National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLANCE AWARDS

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 Concrete News

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2024 Environmental Excellence Awards program honors 11 plants. Now in its 29th year, the program offers producer members national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices. It salutes operators that have surpassed regulatory and/or permit compliance requirements while proving a commitment to excellence through plant and staff…

Organizations – November 2024

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 Concrete News

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Executive Committee has named Chief Financial Officer Joe Roche as interim president and charged Executive Vice President, Human Resources Tim Cooper with vetting executive search firms to help identify a successor to Michael Philipps, who departed the organization in August after six years at the helm. Cooper will assist a newly designated Search Committee…

Ohio voters dispatch Sardinia RM chief to Capitol Hill

November 19, 2024November 20, 2024 Concrete News

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; David Taylor for Congress Campaign, Sardinia, Ohio; CP staff

NRMCA library underpins AI-powered AskConcrete.com

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 Concrete News

Kansas City-based heavy/civil construction operations management software developer XBE and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association bill their new AskConcrete.com platform as an artificial intelligence-powered answer engine for intricate questions related to ready mixed concrete material science, production, and logistics matters. Example queries for which the site is programmed to deliver near-instant answers might include: AskConcrete.com embodies hundreds of NRMCA…

Cemex pro leads record National Mixer Driver Championship field

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 Concrete News

Cemex USA’s Allard Tigchelaar took the 18th annual National Mixer Driver Championship, staged last month during the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks Conference & Expo. Based at the producer’s Prescott, Ariz. plant, the 36-year industry veteran prevailed among a record field of 111 drivers. His cumulative score reflected stationary and driving challenge, visual vehicle inspection, delivery ticket station and…

The Future of the RMC Driver: Capitalizing on the Industry’s Greatest Resource

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 Jack Delperdang

Not long ago I was asked by a person outside of the ready mixed concrete business about our greatest strength and asset as an industry. Without hesitation, I immediately told them it was our drivers. Drivers make up a total of approximately two-thirds of all the employees for a ready mixed producer. They deliver concrete to the point of where…

Committee commences NRMCA staff president search

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 Concrete News

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Executive Committee has named Chief Financial Officer Joe Roche as interim president and charged Executive Vice President, Human Resources Tim Cooper with vetting executive search firms to help identify a successor to Michael Philipps, who departed the organization in August after six years at…

Organizations – September 2024

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Concrete News

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Chief Operating Officer Deborah Malone and Chief Financial Officer Joe Roche will lead their organization for an interim period after the late-August resignation and departure of Mike Philipps, who had served as staff president for six years. 2024 Chairman Nathan McKean (BMC Enterprises) credits Philipps for leadership significantly contributing to NRMCA membership expansion and positioning…

Enniss Inc., Martin Marietta host Skate4Concrete campers

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 Concrete News

Skate4Concrete, backed by the Project Cornerstone organization and the Concrete Advancement Foundation, delivered its first-ever Construction Summer Camp this year. In three days, 22 students (ages 15-18) visited three San Diego County locations and explored the science of, pathway to, and job opportunities within the concrete and construction materials industry. The Associated General Contractors Apprenticeship and Training Trust in San…

NSSGA sets interim leadership plan to follow CEO Johnson’s exit

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 Concrete News

Source: National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, Alexandria, Va. National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association Executive Vice President Michele Stanley will be interim chief executive officer upon the mid-October departure of Michael Johnson, who has served as president and CEO for 11 years and will maintain those titles in a November 1 transition to the American Coatings Association, Washington, D.C. …