more on this week's E-News: https://bit.ly/3Soc8fh

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Save the date! Earn Concrete Technologist Level IV Certification with 's Concrete Durability Course: https://bit.ly/40Ccwby

🗓 When: November 20 – 22, 2024
📍Where: Oklahoma City, OK

This 2½-day course covers fundamental mechanisms that impact concrete . Recognize symptoms and learn methods to evaluate deterioration of ; understand the causes of durability problems and methods to prevent them; learn about durability test methods and their limitations; and understand the code and specification criteria for durable concrete structures.

The seminar will be led by Kevin Folliard, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin and Anton Schindler, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University.

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Plans To Create Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence To Reduce Industrial Emissions U.S. national laboratories can receive up to $9 million through an upcoming competitive lab call to develop and lead a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Members can receive one month of FREE service with Slabstack: https://bit.ly/44n2Q7k

Slabstack is a start-up building the first sales and business management solution for the ready-mix industry. By collaborating with leading dispatch solution providers like Sysdyne Technologies and Command Alkon Incorporated, Slabstack ensures users enjoy a seamless experience.

Slabstack helps concrete producers operate more efficiently, in a simple and reliable way, to make it easier for producers to optimize their supply chain while meeting a continuously increasing demand. The Slabstack platform is web-based and lives in the cloud. That means there’s nothing to install, maintenance, and that you can access it anywhere, anytime, from any device. It provides a clean and simple user interface, so you can focus on the business, not the software.

To take advantage of this special offer:

Please contact Aymeric Halvarsson, 201-736-9496

Register Today for 's "Improving Concrete Quality" course set for Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Metro Kansas City: https://bit.ly/39YqAHX 🧑‍🔬

Instructors include Kevin A. MacDonald, FACI, President and Principal at Beton Consulting Engineers & Karthik Obla, Ph.D., P.E., FACI, Senior Vice President of Technical Services at National Ready Mixed Concrete Association!

This course will delve into quantifying tangible and intangible benefits due to improved quality. It will discuss variability associated with concrete ingredient materials, manufacturing and testing—means to measure and thereby improve concrete quality.

Basic statistical concepts will be presented to measure and monitor quality and to recognize when action is needed. Other key topics include recognizing abnormal material variation, tracking and improving batching accuracy including mixing water, internal testing, identifying non standard testing and initial curing, essential elements of a quality management system, internal audits, and tests a concrete producer should do.

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's Think First Concrete Safety Course lands September 10 – 12, 2024 in Sacremento, CA: https://bit.ly/3d63391 – secure a seat today! 👷📝

This course for the ready mixed concrete industry teaches its participants about SAFETY compliance. It begins 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 electrical safety, machine guarding, fall protection, hazard communication, confined spaces, personal protective equipment, fire fighting and evacuation, chute handling, fleet safety, pre-trip inspection and more.

Explore Innovative Education Tracks at ’s ConcreteWorks 2024 - read more on this week's E-News: https://bit.ly/3zIKXoZ

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National Ready Mixed Concrete Association's Lionel Lemay pictured along with Dr. Anahita Williamson and Kelly Watkins of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brandon Wray and Patrick Matsche of NRMCA (left to right) at the Advancing Construction Decarbonization Conference in Denver.

Learn more about 's $9.63 million grant aimed at “Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Construction Materials and Products." for here: www.nrmca.org/EPAGrant.

Selected for $9.63 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Grant Aimed at Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions: https://bit.ly/3S7Gqmc

It’s a celebration year for Buckeye Ready-Mix!

In 1999, Buckeye Ready-Mix became a newly formed business entity created from the combined knowledge and experience of Del-Mar Concrete, Fairfield Concrete, Marysville Concrete, NewCon Concrete & Building Products, and West Jefferson Concrete. Many of our present-day employees have been with Buckeye Ready-Mix or its predecessors for decades.

Thank you to all employees past and present, as well as our customers and friends, for supporting this company for the past 25 years!

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The wishes all a Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 We hope your day is filled with excitement and joy surrounded safely by friends and family.

May the spirit of patriotism and the love for our great nation continue to inspire us all 💪

Nomination Window for the Board of Directors Closes Soon - read more on this week's E-News: https://bit.ly/4eI5eex

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