The 2006 Concrete Open will be held Tuesday, June 6 at The Legends in Prior Lake.  Mark your calendars now!

ARM has made a call for entries for the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2005 Promoter of the Year Award.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was created in an effort to recognize greatness in the aggregate and/or ready mix industries.  The Lifetime Achievement Award recipient demonstrates a commitment to the aggregate and/or ready mix industries through dedicated efforts both on a professional and volunteer level.  These dedicated efforts will have spanned a “lifetime” and the results of those efforts should be lasting and significant.  The nominee need not be an ARM member.  However, ARM membership will be considered during the selection process.
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The ARM Promoter of the Year Award was created in 2003 in an effort to recognize greatness in the aggregate and/or ready mix industries.  The Promoter of the Year Award recipient demonstrates a commitment to the aggregate and/or ready mix industries through dedicated efforts both on a professional and volunteer level.  These dedicated efforts need not have spanned a “lifetime” but the results of those efforts should be clearly evident and successful.  The nominee MUST be an ARM member (Producer OR Associate).  Past winners include Jason Kruger of Holcim (US), Inc. and Mitch Voehl of The Bosshart Company
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PROMOTER OF THE YEAR NOMINATION FORM

Completed nominations for both awards must be received by the ARM office by no later than November 1, 2005.  The awards will be presented during the Building Excellence Awards Banquet and ARM Annual Convention December 14-15 at The Depot in downtown Minneapolis.  Contact Margaret Mills with any questions.

ARM is looking for sponsors for the Building Excellence Awards Banquet and the ARM Annual Convention that will be held December 14-15 at The Depot in downtown Minneapolis.
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Some of the featured guests at this year’s convention will be Bob Garbini (NRMCA), Pam Whitted (VP of Government Affairs at NSSGA), Jim Niehoff (Residential Program Manager at PCA), and Dawn Faull (NAHB’s Concrete Home Building Council Program Manager).  Watch for detailed information to come soon!

ARM’s ICF Committee is busy making arrangements to offer ICF education to builders with local home builder associations.  To date, four presentations have been scheduled for early 2006 with the Central Minnesota Builders Association, the Rochester Area Builders Association, Lakes Region Builders Association and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities. 

ARM has an ICF course approved by the State of Minnesota for one or two hours of continuing education credits.  ARM is also sponsoring NAHB’s eight-hour ICF course at the Builders Association of the Twin Cities on March 15.

If you are interested in helping ARM set up an ICF presentation at your local builders association, please contact Margaret Mills at the ARM office at 952-707-1250.

Over 1,600 inline skaters participated in the Second Annual Saint Paul Inline Marathon on Sunday, August 21.  ARM was on-hand at the finish line to talk with skaters about the race route that included sections of newer concrete pavement.  ARM also provided information on the use of concrete in other recreational uses such as paths and cartways as well as swimming pools and skate parks.

ARM Executive Director, Fred Corrigan, and ARM aggregate producer members will be meeting with Speaker of the Minnesota House, Steve Sviggum September 13, 2005 to discuss aggregate preservation issues and specifically the aggregate property tax legislation that failed to pass the 2005 legislative session.  For additional information on this upcoming meeting, please contact Fred Corrigan at the ARM office at 952-707-1250.

The APWA International Congress and Expo will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center September 11-14.  ARM will be on-hand to provide information on pervious concrete as well as controlled low strength material (CLSM).  For more information, please contact Fred Corrigan at the ARM office at 952-707-1250.

ARM Parking Lot/Local Streets Promotions Director, Larry Koenig, has been busy with box lunch presentations recently.  Over 75 people have attended five presentations given at engineering and consulting firms.  Along with a demonstration of NRMCA’s Pavement Analyst Software have been promotional presentations on the range of projects ARM ready mix producers are participating in and the applications of concrete that can be utilized in city streets, county roads, parking lots, round-abouts, pervious concrete and other miscellaneous applications.  For additional information, or to schedule a box lunch presentation, please contact Larry Koenig.

Larry Koenig, ARM Parking Lot/Local Streets Promotions Director, will be making a presentation at the September 20, 2005 dinner meeting of the MC&MCA.  The ARM presentation will focus on concrete parking lots, their designs and their advantages.  The experience of the MnROAD test road will demonstrate the validity of designs which are being used that depart from typical MnDOT standards.  Included in the advantages demonstrated are appearance, light relectivity and reduced maintenance expenses.  Available design tools will be presented but in the interest of time, will not be demonstrated.

The ARMofMN.com website has been updated recently to include a map by which ARM-member aggregate producers can be located.  Similar to the existing ready-mix producer locater, the new map lists (by region) aggregate producers and the counties in which they do business.  Check it out by clicking HERE.

The home page of the website now also includes a downloadable version of the 2005 ARM member directory.  Download the directory by clicking HERE.