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I R M C A N E W SVolume 27, Number 1 Winer 2008

Grea weaher, good atendance,

qualiy speakers and a wonderul acil-iy all made he 2008 Illinois Ready Mixed Concree Associaion AnnualConvenion an overwhelming success.Te Naples Beach Hoel and Gol Clubhosed his year’s even and atendees

were more han saised wih he sieand all o is oerings. Even hose who

brough children ound siters andaciviies o keep he kids occupied andired.

On Monday he 25h, atendees en-

joyed a welcoming uncion, suppored by he IRMCA Recepion Sponsors, onhe lawn righ nex o he beach, a loca-ion which allowed everyone a grea

view o he specacular sunse. Severalreired IRMCA members in he area a-ended and provided grea conversaionabou he good old days.

uesday, we heard rom Dr. Je Roesler rom he Deparmen o Civiland Environmenal Engineering a he

Universiy o Illinois in Urbana. Healked abou whieopping researcha he U o I and gave brie synopseso oher research being done here.

Je answered los o quesions and,aerwards, members menioned eelinggood abou IRMCA’s relaionship wihDr. Roesler and he Deparmen. Je

was ollowed by Rob Madore rom WR

The Annual Convention beach side welcoming event oered great fellowship and a

spectacular sunset.

Members Enjoy

Annual Convention

in Naples, Florida

Continued on page 18.

Letter From the President

It is with much enthusiasm that I accept the position as President

for IRMCA for the 2008 year. I am honored to have been asked to

hold this prestigious seat.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing board

member Tom Beck of Continental Cement for his years of invaluable

knowledge and commitment to our association as well as our indus-

try.

We welcome a new board member; George Burger of Holcim,

Inc. George comes to us with many years of experience in the cement

industry. I am looking forward to the insight he will surely impart as

a new director. I would also like to acknowledge the talented staff of IRMCA.

Our Executive Director, Bruce Grohne, who has been inspirational

in his leadership; John Reed, Director of Marketing and Promotion;

JoAnn McKeown, Ofce Manager; Jennifer Bedell, Special Projects

Coordinator; and Erica Sherbring, Administrative Assistant. Thank

you all for your hard work and dedication.

I anticipate a successful 2008, and wish you all a prosperous and

protable year ahead.

Cheryl Moeller, Moeller Ready Mix, Inc.



Illinois Ready MixedConcree Associaion

303 Landmark Dr., Se. 1-A Normal, IL 61761

Phone: 309-862-2144800-235-4055

Fax: 309-862-3404E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.irmca.org

Working ogeher o creae value, eachexcellence, and produce qualiy.

OcersCheryl Moeller, Presiden

Jusin Ozinga, Vice PresidenDennis Oedewald,

Secreary/reasurerKen Highlander, Pas Presiden

Direcors Jim Amundsen, George Burger,

Kyle Cain, Brad Doll, im Huiner,George Mobarak, Dennis Probs

Sa Bruce Grohne, Execuive Direcor

Jennier Bedell, IRMCA News Edior/

Special Projecs Coordinaor

John Reed,Direcor o Markeing & Promoion

JoAnn McKeown, Oce Manager

Erica Scherbring, Adminisraive Assisan

Dick Plimpon, P.E., Consulan

Missiono be he voice or he ready mixed

concree indusry in Illinois. opromoe he use o qualiy ready

mixed concree hrough innovaiveeducaional programs. o accomplishcommon goals as an organizaion ha

canno be done individually .

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New IRMCA Board Members and Ocers

A he February 26, 2008, Annual General Membership Meeing in Naples, FL,members eleced he ollowing direcors:

Direcor Brad Doll, Doll’s Inc. (Producer)•

Direcor George Mobarak, Rock River Ready Mix (Producer)•

Direcor George Burger, Holcim (US) (Associae)•

And he ollowing ocers:

Presiden Cheryl Moeller, Moeller Ready Mix •

Vice-Presiden Jusin Ozinga, Ozinga Illinois•

Secreary-reasurer Dennis Oedewald, Prairie Group•

YOUR COMPANY’S

ADVERTISEMENTCOULD BE HERE REACHING MOST OF THE READY MIX

PRODUCERS IN ILLINOIS AS WELL AS

CONTRACTORS AND CITY OFFICIALS STATEWIDE.

CONTACT THE IRMCA OFFICE (800.235.4055)

FOR RATES AND SUBMISSION DEADLINES.

Upcoming Event

Te annual Harvey Hagge Scholarship Gol Ouing has been scheduled or Sep-

ember 3rd, so mark your calendars.

Outgoing Directorom Beck o Coninenal Cemen has concluded his service on he board o direc-ors. Te Associaion appreciaes he ime and alen om shared during his yearsas a direcor.



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Badger Sae Equipmen Co.731 Amy Belle Lake Road

Huberus, WI 53033Conac: Jack Moroney, PresidenPhone: 800-528-4360Fax: 262-628-3693Email: [email protected] & Services: Concree Bach Plans,Mixing equipmen-win sha, planary, il,dus conrol, auomaion, reclaimers

CEMEX 15301 Dixie Highway

Louisville, KY 40272Phone: 877.240.9080Conac: Rick L. Locke, Vice Presiden, SalesFax: 502.933.6334Phone: 812.768.5858Fax: 812.632.0722Producs & Services: Cemen

Mers, Inc.(represened by Naional Concree Equipmen, Inc.,Rocheser, MN 55903)P.O. Box 71494

Albany, GA 31708

Welcome, New Members!

Conac: Joel Johnson, PresidenPhone 229-435-3315

Fax: 229-435-3537Email: [email protected]

Websie: www.mers.comProducs & Services: Concree Bach Plans& Accessories

RiverSone Group, Inc.1701 5h AvenueMoline, IL 61265Conac: Greg Casrey, Vice Presiden, SalesPhone: 309-757-8250

Fax: 309-757-8257Email: [email protected] & Services: Aggregae & building maerials

Spin Screed, Inc.4932 Lake DriveQuincy, IL 62035Conac: Joe Churchill, PresidenPhone: 217-222-2378Fax: 217-222-7785Email: [email protected]

Websie: www.spinscreed.com

Producs & Services: Ligh weigh power roller screed




When the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association released results o its 2007 FleetBenchmarking and Cost Survey, some interesting statistics jumped out. While the 2006survey results came rom just NRMCA members, the results are likely indicative o mostoperations. See how you compare to the ollowing:

Average age 6.5 yearsRear discharge 15.7% (↓7% rom previous year)

Front discharge 82.3%Conveyor equipped trucks Owned by 12 % o companies Trailer mixers Owned by 10% o companies

Most prevalent chassis conguration 3 axleFollowed by 4 axle with boosterFollowed by 5 axle

Average annual distance 17,976 milesAverage one-way haul 14.6 milesAverage load size 8.1 cubic yards

Typical ull load size 9.6 cubic yards

Average uel usage 3.60 miles per gallonFuel $/cubic yards $2.55

Drum chipping - driver 20%Drum chipping - maintenance 5%Drum chipping - vendor 71%Chipping requency average every 6 monthsAverage drum lie 5.5 yearsAverage drum lie per cubic yard 32,850 milesConcrete delivered per truck annually 5601 cubic yards

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Illinois cement company erving Illinois’ Construction industry for more tha

30 years! Now open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week

Illinois Cement Company Sales Office

863 Center Court, Unit A ● Shorewood, IL 60404-8512

Phone: 815.730.6718 ● Fax: 815.730.6804

As an industry leader, we are proud of our reputation for providing quality cement products and exceptional service.At Illinois Cement Company, QUALITY IS OUR STRENGTH!

New Promotion Website

Te Naional Ready Mixed Concree Associaion has announced heir newes websie, www.concreepromoion.org . Tis sie,called he Concree Promoers’ Resource Cener has been developed o assis promoers in creaing broader awareness o he

benes o concree hrough enhanced communicaion, shared knowledge and access o he bes ools. Tere are downloadablepicures, videos, daabases, direcories and helpul links or jus abou any concree use you’d like o promoe. Tere are morehan 30 PowerPoin presenaions available or your use. Tis is a wonderul sie ha will give you all he help you need in yourpromoion eors. Check i ou!

Trade Show Award for Pervious

Congraulaions o Ozinga Illinois, who received he “mos innovaive produc o 2008” award or heir per vious concreeexhibi a he 2008 Mid-America Horiculural rade Show, January 16-18, a he Lakeside Cener a McCormick Place. Iner-es in he pervious concree was very encouraging!



On Sepember 5, 2007, 119 members atended he annual Harvey Hagge Scholarship Gol Ouing a PineLakes Gol Club in Washingon, Illinois. Te even raised $12,000 o und scholarships, which were given o Illinois sudenssudying consrucion managemen or civil engineering. Te recipiens are: Aruro Hernandez (UIC), Abraham M. Ramirez(Bradley Universiy), Suzanne Shaer (Souhern Illinois Universiy), Quelsia Khan (Illinois Insiue o echnology), JacobHenschen (Universiy o Illinois a Urbana/Champaign), Carrie Peerson (Universiy o Illinois a Urbana/Champaign) andZachary Bulva (Souhern Illinois Universiy).

By he ime everyone had nished he round o gol,he emperaure neared 90 degrees Fahrenhei and windguss o more han 20 miles per hour were recorded,hough hese weaher challenges did no hold back he many cones winners: closes o he pin was Scot

Weibler (gues); longes put was Jerry Hepburn o Han-son; long drive was Bill Pommerening o Valley Concree;long put was Josh Chesser (gues); inside circle winners

were Dan Garrea o Illinois Cemen, Allan Anderson o Buzzi Unicem, Sean Sheridan o WR Grace;1s low gross

was Ken Highlander o Ready-Mix Service; 2nd low gross

was Gary Sullivan (gues); 3rd low gross was Paul Flynno Flynn Group; 1s low ne was Heaher Lundquis o Ozinga; 2nd low ne was Dennis Oedewald o VCNA Prairie; 3rd low ne was Ron Grigg o Grohne Concree.

Conribuing o he success and enjoymen o hiseven were he recepion sponsors (lised on page 11) andhe 38 Hole Sponsors: Advanced Fiber Soluions, Ame-ren, Barnes Indusrial, BASF, Big River, Blager, ButereldColor, Buzzi Unicem (Norh Cenral), Buzzi Unicem(River Region), CannonBall Express, Coninenal Ce-men, Elmhurs Chicago Sone, Galena Road Gravel,GR, Holcim, Humbold, Illinois Cemen, Irving Maeri-als, Indusrial Sysems, Laarge, Lehigh Cemen, McNei-lus, McNeilus (Sugar Grove), Mez Soller, Meyer Mae-rial, Ozinga, Prairie Maerial, Propex Concree Sysems,Puzmeiser America, Sika, Solomon Colors, S. Mary’s,Suar ank, .H. Davidson, erex Advance Mixer, TelenSand & Gravel, Wesern Sand & Gravel, WR Grace.




Clockwise romop righ: BobO’Carroll (Telen -ron le) and NormRaupp (Meyer)drive ahead o omClarke (IL Cemen- back le) and DickPlimpon (IRM-CA); Allan Ander-son (Buzzi) putsaer landing hisprize-winning drive

inside he circle; PaO’Brien (Holcim) wais while EricPullium (Unied)akes a swing; RobPiesrzynski (S. Mary’s Cemen).

Harvey Hagge

SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING





IRMCA Promotion Focuses on Municipal Decision Makers

One o he major 2008 goals o your IRMCA promoers is o mee wih as many municipal decision makers aspossible and o alk o hem abou he advanages o ready mixed concree as he produc o choice. We inend opromoe concree srees and roads, concree parking los, owablell and more. We are going o alk abou he “GREEN” advanages

o concree and remind hem ha he Sae o Illinois is direcingciies o increase heir susainable consciousness. We will ask or copies o boh heir general concree speci-

caions and heir sub-division sree specicaions. We will ask wheher hey do heir own work or hire i ou and i hey do heirown work we will ask o mee wih he oreman. In oher words, weare going o ry o make sure ha everyone involved a ha locaionknows ha IRMCA is ready and willing o help – no jus IRMCA,

bu all o our parners also, including our producers and associaes!How can you help? I you have a good relaionship wih your

ciy engineer or public works direcor, ask hem i hey would be willing o mee wih an IRMCA represenaive. ell hem ha we

have a sory worh lisening o and ha he ime commimen will be shor. Ten simply call John Reed a he IRMCA oce and we’ll ake i rom here. O course we will keep you apprised o everyhing we do and learn.

A he annual IRMCA promoion meeing in Augus i wasdecided overwhelmingly ha his should be our ocus or 2008.

Help us!

Allan Anderson Elected

President of the Springeld

Homebuilders Association

Congraulaions o Allan Anderson, Sales Rep-resenaive or Buzzi Unicem USA, who was elecedPresiden o he Springeld Homebuilders Associa-

ion on December 13h, 2007, a a gala recepion

and dinner held a he Crowne Plaza. IRMCA Execuive Direcor Bruce Grohne paricipaed in heceremony wih a oas o Allan and o course, wih anadmoniion o “hink GREEN, hink CONCREE”.Te Springeld Homebuilders is an exremely large

associaion and due o Allan’s involvemen, severalmembers have begun or will soon begin ICF homes.

Allan Anderson of Buzzi Unicem addresses the Home-

builders Association after being elected president.

The Illinois Municipal LeagueDirectory is available at www.

iml.org.

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A he enrance o he Paradice Hoel, Bruce ound megahering up he name badges ha had jus allen o

he ground and giggling a my misorune. I wondered i his was he sar o bad luck o come a he Paradice…Nex, I was o o IRMCA’s Board o Direcors meeing,

where Bruce greeed me as he “name badge coordinaor”, which elicied snickers rom some o he board members. Ap-parenly my acciden was no longer a secre, hough he boarddiligenly moved on o discussion and decision-making regard-ing IRMCA’s uure evens and direcion.

I exied he board meeing a ew minues early o reorga-nize he name badges and soon aer members began arriv ingor he recepion. Puting names wih aces is always un. Ourmember exhibiors were: Butereld Color, General Resource

echnologies, Geoes Insrumen Corp., Humbold Manuac-uring, McNeilus Companies, Rexcon LLC, Solomon Colors,and Spin Screed. So many members mingled ha seemed ohave known each oher or years.

Following he recepion, IRMCA members enjoyed a deli-cious dinner, aer which rousing speeches were given by Sena-or John Millner and Represenaive Reneé Kosel abou wha ishappening (or no happening) in Springeld.

Following dinner people wen heir own way. JennierBedell and I joined a cerain group o experienced indusry rep-resenaives who incorporaed and pooled heir money or anevening a he nearby casino. Happily, he “corporaion” (led

by John Albinger) doubled is money.

Sho Curs: A Prpectiv By JoAn McKewn

An early breakas began he nex day’s evens. Sidney

Mays o Vulcan Maerials led he presenaions wih a alk oopic near and dear o he indusries’ hear, “Te Fuure o Agregae Supply.” Sidney explained uure rends or boh suand anicipaed coss o aggregaes.

As everyone setled in, I ried o make o poin o cachgood porion o Joe Nasvik’s alk regarding Decoraive Concree. Joe is one o he naion’s oremos expers on decoraconcree. Joe believes more and more decoraive concree w

be par o our indusries’ markeing mix. I was incredible he examples o inricae designs picured in his presenaio

Ten, i was on o concree cylinders and esing, whichplay an imporan role in our producer members’ everyday ness. Glen Hodson, o Flood esing Laboraories, alk reging esing ready mix concree was well received. Glen’s wi

was able o leave heir ve children or he day and come chhim on.

Nex, Lionel LeMay o NRMCA spoke abou movemerom prescripive o perormance/srengh specicaion mods. Te NRMCA believes ha such a change will be beneo he ready-mix indusry.

Picured across he botom o he page rom le o righ are: Sidney Mays o Vulcan Maerials; Senaor John Millner, who was one o he d

ner speakers; Glen Hodson o Flood esing Laboraories; Lionel Leo NRMCA.




Le: Te Shor Course begins wih an exhibiion and a recepionsponsored by: Big River Indusries, Buzzi Unicem, Cemex, ConinenalCemen, Indusrial Sysems, ESSROC, Holcim (US), Illinois Cemen,Laarge Norh America, Lehigh Cemen, McNeilus, S. Mary ’s Cemen,Bret Admixures, GR, BASF Adm, Maser Builders, Hanson MaerialService, Vulcan, WR Grace, Command Alkon, Advance Fiber, AmerenEnergy Fuels & Services, Barnes Indusrial, Souhern Illinois Sone,Solomon Colors.

Below: New members Marlene and Joe Churchill o Spin Screed in rono heir exhibiion booh.

Jim Spizzo o Vedder, Price, Kauman & Kammholz, P.C.,spoke aer lunch, during he ormidable ime slo when he a-endees are a bi drowsy, bu his opic cerainly held everyone’satenion. He alked abou labor law and, in paricular, he new independen conracor law and shared an inormaive handou.

Following he labor law segmen was a presenaion romDoug Dirks, IDO Soils and Maerials Engineer, who alkedabou ASR, ernary mix designs, and oher opics relaed o

wha is curren in he maerials division a IDO.Te nal presener was Len Swederski, owner o Concree

Consrucion and one o IRMCA’s mos acive conracor

members. He shared some o his markeing echniques and warranies, and his moivaing alk generaed many quesionsrom members. He really emphasized he parking lo marke asa largely “unapped” area or concree.

A he close o he meeing, I had he privilege o drawinghe name o Roger Daily o Moulrie Couny Concree o winhe $600 Bes Buy gi cericae. Roger said he already has aplasma elevision so he will have o do a litle shopping.

Tis year’s Shor Course oered a lo o valuable inorma-ion, somehing or everyone, including he opporuniy olearn abou curren indusry rends and o cach up wih riendsand cliens. I had un being here and geting o know our mem-

bers beter; I look orward o nex year (Bruce wouldn’ le mego o Naples, darn i!)





Long ime IRMCA member and ormer presi-den John Albinger was honored a he 2008 Illinois Ready Mixed Concree Associaion Annual Convenion wih hepresenaion o he Gene Cash Person o Excellence Award.Tis honor is awarded by he Board o Direcors o he Il-linois Ready Mixed Concree Associaion when he boarddeermines ha a person has demonsraed atiude, aciviy and eor ar above wha is normally expeced rom a mem-

ber o IRMCA. John’s career spans over 40 years in he concree indusry.

He has served in various capaciies hroughou he years ineld services, qualiy conrol, and concree producion. Johnhas been given many awards and is a noable and sough aerspeaker and rainer. As or involvemen in IRMCA, John isa pas presiden and 2 ime board member. He was vially involved in creaion o he Saey Hazard Manual. He andohers reaced o winering problems in he souh suburbs by

creaing he Souh Suburban askorce on Durabiliy.

Holy Kaplukers!

John Albinger

Honored by IRMCA

Albinger receives the 2008 Gene

Cash Person of Excellence Award

John’s greaes atribue may jus be his abiliy o em-per wha he knows o be “by he book” wih a knowledgeo “wha will really happen”. He undersands concree way

beter han mos, bu he also undersands hose who produceand place i and he can nd successul middle ground. He isalways willing o alk o any IRMCA member who calls orhelp and his advice is always on he money.

Congraulaions o John, who was presened an originalcomic paining o his mos used phrase (Holy Kaplukers!) and

who will be presened wih a plaque o accompany his many oher awards.

John is in good company. Previ-

ous winners are:

Gene Cash•

Thorlow Baker •

Harvey Fields•

Harvey Hagge•

Dean Amundsen•

Edward Taylor •

Richard Cosgrove•

Jerry Woods•

Ray Michaels•

Sieb VanderWagen•

Rob Nelch•

Richard Plimpton•




Where will smoking be prohibited? Smoking will not be allowed in any indoor public area,place of employment or vehicle owned, leased or oper-ated by the state or political subdivision of the state.

Do “no smoking” signs have to be posted? Yes. “No smoking” signs or the international no smok-ing symbol, consisting of a burning cigarette enclosed ina red circle with a red bar across it, must be clearly and conspicuously posted in each public place covered by the act. Placement of the signs is the responsibility of theowner, operator, manager or other person in control of that place.

Do all bars and restaurants have to be smoke-free? Yes. Bars, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, adult en-

tertainment facilities and cabarets, and restaurants, includ-ing coffee shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands, and privateand public school cafeterias are smoke-free.

Are fraternal organizations exempt from the law? No. The law defines these types of clubs as public placesand they must be smoke-free.

Are membership paid clubs that require a card exempt? No. There are no exemptions for private clubs.

Do factories have to be smoke-free? Yes. All indoor workplaces will be smoke free.

Is smoking allowed on loading docks? No. A loading dock is considered an entrance.

Where can I smoke near a public place or my place of employment? You must be a minimum distance of 15 feet from en-trances, exits, windows that open or ventilation intakes.

Can smoking occur in a private residence? Smoking is allowed in private residences except whenused as a child care, adult day care, or healthcare facility,or any other home-based business open to the public.

What other places are exempt from the law? Smoking is allowed in the following areas:

Retail tobacco stores that derive more than 80 per-•

cent of its gross revenue from the sale of tobaccoproducts and do not have a liquor, food or restaurantlicense.Private and semi-private rooms in nursing homes or•

long-term care facilities occupied by one or morepersons, all of whom smoke and have requested tobe placed in a room where smoking is permitted.

The nursing home or long-term care facility mustensure designated smoking rooms comply with otherlaws and fire protection and life safety codes.Up to 25 percent of hotel or motel sleeping rooms•

may be designated as smoking rooms, provided they

are on the same floor, contiguous and smoke fromthese rooms does not infiltrate into nonsmokingrooms.

How will the act be enforced? The owner, manager or operator of an area open to thepublic covered by the act must make a reasonable effortto prevent smoking. The Illinois Department of PublicHealth, state-certified local public health departments and local law enforcement agencies will enforce the law.

Where can I file a complaint? Complaints can be filed with the Illinois Department of Public Health on the Web at www.smoke-free.illinois.gov or by telephoning the Department’s toll-free ComplaintLine at 866-973-4646. Complaints also can be made toa state-certified local health departments or a local lawenforcement.

What are the penalties? A person who smokes in an area where smoking isprohibited can fined between $100 and $250. A personwho owns, operates or otherwise controls a public place

or place of employment who violates the act can be fined not less than $250 for the first violation, not less than$500 for the second violation within one year after thefirst violation and not less than $2,500 for each additionalviolation within one year after the first violation.

Smoke-free Illinois Act Frequently Asked Questions

This information was found on the Illinois Department of Health Smoke-free Illinois website,http://www.idph.state.il.us/smokefree/sf_info_faq.htm.



Many o you reading hiscolumn may no be aware o i, bu Isared my career in he concree indus-ry working hands-on in he concreelaboraory o he Iowa Deparmen o ransporaion. A he ime one o my principal areas o eor and ineres

was in he area o mixure design. I wasrouinely involved in developing new mixures or specic research purposesin eors ypically dedicaed o isola-ing one or more specic inpus suchas aggregae ype, y-ash ype, cemenproducer, admixure brand or ype, ec.on srengh or durabiliy o he in-placemixures. You would recognize hese aspar o a ypical cericaion program.

Bu he mos inriguing projecsin hose days ook me ino odd areas

o concree mixure design. As anexample, one o he mos ineresingprojecs in which I was ever involvedrequired breaking down a gradaiono he ne and coarse aggregaes inorder o develop an esimae o heoal surace area o he aggregae. Tehinking a he ime was ha we wouldry o creae a morar lm hickness o coaing on he aggregae in an eoro conrol cerain properies o hemixure. I was ascinaing work ha

gave me an appreciaion, rs o hedeph o he body o work o people

who had come beore me, and secondo he relaive diculy o quickly do-ing he mah correcly o develop new mixures. Usually i involved pages o calculaions or he heoreical analysisi ha was required.

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Mos o you do no do ha oday since you depend on mixures ha

you have used day in and day ou hahave been proven o work or mos o your day-o-day sidewalks, basemenpours and hopeully UW projecs.Tey do work, bu could hey be moreeconomical?

One o he rs hings a conracorever augh me was ha saving money is making money. I is rue regard-less o he business you are in. oday new ools are becoming available haallow you as a concree producer o

reexamine your mixures and poin you in new direcions ha can poen-ially save you money. Te Shilsoneamily o producs are well known andhave been around a long ime. Indeed,seeMIX® and seeSA® have helpedmany producers over he years, bu heunderlying principles resed primarily

Through efforts supported by Fed-

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a paricular means o calculaing a ew inpus o achieve a paricular objecive

or wo. Tey are good programs or asar as hey go and I have ollowed hemsince my days shorly aer leaving heDeparmen o ransporaion.

Bu advancemens coninue.Trough eors suppored by FederalHighway Adminisraion (FHWA)in is High Perormance Concreeiniiaive, a new compuer programis under developmen ha allows heuser a much more comprehensivelook a mixure design (see Figure 1).

I is buil or use in a near universalMicroso Windows based operaingenvironmen. Te program allowshe producer o examine his availableaggregae gradaions, his cemeniiouscomponens and his cos o maerialso come up wih new mixure combi-

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Figure 1A classic U.S. Bureau of Public roads 0.45 power curve calculation for maximum theoretical aggregate density in the con-

crete mixture is shown. See the slider. Changes in calculations comparing the percentage of ne to coarse aggregate are

just that easy in the BETA. The computer can calculate a best t or you can develop your own with the slider. Other kinds

of analysis are available as well.

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Te Flynn Group re-cenly picked a perec day

(way oo cold and snowy o work) o invie conrac-or cusomers o he GalenaConvenion Cener or aday o learning. Presenersincluded represenaives o BASF (admixures and slag),Propex Concree Sysems(proper joining/bers) ,Holcim (slag), ConinenalCemen (cemen), Headwa-

ers (y ash), represenaiveso Flynn (ordering concree)and “he old guys” (Woodsand Grohne) alking abou a variey o subjecs.

Te even was well a-ended, very inormaive, andhe conracors all el he a-air was well worh atending.Tese ypes o evens can bea grea way o inerac wih

and a he same ime educae your cusomers. IRMCA isalways willing o atend, helpplan, and, i asked, speak ahese evens; all you have odo is conac us!

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Contractor

Meeting

Pictured below are attendees

of the Galena event held forcontractors this winter.

Pink Concrete MixersTwo VCNA Prairie Trucks Get Special Paint to Raise Breast

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Among he new rucks ordered by VCNA Prairie in 2007 were wo pink mixerspurchased in an eor o increase breas cancer awareness. One o he rucks works ouo he main oce in Bridgeview and he oher works exclusively on projecs in down-

own Chicago. According o Michael Oremus o VCNA Prairie, “ Our Pink rucks signiy our

respec and admiraion or hose who are currenly batling his illness and hose whohave survived his aficion.” In addiion o he awareness promoed hrough he use o he rucks, VCNA Prairie donaes 25% o he pros or each yard o concree he wopink mixers deliver.

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Grace who alked abou bers – paricularly srucural bers. Members learned a grea deal rom Rob’s alk, no he leas o which bea poenial or he producer o make money rom he promoion and sale o bers!

Wednesday morning Diep u o he Florida Concree Producs Associaion alked abou pervious concree in Florida. Some reers migh remember Diep speaking o us on he same subjec years ago in Orlando and would be surprised a how sophisicaed andrecepive he sae has become regarding pervious concree. Because o his experise, Diep was asked quesions abou pervious conchere in Illinois, and he oered several illuminaing commens. Following Diep, Dr. Heaher Brown, Direcor o he Concree IndusManagemen program a Middle ennessee Sae Universiy, old us abou he growh and success o he program a MSU and heinancy o similar programs a oher universiies around he counry. MSU now has 400 enrolled in he program and coninues o p

vide wonderul job placemen. Dr. Brown is also involved in he pervious concree movemen and made several commens in suppoDiep’s presenaion.

On Tursday morning, ollowing a ull breakas or members and heir guess, Ed Sullivan, Chie Economis Forecaser or hePorland Cemen Associaion, gave his sobering economic orecas or he cemen and con-cree indusry. Mr. Sullivan seems cerain ha we will be soon be in a recession i indeed weare no already. He doesn’ see recovery in he indusry unil early 2010. His explanaion orhis predicions, paricularly his houghs abou he sub-prime loan business was ascinaing andhe was able o make several raher echnical aspecs o his opic easy o undersand.

40 golers ook o he links Tursday aernoon and enjoyed a slighly chilly bu cloudlessday. Much un was had by all wih low gross winners Paul Flynn and Donna Edwards leadinghe way.

Tursday nigh’s banque was grea un as we welcomed new Presiden Cheryl Moeller, Vice-Presiden Jusin Ozinga, and Secreary/reasurer Dennis Oedewald. Gol awards weregiven ou and John Albinger received he 2008 Gene Cash Person o Excellence Award (seepage 12 or deails). Following adjournmen, well over hal o he atendees wached or parici-paed as IRMCA held is 3rd Annual exas Hold ‘Em Poker ournamen. Congraulaions o

winner Mat Moeller. Wach your mailings or news on nex year’s desinaion.

Right: Former president George Mobarak of Rock River Ready Mix congratulates newly electedpresident Cheryl Moeller of Moeller Ready Mix. Below: Annual Convention attendees during one

of the informative meeting sessions.

Continued from front cover.




Randell Riley is the Executive Director/Engineer for Illinois

Chapter – ACPA, and a consultant to Illinois Ready Mixed

Concrete Association. He is actively and enthusiastically

involved in the day-to-day building of partnerships and pro-

motion of long-life quality concrete pavements. He can be

reached at 217-793-4933 or on the internet at pccman@

ilacpa.com.

Figure 2

Saving a few pennies to a few bucks can make a big difference in large projects.

Cost estimation for a number of theoretical potential mixture combinations meet-

ing the project demands are possible. I’d start with the least expensive three or

four to see if they are actually workable and meet your needs.

Continued from page 15.

naions ha may be more economical while meeing he underlying mixuredesign objecives (see Figure 2). Teprogram COMPASS, shor or ConcreeMixure Perormance Assessmen, is un-der developmen by he ransec Group,he producers o such concree indusry specic ools as HiperPAV II and ProVal.

Te programs goals rom FHWA’s websie are as ollows:

Ideniy relevan perormance•

crieria ha are a uncion o job-specic inpus.Ideniy applicable mixure•

perormance crieria and recom-mend es mehods.

Assess he impac ha changes•

in maerials or proporions,environmenal condiions, and

consrucion procedures haveon consrucabiliy and peror-mance.Provide guidance on aggregae•

blending.Recommend iniial mixure•

proporions.Opimize mixure proporions•

based on muliple, job-speciccrieria.

(For more inormaion go here:htp://www.fwa.do.gov/pavemen/con-

cree/cpu503.cm).Te modules consis o secions or

analyzing and opimizing he aggregaes, secions or reallaboraory analysis and compuerized virual analysiso proposed mixure combinaions and a hos o oherhings ha hard-core mixure design personnel mighlike o ry i only he calculaions were no so cumber-some. Concree mixure cos calculaion is inegraed asone o he componens o he nal mixure design.

Release daes are no ye xed, bu i is circulaing inBea among a ew in he concree indusry and is expec-

ed o be released in early 2008. Te price should be righoo. As an FHWA produc i will be ree as a download.Go here or more inormaion: www.pccmix.com.

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