The Tacoma/Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium has recognized Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Build with Strength coalition for a Gig Harbor, Wash. home built with insulating concrete form (ICF) walls and mixes bearing a bio-charcoal admixture. When dosed at 100 lbs., SolidCarbon’s the C-Lock 8 admixture has the potential to sequester 50 kilograms…
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FHWA states case for portland limestone cement specifications
Sources: Federal Highway Administration; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.: CP staff The Federal Highway Administration’s new TechNote on Portland Limestone Cement (FHWA-HRT-23-104) provides state highway agencies, contractors and concrete practitioners information enabling broader adoption of a blended binder to which cement plants across North America are migrating. The 12-page document reviews the history of PLC in the U.S.;…
Read MoreSoftware developer brings concrete delivery optimization into AI age
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2023 ConcreteWorks Conference in Nashville was the backdrop for broad roll out of Inform Transport Planning and Execution software for concrete, aggregates and cement. The logistics platform equips dispatchers and planners running medium to large fleets to perform complex, time-critical calculations with ease—netting delivery of more loads with fewer trucks when measured against conventional…
Read MoreNRMCA surveys producers ahead of Industry-Wide EPD 4.0 validation
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is assessing producer data behind the Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration Version 4.0 (IW-EPD v4) and Benchmark Report, set for 2024 release. The new document will feature carbon dioxide emissions and other environmental impacts or metrics attending more than 100 mix designs, including air-entrained and non-air-entrained concretes plus a new high-strength category (> 8,000 psi);…
Read MoreMixer Driver Championship: Skills, Smarts, Sportsmanship
Jason Erickson, based at CPC Materials’ Smokey Point Concrete plant in Arlington, Wash., won the 2023 National Mixer Driver Championship, held early last month in Nashville as part of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks Conference. Taking the stage at a jam-packed Gaylord Opryland Resort ballroom, he praised his peers along with CPC Materials and CalPortland Co. management and…
Read MoreOrganizations – October 2023
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has named Darryl Dixon, director, Energy Codes and Standards. Based in Tampa, Fla. and reporting to NRMCA Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Codes Shamim Rashid-Sumar, he will work with national energy codes and standards organizations plus industry associations to advocate, promote and maintain provisions favorable to the concrete industry at the national, state and…
Read MoreCPC, Maschmeyer, Miles S&G pros lead Mixer Driver Championship
Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff Jason Erickson, based at CPC Materials’ Arlington, Wash. plant, won the 2023 National Mixer Driver Championship, staged October 1 in Nashville as part of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association ConcreteWorks Conference. Taking the stage at a jam-packed Gaylord Opryland Resort ballroom, he praised his 101 peers in the competition,…
Read MoreBaker CEO Watson leads CIM National Steering Committee officer slate
Sources: Concrete Industry Management Program National Steering Committee; CP staff The National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Concrete Industry Management program has appointed three new officers to its board of directors: Chairman Karl Watson, Jr., Baker Construction Enterprises chief executive officer; Vice Chairman Steven Cox, Command Alkon vice president – Customer Success; and, Secretary/Treasurer Nicole Maher, National Ready Mixed Concrete…
Read MoreMerit shop contractors report $1.5 billion in workforce development expenditures
Associated Builders and Contractors member contractors invested more than $1.5 billion to provide nearly 1.3 million course attendees with craft, leadership and safety education in 2022, according to the 2023 Workforce Development Survey, down from $1.6 billion in 2021. The annual assessment quantifies the scope of ABC members’ workforce development initiatives to advance their employees’ careers in commercial and industrial…
Read More2023 ConcreteWorks Technical Highlights
Must-see technology-related presentations at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s annual conference. Citizens of the Industry, NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks is here! This is clearly the singular most important industry meeting of the year, and it now benefits from being co-located with the fall committee meetings of the Portland Cement Association. From September 29 through October 3, your days will be filled…
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