The Concrete Word April 2009 Electronic

Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association The
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IRMCA 2009 Board of Directors Officers: Steve Fidler, Kuert Concrete, Inc. Jeff McPherson, Irving Materials, Inc. Don Rapley, Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. Directors: Toby Knott, Lehigh Cement Company Matt Parrish, Holcim (US), Inc. Richard Gardner, Propex Concrete Systems, FRC At-Large Directors: Ken Mulzer, Jr., Tell City Concrete Chad Hayes, Busters Concrete Products, Inc. Tom Atkins, Aggregate Industries IRMCA Contact Information and Staff 3500 Depauw Blvd., Suite 1081 Indianapolis, IN 46268 Ph: 317.872.6302 Fax: 317.872.6313 Web: www.irmca.com Eileen Dick, Executive Assistant Cheri Wagner, Communications/Event Manager Jerry Larson, Executive Director Ashley Frantz, Promotion Manager Dear Members,
Volume 1, Issue 4, April 2009 Page 1
News from the Board
By Steve Fidler President, IRMCA Board of Directors President, Kuert Concrete, Inc.
The Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association has been busy early this year with educational and training seminars. As well, several new programs are being rolled out. IRMCA held its first Decorative Concrete Certification class in March with a turnout of more than 40 attendees. A dedicated committee worked on this program for several years in order to get it in place. Three NRMCA Pervious Certifications were held in April around the state with more than 75 attendees certified. They were held in South Bend at the St. Josephs County Fairgrounds, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, and in Evansville at the University of Southern Indianaalso helping to strengthen our relationships with those organizations. We have some exciting events coming up in June. On Friday, June 12th, we will hold a Technical Educational Committee meeting in Indianapolis, followed up with a baseball game at Victory Field on Friday evening. We have a block of rooms reserved at the Holiday Inn (Pyramids). People who reserve those rooms will also have use of the waterpark for Friday night and Saturday afternoon. On Saturday, June 13th, IRMCA will hold their First Annual Mixer Truck Competition. Please find information on all these events inside this newsletter. We hope to see you all there!
MISSION STATEMENT The Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Associations stated primary objective is to expand the use of ready mix concrete in the State of Indiana. The IRMCA shall support and promote the use of high quality Portland Cement concrete in pavements, parking lots, structures, and residential construction. The IRMCA shall serve as a marketing and promotional organization for its membership while providing the necessary technical support and informational needs for its members.
Calendar
A Look Ahead
June 12TechEd Meeting June 12Indians Baseball Outing, Victory Field June 13IRMCA First Annual Mixer Truck Rodeo
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New Members Welcome
Sept 21Leadership Program, Purgatory Golf Clubhouse, Noblesville Sept 22IRMCA Annual Golf Outing, Purgatory Golf Club, Noblesville Jan 17-19, 2010IRMCA Annual Short Course, Marriott North Indianapolis
To remove your name from our mailing list, please email: cwagner@irmca.com. Questions or comments? E-mail us at cwagner@irmca.com or call 317-872-6302.
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From the Director
Will the concrete industry become stimulated in 2009?
With the new vocabulary at work these days, we hear words like shovel ready, stimulus and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). How can we know if this all means anything to us in the concrete industry in Indiana?
ARRA (INDOT) Funds Distribution Whether you agree or disagree with the method or believe or disbelieve it will work, the fact is it is happening. Indiana will receive 4.3 billion dollars from the ARRA some to our road and street programs, some to schools and some to comGroup I Distribution munity development projects. The numbers are a bit deceiving, as some of the 4.3 billion Chicago $ will be in benefit programs and tax cuts as well, and not as Cincinnati $ actual dollars in the form of a check. Evansville $ Fort Wayne $ Nevertheless, we will see projects built in Indiana that are big Indianapolis $ users of concrete such as schools, waste water plants, roads Louisville $ and streets, bridges and even windmills. There will also be SouthBend $ some projects that will not use concrete, but remember, those ARRA dollars spent on maintenance items will free up normal budget funding for use in more construction projects.
So what are the projects and where are they going to be? That Group II Distribution is the question that everyone is asking, and for the most part, Anderson it is still unanswered. All areas of the state will receive funding Bloomington for INDOT projects of highways and bridges. Local government Elkhart/Goshen will receive funds based on the project eligibility and readiKokomo ness; all funds must be spent by March 2010. All of the projects submitted at the first of the year went onto a list; the Lafayette state of Indiana had to provide documentation to prove we Muncie could spend the money if we received it. None of those proTerre Haute jects were guaranteed funding at that time. All projects must Columbus now go through the official application process to receive fundMichigan City ing. Only the projects (state and local) on the INDOT bid list have been funded (see INDOT website http://www.in.gov/ indot/ ). Community development grant applications are being accepted at this time (see the INvest web site http:// www.in.gov/gov/INvest.htm for more details).
17,964,332 147,544 6,018,496 9,341,498 39,569,672 3,991,219 7,865,669
Total $ 84,898,430.00
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 3,209,259 3,057,822 4,339,931 2,107,988 4,158,431 2,998,755 2,625,138 1,661,117 2,189,346
Total $ 26,347,788.62
In this article you will find a number of resources to help you track projects in your own backyard. This will not be an easy Total $ 657,967,707.00 task due to the number of projects and the speed at which theyll progress. So to answer the question, Will the concrete industry be stimulated? the answer is YES as long as we all do our part to make sure we are involved in as many projects as possible.
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Cash Concrete Celebrates 90 years in Business.

Cash Concrete Products, Inc., wanted to build a new office/warehouse to promote and showcase different aspects of the products they sell. When they built their new buildingthey did just that. As you make your way down CR 450 East, you cross over a new culvert bridge backfilled with Flowable fill and their new building is on your left. The exterior of the building showcases the concrete tiltup panels, the concrete parking lot, stamped concrete, and exposed aggregate. The stamped concrete, along with the exposed aggregate concrete, was designed to accent the color theme of the overall project. The building has brick and concrete veneers on a portion of the building, as well as the exposed tilt-up panels. There is a concrete parking lot on the south side of the structure, and it is connected to a concrete driveway and concrete block yard. Walking up the concrete steps into the entry way you are greeted with colored concrete floors with unique cutting patterns in the floor. There are three concrete countertops in the building. The office is surrounded by two insulated concrete form walls, separating the main office area from the warehouse. In the warehouse, the tilt-up concrete panels are exposed on the inside. Metal stairs with concrete pans lead you to the top of the office onto a concrete mezzanine deck. A total of 950 cubic yards of concrete were used in this project. The new building replaces a building that was used for more than 60 years. The new building is built in Cash Concrete Products, Inc.s 90th year in business. This project was a winner in the IRMCA Outstanding Concrete Awards in the category of Concrete Infrastructure Projects: Multiple Categories. The project team for Cash Concrete Products New Office is the Owner: Cash Concrete Products, Inc., the General Contractor; H & L Enterprises, the Concrete Finishers: Ferrand Concrete for the walls and warehouse floors and BW Concrete for the office, floors and parking lot.
(by Cheri Wagner)
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Newsletter for the Indiana Ready Mix Concrete Industry
This is the fourth issue of the IRMCAs newsletter for the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Industry. This newsletter is sent to ready mixed producers, engineers, consultants, and municipal and government individuals involved in our industry. If you would like it emailed, please send a message to cwagner@irmca.com with your email address. If you would like to write a contributing article, please email cwagner@irmca.com for details. Advertising opportunities are also available. Please contact Cheri Wagner, Editor, at 317.872.6302 or email cwagner@irmca.com.
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IRMCA 2009 MIXER TRUCK RODEO DRIVER COMPETITION
WHAT: 2009 ANNUAL INDIANA MIXER DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP IRMCA PROGRAM IS IN ITS FIRST YEAR. For IRMCA Member Producer Company Drivers.
WHY: REASONS FOR HOLDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE MIXER DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT Provide recognition for key employees and their families. Build company spirit. Build state spirit. IRMCA Mixer Driver competition is the qualifying event for annual NRMCA National Mixer Driver Championship competition which will be held Sunday and Monday, October 18-19, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, IN. Qualifying event for Mixer Driver World Cup which will be held every 3 years, starting in 2011 @ Conexpo-Conagg.
Email cwagner@irmca.com or call 317-872-6302 to request a Drivers Packet.
WHERE: 2009 COMPETITION WILL TAKE PLACE IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 3500 DePauw Boulevard West Parking Lot (Pyramid Buildings) WHEN: SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2009 from 7:00 a.m5:00 p.m. (or completion). COST: $95.00 per driver submitted. Maximum 2 drivers submitted from each company. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 22, 2009. AGENDA: Start the day with an exam; attend the drivers meeting and challenge course walk-through and then go on to the competition. There will be 8 challenges on the course including: Tennis Ball Drive-Through Alley Dock/Backing Stop Scale Box Backing Chute Hoops NRMCA NATIONAL COMPETTION: IRMCA and NRMCA member state winner will be entered into the NRMCA Mixer Driver Competition to be held on October 18-19, 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. LODGING: Bring your families and spend the day. Continental breakfast, snacks and barbeque lunch will be provided. A block of rooms is being held AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND CARRIBEAN COVE WATERPARK (night of Friday, June 12th) in the name of IRMCA for those who want to book a room at the rate of: Option 1: Holiday Inn includes the Caribbean Cove Waterpark package and breakfast for four at the price of $129.00. Family may stay at the waterpark until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Option 2: Regular room rate also offered at $89.00 (one bed, breakfast included -no Caribbean Cove Waterpark admittance.) Call 317-872-9790 to make a reservationplease be sure to mention IRMCA to get the reduced rate. To remove your name from our mailing list, please email: cwagner@irmca.com. Questions or comments? E-mail us at cwagner@irmca.com or call 317-872-6302. Forward Stop Parallel Park Tightest Turn Egg Break
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By Chris Tull, P.E. PCA Consultant
Many of you have asked me how my contract with PCA works. I have been asked what is included in that contract and what work is a portion of my consulting business. The answer is cut and dry. My contract with the PCA covers technical support for the promotion of local streets & roads and parking lots which would include conventional concrete and pervious concrete, as well as roller compacted concrete. In addition the PCA contract also affords me the opportunity to help IRMCA by representing you at IRMCA Technical Committee meetings as well as the regularly scheduled meeting with INDOT at Materials and Testing. Also included in the PCA contract is the opportunity to work with our neighbors in Illinois and Wisconsin to promote RCC when called upon. The balance of the work that I do is a direct bill situation with my other customers. I am proud to have PCA as my anchor customer. Let me know if there are any projects I can help you with. You can email Chris at christull@sbcglobal.net.
Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans (Part 1) By: Eric A. Welling, M.S. Senior Project Professional, NTH Consultants, Ltd.
The Clean Water Act of 1972 set forth numerous requirements to protect our nations water resources. As a consequence, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures were required for certain facilities as early as 1974. However, in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez released 10 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska, the SPCC program was significantly overhauled under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act (OPA). The USEPA developed regulations to implement this statute under 40 CFR 112. The SPCC regulations apply to facilities that have above-ground oil storage capacity of greater than 1,320 gallons or underground storage of greater than 42,000 gallons. The 1990 regulation required over 400,000 facilities across the US to develop revised and more rigorous SPCC Plans. Interestingly enough, this is one of the few programs where the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) does not have primacy. Consequently, SPCC requirements revert back to the USEPA (Region 5 for Indiana facilities), and Indiana facilities must abide by federal requirements. We find ourselves knocking on the door of the 20 year anniversary of the OPA, and the USEPA is once again wanting to overhaul this program. For the last several years, the USEPA has presented revised language under 40 CFR 112, but effective dates for implementation keep being postponed due to public comments, certain industry lobbyists, and political forces. The latest final rule was published on December 5, 2008. However, on January 29, 2009, the USEPA published a notice delaying by 60 days, the effective dates outlined in the December 5, 2008 language. In fact, in accordance with a recent White House memorandum entitled Regulatory Review, EPA has withdrawn the SPCC Compliance Dates Final Rule from their web site and delayed publication in the Federal Register, pending further Agency review. Please keep in mind that this withdrawal does not remove any regulatory requirement for owners or operators of facilities in operation before August 16, 2002. Facilities in operation before that date must maintain an SPCC Plan in accordance with the existing SPCC regulations. (If you need assistance with SPCC programs, please feel free to contact Mr. Welling at NTH Consultants, 317.735.7645.)
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Decorative Concrete Certification Program

The Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association held the first Decorative Concrete Certification Program on Thursday, March 26th, 2009. It was a huge success we now have 38 certified decorative concrete technicians in the state. Thank you to the Decorative Committee who worked diligently to develop and conduct this program, and Jobsite Supply for supplying a venue to hold the class.
April 2009 Pervious Concrete Certification Programs

More than 75 people attended and completed the NRMCA Pervious Concrete Certification Programs. A program was held at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds in Mishawaka on April 9th, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis on April 16th and on April 23rd at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville.
Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association partners with Regional Groups and Indiana Universities for Programs in April
More than 100 people attended the programs conducted at Purdue Calumet and the University of Southern Indiana in April. The topic was Concrete Pavement and LEED. Attendees received a certificate of completion. These programs were held in conjunction with the OVCPC and Northwest Indiana Regional Promotion Groups.
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The Second Annual IRMCA Safety Awards were given out at the 2009 IRMCA Short Course on Monday, January 12, 2009 at the Marriott Indianapolis East Hotel. Congratulations to all winners! Entries for 2009 IRMCA Safety Awards are due by August 1, 2009. Forms will be mailed shortly!
Berne Ready Mix Plant Berne Plant Builders Concrete Belmont Avenue Plant 4 Fishers Plant #1 Kentucky Avenue Plant#2 Whitestown Plant 3 Cash Concrete Products, Inc. Plant II Erie Haven Auburn Plant Decatur Plant New Haven Plant Steel Dynamics Plant Ardmore Avenue Plant Industrial Road Plant Ernst Enterprises Portland Plant Winchester Plant Richmond Plant Sellersburg Plant Irving Materials, Inc. Bloomfield Plant Boonville Plant Brazil Plant Brookville Plant Cambridge City Clinton Plant Connersville Plant Crawfordsville Plant Lloyd Plant Ft. Branch Plant Frankfort Plant Greensburg Greenville Hartford City East 96th Street Plant Harding Street Plant Pittsboro Plant Jasper Plant Kokomo Plant Lebanon Logansport Madison Grant County Ready Mix Martinsville
Berne Indianapolis Fishers Indianapolis Whitestown Greencastle Auburn Decatur New Haven Columbia City Ft. Wayne Ft. Wayne Portland Winchester Richmond Sellersburg Bloomfield Boonville Brazil Brookville Cambridge City Clinton Connersville Crawfordsville Evansville Ft. Branch Frankfort Greensburg Greenville Hartford City Indianapolis Indianapolis Pittsboro Jasper Kokomo Lebanon Logansport Madison Marion Martinsville
Irving Materials, Inc. (continued) Montezuma Mt. Summit Oxford Clarksville Corydon Greenfield Huntingburg Mooresville River Road Plant McCordsville Plant Honda Portable Plant Burdsal Parkway Plant Port Road Plant Marion Plant Whiteland Plant Bloomington Plant Danville Plant Oak Grove Plant Belmont Plant Morris Street Plant West 96th Street Plant Lafayette Plant Muncie Plant New Albany Plant Keystone Concrete, Inc. Churubusco Plant Kuert Concrete, Inc. Rochester Plant Goshen Plant Warsaw Plant South Bend Plant Jones & Sons, Inc. Plant#1 Ozinga Indiana RMC Inc. Schererville Plant Cedar Lake Plant Brown Point Plant Portage Plant Valparaiso Plant Wheatfield Plant Gary Plant
Montezuma New Castle Bedford Clarksville Corydon Greenfield Huntingburg Mooresville Noblesville Fortville Greensburg Indianapolis Indianapolis Marion Whiteland Bloomington Danville Evansville Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Lafayette Muncie New Albany Churubusco Rochester Goshen Warsaw South Bend Washington Schererville Cedar Lake Brown Point Portage Valparaiso Wheatfield Gary
THE Concrete WORD Safety Alliance Pit Crew Available
Our Alliance Pit Crew will of fer their ser vices to any IRMCA Member Producer Company. The IRMCA Pit Crew will come into your plant and per form a safety assessment at your request. They will sign a confidentiality form and an anti-trust form will be completed. The IRMCA Pit Crew is made up of IRMCA Safety and Environmental Committee Members: Bill Wiley, Tom Doane, Greg Towner, Mike Conquest and Steve Henderson, subject to availability, and either Ashley Frantz or Cheri Wagner from the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association. Call 1-317-872-6302 to schedule an assessment.
Safety Alliance Update

The following companies/plants are currently involved in the Safety Alliance Program.
Kuert Concrete (Goshen) Kuert Concrete (Rochester) Kuert Concrete (South Bend) Kuert Concrete (Warsaw) Jones & Sons (Terre Haute) Irving Materials (Huntingburg) E &B Paving (Chandler) Jones & Sons (Vincennes) Irving Materials (Winamac) Irving Materials (Remington) Ozinga (Crown Point) Ozinga (Cedar Lake) Ozinga (Portage) Ozinga (Wheatfield) Ozinga (Gary) Ozinga (Schererville) Ozinga (Valparaiso) Ernst Enterprises (Richmond) Builders Concrete & Supply (Whitestown) Jones & Sons (Washington) Jones & Sons (Bloomfield) Builders Concrete and Supply (Indianapolis) Central Concrete Supply (Jasper) Concrete Supply (Evansville) Irving Materials (Kokomo) E & B Paving (Kokomo) Irving Materials (Rockport) Irving Materials (Paoli) Irving Materials (Evansville) Shelby Materials (Shelbyville) Tell City Concrete Supply (Tell City) Builders Concrete & Supply (Fishers) Central Concrete Supply (Evansville) Erie Haven (Fort Wayne) Cash Concrete (Greencastle) Eagle Ready Mix (Goshen) Ernst Concrete (Sellersburg)
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Extreme Makeover Home Comes to Indianapolis

On Saturday, March 28, 2009 producers from the Extreme Makeover show knocked on a door in the MartindaleBrightwood neighborhood in Indianapolis. This was to notify the homeowner that he was chosen by the show to receive a new home. With cameras rolling, the homeowner, Bernard McFarland, learned that he and his sons would be whisked away to Paris for a week of vacation while the show staff, along with The Estridge Companies and hundreds of other companies and thousands of volunteers would stay behind to build them a new home in just seven days. I found out on the second day of building that one of IRMCAs members Builders Concrete was providing the concrete, as well as acting as project manager on portions of this project. I decided to investigate and went to the worksite on Wednesday. Winding through the residential streets in a bus to the site I noticed cars, trucks, vans, RVs and work trucks of all sizes, shapes, and colors with logos on everything. People were milling through the streets. I followed the noise, the mud and the beeping of trucks to the site of the commotion, where I found thousands of people working at one construction site. It was a sea of hardhats and Extreme Makeover blue shirts. I made my way through people, trucks, bobcats, buildings and mounds and mounds of dirt and mud until I got an angle that brought me a glimpse of the ready mix truck.
(Continued on page 11)
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Extreme Makeover Home Comes to IndianapolisContinued from page 10

If this sounds chaotic it was but a very organized chaos. Quite like watching a mound of worker ants. Everyone in close proximity, everyone busy and knowing what needs to be done. It was truly amazing. After talking to Builders Concrete, I found out that The Estridge Companies invited them to become a part of this project, as the project manager on two separate phases including demolition of the old home. There were 278 yards of concrete poured, with admixtures added on site because of the mix volatility. Maturity meters were used to test strength. Strengths of 6,000 and 7,000 psi were reached in 24 hours and all met code within six hours. Fifty percent of the concrete in the project was pumped using Performance Pumping. Ninety percent of the concrete was placed at unconventional working hours, sometimes overnight. Builders Concrete President Butch Nuckols, along with more than 25 of Builders employees and families, were working at any one time, with some working 44 hours straight. Not one supplier that Builders Concrete asked to help said no. They felt this was an excellent team building event with their employees as well as with all of their suppliers. Some of their partners on this project included: Final Grade Excavating, Inc., with the excavation and demolition; Shiel Sexton with the Library foundation and slab construction; Sanders with work on the residence foundation and foundation wall; Featherston Construction with the exterior concrete and work on the basement slab; Casey-Bertram with the demolition; and, Lunar Construction completed the city walks. Other IRCMA members listed on the Estridge website as sponsors include Martin Marietta Materials, BASF, Jobsite Supply and Lehigh Cement. One hundred percent of the materials and time on this project was donated. They concluded the week with a party at the end, held by the Extreme Makeover show at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. The show will air on May 17th, the season finale.
(by Cheri Wagner)
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News from IRMCA Promotion Manager, Ashley Frantz
The IRMCA is committed to excellence in all aspects of our business. This dedication to excellence includes being environmentally conscientious and incorporating green standards in our ready mix industry. Over the next few issues of the newsletter, Im going to walk you through the process of ready mixed concretes contributions to LEED points. There are five main credit categories that concrete can help to obtain these credits. They are, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency & Atmosphere, Materials & Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality. In each credit category I will divide up and outline the intent, the requirements and how concrete can contribute to LEED. A building requires at least 40 points for the basic certification level. The 1st credit is Development Density & Community Connectivity. Development Density & Community Connectivity (Sustainable Sites Credit 2) Concrete is used more than any other man-made material in the world. Credit 2 was developed to channel to urban areas with existing infrastructure and to protect our natural resources and to preserve habitat and Greenfields. Like my dad always states, Land its not like theyre making any more! We need to focus our attention toward preserving our existing infrastructures. One strategy to achieve this credit is to construct or renovate a building on a previously developed site and in a community with a minimum density of 60,000 square feet per acre. How does Ready Mix Concrete tie in for a LEED point? By having a multi-story ICF, Precast or Tilt Up construction application. Its strength, economy and versatility make it ideal for residential and commercial construction applications in urban settings. This credit is worth 1 point. LEED Credits Certified Silver Gold Platinum Points Required 40-49 50-59 60-79 80+
Please call Ashley for a consultation on how your organization can obtain LEED points in your application: 1-317-872-6302 or email her at afrantz@irmca.com
Ashley Frantz, IRMCA Promotion Manager, Earns LEED AP Accreditation

The Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association is pleased to announce that Ms. Ashley Frantz has earned accreditation from the United States Green Building Council as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited Professional (LEED AP). LEED APs have demonstrated the professional knowledge to facilitate the certification process for the LEED Green Building Rating System. States, municipalities and numerous federal agencies require or provide valuable incentives for buildings to earn and maintain high LEED ratings. LEED is fast becoming an industry standard nationwide for sustainable building design and operation. As a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited professional, Ms. Frantz is familiar with the LEED Certification process and advises representatives on the use of ready mixed concrete and the impacts of concrete toward LEED standards. Ashley is here to guide you through the process of earning LEED points with the use of ready mixed concrete in potential LEED projects.
A LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) is an individual who has passed the exam and possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to participate in the design process, to support and encourage integrated design, and to streamline the application and certification process. The exam was launched in 2001 to recognize, through accreditation, individuals understanding of green building practices and principles, and familiarity with LEED requirements, resources, and processes.
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NRMCA Introduces LEED Calculator

As Latest Tool in Promoting Concretes Environmental Qualities
Contact: Erin Ashley eashley@nrmca.org or 1-888-846-7622, ext. 1306 Silver Spring, MD January 30, 2009 The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has introduced the Recycled Content and Regional Material Calculator for the Concrete Industry (LEED calculator), an Excelbased program which calculates concrete's contribution to the LEED 2.2 and LEED 2009 Recycled Content and Regional Material credits. The calculator allows input on project details, concrete producer and other applicable information. The program provides the results in a single page letter which can be provided to the LEED Accredited Professional, project manager or building owner. The LEED calculator is another in a series of NRMCA efforts to emphasize the superior environmental and sustainable qualities of ready mixed concrete. In addition to the calculator, the Association is holding its first live, online course, Concretes Role in Sustainable Development, beginning Monday, April 6. This course will feature LEED 2009 and will help participants understand and prepare for the new system. The green building movement has really taken hold across the U.S. and the LEED calculator is one key tool that can help detail concretes attributes to the desired targeted audience, such as a building owner or architect, said Erin Ashley, NRMCAs senior director of sustainable construction. NRMCA, based in Silver Spring, MD, represents the producers of ready mixed concrete and the companies that provide materials, equipment and support to the industry. It conducts education, training, promotion, research, engineering, safety, environmental, technological, lobbying and regulatory programs. xxx
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June 12, 2009 June 12, 2009 June 13, 2009 Sept 21, 2009 Sept 22, 2009 Jan 17-19, 2010
TechEd Meeting, 2:00 p.m. Indians Baseball Outing, Victory Field, Indianapolis IRMCA First Annual Mixer Truck Rodeo, Indianapolis Leadership Program, Purgatory Golf Clubhouse, Noblesville IRMCA Annual Golf Outing, Purgatory Golf Club, Noblesville IRMCA Annual Short Course, Marriott North Indianapolis
For more information go to www.irmca.com or email cwagner@irmca.com.

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News from the Board

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