Kentucky
The
Ready Mixed Concrete Association
1 HMB Circle ● Frankfort, KY 40601 ● Phone: 502-695-1535 ● Fax: 502-695-9499 ● Web: www.krmca.org
October 2015
Calendar of Events
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ACI Level I Classes
KRMCA Level II Classes
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February 8-11
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KRMCA Promotion
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KRMCA Office
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KRMCA Environmental
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KRMCA Fall Board
Meeting—Edgewater
Beach Resort, Naples, FL
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Have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the KRMCA!
KRMCA Mourns the Passing the
Tom Grisinger
Thomas John Grisinger passed into pain-free
eternal life on September 30, 2015 after courageously battling many health challenges
stemming from his cancer diagnosis in 2002.
He was born November 2, 1954 in Nebraska
and graduated with a BS from the College of
Engineering at the University of Nebraska in
1978. He lived in Fishers, IN, for the past 27
years and was employed by Lehigh Hanson
Cement for 31 years as Technical Services
Manager for the North Region with offices in
Carmel, IN. Tom was an active member of
the American Concrete Institute, and his hobbies included golfing, designing and building projects for home and beyond, and
enjoying sports as a spectator with his wife. He loved teaching others many things,
and enjoyed Star Trek and similar genres.
Tom was also actively involved on the KRMCA Quality and Specifications Committee and taught at nearly every KRMCA Level II Class.
A Celebration of Life will take place at College Park Church, 2602 W. 96th Street,
Indianapolis, IN on Wednesday, October 7 at 11 am, visitation with family will be
at the church following the service. Private family burial will be at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens at 9700 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis, IN.
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1240 Fairway Street
P.O. Box 1779
Bowling Green, KY 42103
LEXINGTON
181 Prosperous Place
Lexington, KY 40509
NASHVILLE
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OWENSBORO
2009 Frederica Street
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Owensboro, KY 42302
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Happenings at the Kentucky
Ready Mixed Concrete Association…
Over the last couple of months, the
KRMCA has been working behind the
scenes on some upcoming events
through the end of the year. These
events, along with other topics, will
close out the 2015 year and prepare the
association for 2016. Here’s a look at
some items that have been going on
within the Kentucky Ready Mixed Concrete Association:
2015-2016 KRMCA DirectoryCompleted in August, the 2015-2016
KRMCA Membership Directory is available for download or in print. To access
the digital version of the directory,
please click HERE. This can be saved,
downloaded, shared and printed all
from this point. The KRMCA also has
some copies of the Directory printed out
that are available if requested. To request a printed copy of the Directory,
please contact the KRMCA Office.
Fall Board MeetingThe KRMCA Fall Board Meeting is just around the corner- specifically next month, November
4-8, 2015, at Edgewater Beach Resort in Naples, Florida. The room block is now closed. If
you have yet to send in your registration form, please get that in as soon as possible so that
the KRMCA can get an accurate head count for the various events during the week. The
registration form can be found on page 4 of the newsletter. On page 5 of the newsletter,
you will find the tentative schedule of events for the week. If you have any questions regarding the Fall Board Meeting, please contact the KRMCA Office.
Certification ClassesThe KRMCA holds monthly ACI Level I Classes at its office, and the October class is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20th. If you need to get certified, or to renew your certification,
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please fill out the registration form on page 18 of the newsletter and get it in as soon as
possible to reserve your seat.
During the winter months, the KRMCA holds the KRMCA Level II Class. This class is a requirement for any company that sells concrete products to the Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet. This two-week class is a popular certification. If you are up for re-certification,
or have a new hire that needs to get certified, please get the registration form in as soon
as possible as these classes will fill up fast. Also, an item of note, the December class is
no longer scheduled as an abbreviated class, but will now be a full class. If you need special accommodations, please contact the KRMCA office.
John McChord, PE, KRMCA Director of Engineering, has been working behind the scenes
the last couple of months preparing for the 2015-2016 KRMCA Level II Classes, working
with the instructors to prepare for this class.
If you have any questions regarding the KRMCA Level II Class, please contact the KRMCA
Office.
2016 KRMCA Winter ConventionThe KRMCA has also begun preparing for the 2016 Winter Convention. This event will be
held at the Marriott Louisville Downtown from January 20-23, 2016. This event will also
feature the KRMCA Trade Show. If you would like to reserve a table-top to showcase
your products, please see pages 11-12 of the newsletter for the Trade Show form. Like
the 2013 Trade Show, there will be 4-$500 cash drawings for those in attendance that
successfully visit all the exhibitors that day, so don’t delay to reserve a tabletop for your
company. If you have any questions regarding the Winter Convention, or the Trade
Show, please contact the KRMCA Office.
Concrete PicturesThe Kentucky Ready Mixed Concrete Association is still looking for pictures of concrete
projects that have been completed. If you supplied concrete to a project that has been
completed, please take a picture and send it in to either Finley or Brett ([email protected]
or [email protected]). These can be buildings, parking lots, streets and roads, trails, or
any other project where concrete was utilized. If you do, please send the pictures in their
original size- please do not shrink the pictures. Full size images can be utilized for multiple functions, whether print material, marketing material, or other promotional products.
If you have any questions, please contact the KRMCA office.
As we get closer to the end of the year, Susan Hagg, KRMCA Office Manager, will be
sending out any unpaid invoices to collect before the closeout of the 2015 year. If you
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receive an invoice, please try to get those back in to the KRMCA prior to January 1, 2016. If
you would like to pay by credit card, please call the KRMCA office directly and ask to speak
with Susan. When you call, please have your credit card handy as she will need the following
information:
Card Type
Name on the card
Billing address
Card Number
Expiration Date
Security Code
Email address
For all credit card transactions, there is a 3% convenience fee applied to the transaction.
If you have an event in your area and you would like the KRMCA’s participation, please contact the KRMCA office. If you have a project coming up in your area, and you would like assistance from the KRMCA, please contact the KRMCA Office.
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Elections in November
On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015, Kentuckians will go to the polls to vote for the top ticket
election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Also on the ballot will be the other Kentucky
constitutional races for:
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Auditor of Public Accounts
State Treasurer
Commissioner of Agriculture
In some precincts, there are other down-ballot races, but those depend specifically on your
location. There may also be other initiatives on the ballot, but those too depend on the location.
There are resources available to become an educated voter. It is required that the Secretary
of State’s office publish the sample ballots prior to the election. Click HERE to find your sample ballot. You can print these off to educate yourself on the candidates. Just don’t listen and
watch the advertisements to make your decision– research the candidates!
The KRMCA urges its members and their employees to go and exercise their rights by voting
on November 3rd. Kentucky is only 1 of 3 states to have statewide elections in November–
the other two are Louisiana and Mississippi.
If you have any questions, or if you are interested in learning more, please contact the KRMCA office. Simon Sinek, author and motivational speaker, once said, “Leadership is not about
the next election, it’s about the next generation.” This is why educating yourselves on candidates is important to the future– we need to make sure we elect the right leader!
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NRMCA Releases Survey on Mixer Driver
Recruitment and Retention
To support its membership, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association recently completed a landmark,
large scale project aimed at meeting the ready mixed concrete industry’s challenges in hiring and retaining mixer
truck drivers. The result, the release of the first annual NRMCA Mixer Driver Recruitment and Retention Survey,
identifies key industry trends as well as provides insight for possible areas of change to facilitate a high quality, stable mixer driver workforce.
The survey examined the state of the mixer driver employment pool from January 1, 2014 through December
31, 2014. It is the first comprehensive study of this commercially licensed driver segment. The resulting data reflects
27% of the mixer driver pool or 19,024 of NRMCA’s estimated 2014 total of 70,000 drivers. NRMCA also estimates
the total industry population at approximately 125,000 employees; mixer drivers are estimated to be 56% of that total.
The 21-question survey’s response rate was 97%.
The study reports on the mixer driver employment pool from a staffing level, its retention rate, average age,
tenure rate and internal job mobility. It then looks at turnover, analyzing the total turnover rate, voluntary turnover
rate, involuntary turnover rate, layoff turnover rate and reasons for termination as well as reasons mixer drivers quit.
Finally, the study analyzes the 2014 hiring rate, vacancy rate, hiring trends and challenges, and the projected 2015
hire.
The sector was younger and more stable than assumed. The pool’s average age in 2014 was 44.7 years, with
a median of 45 years old. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ and U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2013 study
estimated the average age of a commercial truck driver at 46.5 years. Also, the mixer driver’s national tenure rate was
calculated at 10 years, with a median of nine years. In comparison, the American Trucking Associations reported the
2014 turnover rate for small long-haul truck fleets was 94% in 2014 and higher for large fleets. The national mixer
driver total turnover rate was 15%, with two-thirds quitting and one-third company-released.
The national vacancy rate for mixer drivers was 9% as of December 31, 2014, with an estimated 2014 average hiring of 39.8 mixer drivers per company, with a median of 11.5 mixer drivers per company. Respondents noted
their biggest challenge was finding qualified, commercially licensed drivers with ready mixed concrete industry experience. Seventy five percent reported their most successful recruitment method was employee referral. Only 1%
reported they would not hire mixer drivers in 2015, though the estimated increase in the mixer driver pool, based on
respondents’ projected 2015 hiring numbers, would just be 1.16%.
In an effort to assist the industry with meeting recruitment and onboarding needs, the RMC Research & Education Foundation has co-funded with NRMCA the development of resources, including video, commercial and radio
ads that will help draw new drivers to the industry and also help them to transition to their new role as professional
ready mixed concrete truck drivers. These resources will be released in 2016.
The survey’s Executive Summary and NRMCA members’ unabridged report are available on NRMCA’s
Web site.
NRMCA is celebrating its 85th year of representing 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. Learn more
at www.nrmca.org.
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The Legacy was reprinted with permission from the RMC Research & Education Foundation.
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NRMCA Announces Winners of
2015 Excellence in Quality Awards
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has announced the winners of its 2015 NRMCA Excellence in
Quality Awards. Winning producers have demonstrated that they followed and exceeded quality management principles
over a broad range of activities from commitment to quality, materials management, managing production facilities, product quality control and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. The winners below were honored on Monday,
September 21, during the awards luncheon at NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks in San Antonio, TX.
Category A (annual production exceeding 1 million cubic yards):
ARGOS USA RMX – DFW
ARGOS USA RMX – Florida Region
ARGOS USA RMX – Houston Region
CalPortland – Arizona Region
CEMEX – Florida Region
CEMEX – Northern California Region
Cemstone Products Company, Inc.
Concrete Supply Company
GCC USA Ready Mix
Irving Materials, Inc. – imi North Region
Martin-Marietta Materials, Inc. – Southwest Division
Thomas Concrete
USC Atlantic – A US Concrete Company
Vulcan Materials Company – East Region NOVA/DC Concrete
Category B (annual production from 250,000 to 1 million cubic yards):
Anderson Concrete Corp.
ARGOS USA RMX – North Carolina Region
ARGOS USA RMX – South Carolina Region
ARGOS USA RMX – Area 3 Georgia Region
Buckeye Ready-Mix, LLC
CalPortland – Nevada Region
CalPortland – Oregon Region
Chandler Concrete Company, Inc.
Chaney Enterprises
Dolese Bros. Co. – Oklahoma Metro Division
Irving Materials, Inc. – imi Louisville Region
Irving Materials, Inc. – imi Southwest Region
Irving Materials Inc. – imi Tennessee Region
Preferred Materials, Inc., Oldcastle Southern Group
Titan Concrete, LLC – Florida Business Unit
Titan Virginia Ready Mix LLC – Northern Region
Category C (annual production less than 250,000 cubic yards):
ARGOS USA RMX – Area 6 Arkansas Region
Dolese Bros. Company – Tulsa Division
Titan America – Powhatan Ready Mix
The criteria for this award were established by NRMCA’s Research Engineering and Standards Committee to
recognize the commitment to quality of NRMCA member companies. Companies applied either as a single entity or a
division within a company and responded to a multiple-choice type application form that generated their scores; a minimum score of 75% with supporting validation qualified a company to receive an award. (Click here to learn more.)
NRMCA is celebrating its 85th year of representing 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. Learn more at www.nrmca.org.
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The Kentucky Ready Mixed Concrete Association is a proud sponsor and supporter of the
Kentucky USGBC. The KRMCA is a Green Schools Sponsor of the Kentucky USGBC, and has
sponsored various programs and events over the years. The KRMCA also actively volunteers
on various committees and the board of directors with the KY USGBC. For more information
regarding involvement with the Kentucky USGBC, or for more information regarding the
LEED Green Associate accreditation, please contact Brett Ruffing at the KRMCA Office.
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New LEED-based Commercial Rebates Available from LG&E and KU
Up to $10,000 for New Construction and Major Renovations
September 15, 2015 (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) - U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Kentucky announced today that Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU) now offer rebates from $2,000 to $10,000 for commercial buildings achieving a LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, certification.
“We are pleased that LG&E and KU looked to LEED standards for these rebates. The Energy & Atmosphere
category is perfect for this because it addresses energy use, efficiency, and reduction,” remarks Nancy Church,
director, USGBC Kentucky. “To base rebate eligibility on reducing environmental and economic harm associated
with excessive energy use is to show the type of leadership we applaud at USGBC.”
To be eligible for a rebate, the building or project must achieve LEED certification and must be awarded points
under the Energy & Atmosphere credit category that seeks to optimize energy efficiency performance. The intent
of the specific LEED credit — Optimize Energy Performance, or EAc1 — is to achieve increasing levels of energy performance beyond the prerequisite standard.
These new rebates expand the existing categories in LG&E and KU’s commercial rebate program. Additional
new rebates include: new construction – efficiency above state code and energy audits. These rebates are
available retroactively for buildings that achieved LEED certification or completed construction on or after November 14, 2014. Some customers may be eligible for multiple commercial rebates under the program.
“While these are new additions to our commercial rebate program offerings, the goal is the same as it’s always
been for all of the programs in our Energy Efficiency portfolio,” said David Huff, LG&E and KU director of Customer Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid Strategy. “They’re designed to help commercial businesses offset the
cost of upgrading or installing high efficiency equipment, like lighting, air conditioning and chillers, which ultimately results in a positive impact on their bottom line.”
LEED is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices. To
receive LEED certification, building projects satisfy prerequisites and earn points to achieve different levels of
certification. LEED is the preeminent program for the design, construction, maintenance and operations of highperformance, healthy buildings. LEED-certified buildings save money and resources and have a positive impact
on the health of occupants, while promoting renewable, clean energy.
According to Environmental and Energy Study Institute, it is estimated that buildings account for nearly 40 percent of CO2 emissions in the U.S. each year, most of which come from the combustion of fossil fuels to provide
heating, cooling and lighting, and to power appliances and electrical equipment. By transforming the built environment to be more energy-efficient and climate-friendly, the building sector can play a major role in reducing
the threat of climate change. If half of new commercial buildings were built to use 50 percent less energy, it
would save more than 6 million metric tons of CO2 annually for the life of the buildings — the equivalent of taking more than 1 million cars off the road every year.
Visit the LG&E and KU website to learn more about LEED-based and other commercial rebates.
To discover how LEED is transforming the way we think about how buildings and communities are designed,
constructed, maintained and operated across the globe, click here.
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