RMC Foundation stresses resilience, sustainability under new banner

Sources: Concrete Advancement Foundation, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The RMC Research & Education Foundation is now the Concrete Advancement Foundation, a change Executive Director Julie Garbini announced at the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Board of Directors meeting in Las Vegas. Foundation Trustees approved the move to better reflect their organization’s body of work, which for three decades has helped…

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Ernst Concrete veteran earns NRMCA Driver of the Year honors

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has named Robert Hackney, based at the Troy, Ohio plant of Ernst Concrete Inc., the 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year. A panel of industry judges selected him from a near-record number of nominees from across the country. Judges acknowledged…

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ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association honors nine plants in the 2022 Environmental Excellence Awards program. The NRMCA Safety, Environmental and Operations Committee recognizes producers for outstanding contributions to protecting natural resources while maintaining sound accident and pollution prevention practices.  Now in its 27th year, the program salutes operators who surpass permit compliance requirements and demonstrate a commitment to environmental…

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Organizations – October 2022

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is recognizing 20 producer members operating individual plants or multiple divisions or regions in the 2022 Excellence in Quality Awards program. Winners have demonstrated commitment to materials and production facilities management and related measures behind delivery of quality concrete, while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.  These Excellence in Quality Award recipients were…

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Mixer driver survey results evidence Great Resignation undercurrent

An analysis of National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2022 Mixer Driver Recruitment and Retention Survey data shows that 28 of every 100 drivers hired in 2021 quit at some point during the year. That places ready mixed producers 3 percent above the national resignation rate, 25 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported for last year.  The figures continue…

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NRMCA honors Excellence in Quality Award recipients

Source: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va. The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association is recognizing 20 producer members operating individual plants or multiple divisions or regions in the 2022 NRMCA Excellence in Quality Awards program. Winners have demonstrated commitment to materials and production facilities management and related measures behind delivery of quality concrete, while maintaining a high level of…

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Survey finds mixer driver pool riding Great Resignation wave

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff An analysis of National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2022 Mixer Driver Recruitment & Retention Survey data shows that 28 of every 100 drivers hired in 2021 quit at some point during the year. That places ready mixed producers 3 percent above the national resignation rate, 25 percent, the U.S. Bureau…

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Court further validates mixer, dump, tanker driver-suited FMCSA hours exemption

Sources: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C.; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied a petition to review a final rule expanding a short-haul recordkeeping exemption and modifying a 30-minute break requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours of…

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Slab, wall material acoustic performance survey proves concrete soundness

Sources: RMC Research & Education Foundation, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff A new report, “Compilation of Acoustics Information for Concrete Construction and Other Materials,” assesses sound transmission class (STC), impact insulation class (IIC) and other ASTM standard-measured metrics driving wall and floor-ceiling assembly acoustic performance. The RMC Research & Education Foundation and National Ready Mixed Concrete…

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NRMCA invites “Cost of Returned Concrete” survey participation

Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Alexandria, Va.; CP staff  The NRMCA Developing Industry Leaders group is gathering producer data to benchmark the industry’s returned concrete transfer and process spend. Compiled figures will inform a “Cost of Returned Concrete Calculator,” posted at www.nrmca.org and equipping users to compare handling process outlays based on industry averages. 

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