Concrete Credentials: Transforming the Concrete Industry's Response to the Climate Crisis with Yasemin Kologlu and Eric Long from Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, a firm committed to responding to the climate crisis....
Habitat for Humanity Northern Utah, Utah , Geneva Rock, Altaview Concrete, Jack B. Parson , ICF Manufacturers Association, American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA), and National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, are all working together to deliver a sustainable and resilient concrete home for a ...
Andrew Athias, Social Media Coordinator for Silvi Group Companies, discusses with NRMCA’s Gregg Lewis why social media is more important than ever for the concrete industry, and how even small producers can make their mark on the internet. ...
How Concrete is Tackling Embodied Carbon and the importance of embodied carbon and the strides the concrete industry is making to reduce carbon output....
Habitat for Humanity Is building homes with concrete ICFs to construct resilient, affordable, and sustainable housing across the United States. Concrete homes are durable and resilient in regions impacted by severe weather events....
Habitat for Humanity recently partnered with Build with Strength, backed by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), to construct resilient, affordable, and sustainable housing across the United States....
Brad Stevenson, executive director of the Utah Ready Mixed Concrete Association, was honored with the State Affiliate Promoter of the Year Award at The NRMCA 2021 Annual Convention by the president of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Michael Phillips....
Watch the video of the entire Utah Concrete Paving Workshop: Moving the Economy, see the Concrete Paving Award winning projects, industry expert bios, the future of the industry & more. The workshop featured important topics, insights and analysis relevant to concrete paving. ...
Concrete Credentials episode, Why Perspective Matters in Concrete, featuring Jennifer Mitchell, Sr. Manager, Design+Build at LinkedIn with NRMCA Executive Vice President Gregg Lewis, AIA, LEED AP. "The future for the concrete and construction industries is a much more sustainable one..."...
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has announced the winners of its 2020 NRMCA Excellence in Quality Awards. Winning producers have demonstrated that they followed and exceeded quality management principles over a broad range of activities....
All aspects of pavement engineering, including the applications and use of ready-mixed concrete for streets, local roads and parking areas, including conventional concrete, concrete overlays, roller compacted concrete, and pervious concrete....
Every industry is working to decrease their carbon emissions and become more “sustainable.” That includes the construction industry, and in particular concrete. Its long history of innovation has yielded significant results, some of which are discussed in this article in the New York Times. ...
Utah Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (URMCA) Announces Formation of Concrete Paving Committee, Leveraging the resources of the Pave Ahead Program will be members of the former Utah Chapter ACPA (UCACPA) to to promote concrete pavement for highways, parking lots, city streets, and roads....
ICF structures require less overall energy to heat or cool, and the longer time required to reach steady state “flattens the temperature curve” delivering safety, comfort and less cost to the end user....
Concrete producers are under pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of their products. How does the industry take its carbon footprint closer to zero? Using using Portland-Limestone Cement is part of the answer....
“One of the problems here in Florida is termites. It is the number one cause for insurance claims … People who have their homes designed and built using concrete block save a substantial amount of money as opposed to wood."...
Smoother roads last longer. Driving on smoother roads requires less fuel. It is not easy to access government data on road conditions. This has led to a new smartphone app: Carbin”, a crowd-sourced tool that is collecting information about the condition of the world’s highways and roads. ...
“Concrete connoisseurs” Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Ireland's Grafton Architects, were awarded his week with the annual Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious honor for Peru's Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC). Conceived as a concrete cliff, the structure is massive, ...
Road salt is cheap to purchase, but communities often pay a big price down the road. Once chloride-based road salt gets into the water table, lakes and streams, it cannot be removed. It is also toxic to fish and other animals and is corrosive to cars and infrastructure. ...