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Building Excellence Awards - A Call for Entries
Administration Ups Fiscal 2009 Shortfall for Highway Fund to 'Dramatic' $4 Billion
ARM Member Set to Retire
New Publication Offered by ACI: Insulating Concrete Forms Construction
ARM Board of Directors to Meet August 15th
Applications Now Accepted for ARM Members Scholarship
ARM Involvement in AIA Minnesota Convention
ARM ACI / MnDOT Course Registrations Available October 1st
Don’t Get Crunched! Watch Where You Park at ARM
ARM Welcomes New Members
Your last chance to register for this informative seminar is drawing near!
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, the Portland Cement Association and the Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota have teamed with Land Development Today magazine to offer the seminar Pervious Concrete—A Stormwater Solution at the Eagan Community Center on August 7, 2007.
This seminar provides detailed instruction on pervious concrete pavement as a solution to reducing storm water runoff from building sites and other paved areas. Attendees learn the details of pervious concrete pavement systems, engineering properties and construction techniques.
An actual pervious concrete placement demonstration will be part of the seminar. The site and materials sponsor of the demonstration is Cemstone Products Company and the installation sponsor is Bulach Custom Rock.
Architects and engineers earn 6 Professional Development Hours upon completion of this program. This seminar is registered with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems. The registration fee is $295 (lunch included). Registration can be completed online at www.ldbreakthroughs.com or by contacting Futurus Communications toll-free at 1-888-388-8787.
ARM is pleased to announce that entry forms for the 2007 Building Excellence Awards are now available.
A few changes have been made for the awards this year including the addition of a “Project of the Year” award that will be chosen from amongst the first place winners in each category.
Submissions are due no later than September 28, 2007. The awards banquet will be held December 12, 2007 at The Depot in downtown Minneapolis. Contact the ARM office at 952-707-1250 for sponsorship information.
The administration announced July 11 that it expects the highway trust fund, which is financed by gas tax revenues, to go insolvent by about $4 billion in fiscal year 2009--increasing its previous estimate of a $700 million shortfall in FY 2009.
After over 34 years in the concrete and cement industry, Lee Hoffman (Territory Sales Manager: Southern Minnesota at Lafarge) will retire on Tuesday, July 31st.
Lee started in the industry in 1963 by working for his father Walt Hoffman, manager of Wells Concrete Products, during high school summer breaks. Lee then entered the US Army Reserves where he served as a Demolitions Instructor. Lee worked for Johnson Reels and Ford Motor Company before becoming a Territory Sales Representative for Northwestern Cement in 1973. Lee then spent a year as a Sales Manager for Concrete MN in Morris before coming to work for Huron Cement in 1980, which would eventually become Lafarge.
Lee has many great accomplishments, the most recent of which is a Ready Mix Truck Rollover Safety program which he developed and presented to over 1600 drivers in 2006. Lee received many letters of thanks from his customers, who credit his program in significantly reducing the number of accidents faced by their drivers. Lee will continue to offer this program on a consulting basis to Lafarge customers.
Although Tuesday will mark the end of a 34 year career selling cement, Lee has an even bigger day on Wednesday, August 1st: Lee and Connie Hoffman will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. Please join us in wishing Lee well for both of these great accomplishments.
Every year, thousands of general contractors and subcontractors must grapple with whether to bid Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) projects, how much to charge for them, and how to manage the job. ICFs are stronger, energy-efficient, and offer great design flexibility, and their use is growing by 30% a year. This invaluable work walks the contractor through both business and technical considerations in evaluating and adopting Insulating Concrete Forms for both the residential and commercial markets.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the ARM Board of Directors will be held Wednesday, August 15th at the National Sports Center in Blaine. Lunch will begin at noon in the Schwans Center – Gold Room A followed by the meeting at 1:00 pm. Cost for lunch is $25.
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Please RSVP by calling 952-707-1250 or by e-mailing Jill Cohen.
The Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota (ARM) is pleased to offer a $500 scholarship opportunity to applicants who submit an essay addressing a concrete or aggregate related topic. Essays will be judged on a combination of knowledge of the topic, supportive research and creativity.
The contest is open to any child entering or attending a post-secondary education facility whose parent or guardian works for an ARM member company.
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The 2006 scholarship recipient was Michael Koepp of Belle Plaine, MN, whose father is employed by Aggregate Industries.
ARM, as part of the Minnesota Fire Safe Construction Association, will be involved with sponsoring a presentation by Dr. Walt Schneider, PE at the AIA Minnesota Convention in November. Schneider, who visited Minnesota in March, will present information related to the Minneapolis Fire Safe Construction Cost Comparison Study that was done recently.
Dr. Schneider is the author of the “Fire Safe Construction Cost Comparison Study” and led the team who compiled the results. He is Principal at John C. Haas Associates, an architectural and engineering firm located in State College, PA, as well as a life long firefighter, FEMA trained rescue team member and Penn State University faculty member.
ARM’s ICF Committee Co-Chairs, Jason Fritz (Cemstone Products Company) and Jeff Rutz (AJ Wismin Homes) will also be presenting a two-hour long program on Insulating Concrete Forms during the convention.
ARM is pleased to welcome the following new members who have joined the association since the beginning of the year:
- AJ Wismin Homes
- Belgrade Steel Tank Co, Inc.
- Cornerstone Custom Construction
- Interstate Bearing Systems
- Lura Enterprises
- Putzmeister America, Inc.
- R.B. Scott Co
- Sterling State Bank
If you know of a company who you believe would benefit from ARM membership, please contact the Membership Committee Chair, Travis Collins.
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For those companies who already are benefiting from ARM membership, renewal notices have been recently sent. ARM thanks you for your continued support of the association.
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