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I R M C A N e w sI R M C A N e w sSummer 2009Volume 28, Number 2

Life-Cycle Cost

Legislation

Pervious

Pavement

Association

News

IDOT Update

Legislative

Report

Capital

Construction

Bill

Roller

Compacted

Concrete

Winter

Meetings

Technical

Report


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C o n t e n t s Features5 - Capital Construction Bill

6 - AwakeningLife-Cycle Cost Legislation

7 - Legislative Report

Promotion

9 - Wal-Mart Chooses Concrete

10 - A Concrete Community

12 - Pervious Placements in North-east Illinois

14 - Roller Compacted Concrete

16 - AISWCD Holds Open House

16 - Pervious at the State Fair

3 - Association News

4 - The Times They Are A-ChanginGeneral NPDES Permit Changes

5 - The Times They Are A-ChanginGeneral NPDES Permit Changes

8 - Winter Meetings

11 - IDOT/Industry Joint Co-op Com-mittee

15 - Board of Directors Update

15 - Board Welcomes New Directorsand Extends Term Length for ExecutiveOfficers

16 - A Free Training Opportunity

17 - Tell It Like It Is

Cover photo of Illinois State Capitol building by Bruce Grohn


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Summer 2009 IRMCA New

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S Breckenridge of Illinois, LLC229 N. Old U.S. Rte.. 66, P.O. Box 25Hamel, IL 62046

Phone: 618-633-2236Fax: 618-633-2345

Products & Services: Ready Mixed Concrete and

Related Building Materials

(bought Ready-Mix Service, Inc.)

Robert E. Lee & Sons Company5721 Bohlander Avenue

Berkeley, IL 60163

Phone: 708-544-4148

Fax: 708-544-4174

Products & Services: Concrete Contractor

Ruane Construction, Inc.

Mark Ruane, President

8779 Laraway Road

Frankfort, IL 60423

Phone: 815-464-0681

Fax: 815-464-0685

Products & Services: Concrete Contractor

COMING EVENTS

Harvey HaggeScholarship Gol OuingSepember 9h, 2009

IRMCA Shor CourseJanuary 11h & 12h,

2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Our condolences o heamily and riends o Don

Payne, who was generalmanager o ConracorsReady Mix in Lincoln,Mason Ciy, Peersburgand Jacksonville.

We are delighed o an-nounce he arrival oDan and Jennier Bedells

daugher, Mia. Jennier ishe Special Projecs Co-ordinaor or he IllinoisReady Mixed Concree

Associaion.

IRMCAs New WebSite Goes LiveIRMCAs new web sie combines he previous sies bes eaures, expanded andenhanced, wih a variey o benefcial new ools and conen. On he home page

you will fnd concree indusry and IRMCA web sie highlighs and a calendar oevens. From here you can reach addiional sie conen, including:

A comprehensive lis o links.A resource secion, where you can download or order IRMCA newsletersand many oher publicaions.

A concree opics area ha oers inormaion, links, phoos and resources byopic.

A gallery o phoos organized ino concree opics and projecs.

Te new web sie is a grea inormaional and promoional ool ha is easy onavigae. Visi www.irmca.organd make use o his improved member service.


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I R M C A N E WSVolume 28, Number 2 Summer 2009

Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete Association

303 Landmark Dr., Se.. 1-ANormal, IL 61761

Phone: 309-862-2144800-235-4055

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

Web: www.irmca.org

Working together to create value, teach excellence,and produce quality.

Of cersCheryl Moeller, Presiden

Jusin Ozinga, Vice PresidenGeorge Mobarak, Secreary/reasurer

Directors

Jim Amundsen, Mike Blunier, Kyle Cain,Brad Doll, im Huiner,

Dennis Probs, Dan Sevens

Sta

Bruce Grohne, Execuive Direcor

Jennier Bedell,IRMCA News Edior/Special Projecs Coordinaor

John Reed,Direcor o Markeing & Promoion

JoAnn McKeown, O ce Manager

John Albinger, echnical Consulan

Jim Randolph, Poliical Aairs

Dick Plimpon, P.E., Consulan

Mission

o be he voice or he ready mixed concreeindusry in Illinois. o promoe he use o

qualiy ready mixed concree hrough innovaiveeducaional programs. o accomplish common

goals as an organizaion ha canno be doneindividually.

The TimesThey Are

A-ChanginFor years IRMCA producers have duiully flled ou

heir ANNUAL FACILIY INSPECION REPOR andel secure in he knowledge ha or one more year hey weresaisying he sorm waer discharge requiremens o he Il-linois Environmenal Proecion Agency. However, wih hearrival o a leter rom IL-EPA daed April 3, 2009, membersgo a frs look a he changes EPA (IEPA) has implemenedo he General NPDES Permi or Sorm Waer Discharges

rom Indusrial Aciviies, oherwise known as he IllinoisEPA Sorm Waer permi held by many IRMCA members.

When he IL-EPA made changes o heir air emissionsregulaions hey held several meeings wih IRMCA o soliciour inpu, and evenually he parnership produced a plansaisacory o all. No so wih sormwaer. Te comprehen-sive leter oulining he new policy was a surprise o everyone

IRMCA Environmenal Commitee members reacedimmediaely, me o discuss he ramifcaions, and evenu-ally disseminaed as much inormaion and guidance o hemembership as possible. We atemped o se a meeing wih

he IL-EPA o ask or clarifcaions and direcion bu wereunsuccessul unil jus recenly oo lae or he July 1, 2009,deadline.

IRMCA encouraged members o do heir bes and osend boh he inspecion repor and eiher an updaed sorm

waer plan or he old one wih a pledge o begin updaing i.We have now made conac wih a represenaive rom hewaer division o IL -EPA who has agreed o mee wih us anddiscuss he siuaion. You will be kep inormed.

Te line it is drawnTe curse it is cast

Te slow one nowWill later be ast

As the present nowWill later be pastTe order isRapidly adin'.

And the frst one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin'.

--Bob Dylan


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Capital

BillCONSTRUCTION

HB 255

HB 312

HB 2400

On July 13, Governor Pa

Quinn approved he frs capiconsrucion program in more han

10 years. Lawmakers approved he mea-sure in lae May, bu he governor only recenly

decided he would sign he measure, which will pupeople o work and allow or much-needed improvemen

o Illinois inrasrucure.Te approximaely $30 billion program reecs a biparisan eo

beween he our legislaive caucuses and will fnance improvemens oschools, roads and municipal inrasrucure, creaing hundreds o housands o

jobs in he process.Te massive public works program is conained in hree bills, including House Bill

255, which creaes he Capial Projecs Fund. Te Capial Projecs Fund will conain revenuesgeneraed by he legalizaion o video gaming, an increase in license plae ees, and new axes on co-

ee, ea, candy and grooming and hygiene producs. Addiional measures include House Bill 312, which ishe spending (appropriaions) bill or he capial consrucion program, and House Bill 2400, which is he bond

auhorizaion legislaion or he capial consrucion program.Special eor was made o ouline all spending, eliminaing he lump sums and mysery money ha had been criicize

in previous capial bills. Communiies will have an equal opporuniy o apply or compeiive grans o make improvemeno parks, museums, local sewage, waer and reamen aciliies and oher projecs.

Reprinted with permission from the Senate Republ ican Capit ol Connecti on, July 13, 2009.

Did

You

Know?

Concrete, Washington, was incorporated on May 8, 1909, and has a population

o 835.Early setlers came o he Baker River in 1871, originally calling he setlemen on he wes

bankMinnehaha. In 1890, he ownsie was plated by Magnus Miller, a pos o ce was se up,

and he nameBakerwas adoped. On he eas bank o he river, he communiy ha sprang uparound he Washingon Porland Cemen Company (1905) was named Cement City. Aer he Su-

perior Porland Cemen Company plan (1908) was buil in Baker, i was decided o merge he wo owns and,in 1909, aer much discussion, he new communiy setled on he name Concrete. Prior o 1921, several fresdesroyed mos o he original wooden buildings ha had lined Main Sree. Since concree was in ample supply,i was decided ha subsequen commercial buildings would be made rom his nonammable maerial. Hisoricplaques on many o he buildings lis heir consrucion daes.

As ound on www.concrete-wa.com .



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uring my years as a concree pavemen promoer Ive been exposed o a number o unique perspec-ives and involved in a variey o concree pavemen promoion projecs. Te mos recen eor

was geting lie-cycle cos legislaion passed in he General Assembly o he Sae o Illinois (many

were involved, including some o you). For me i was a learning experience, and your Execuive Direcor, BruceGrohne, asked ha I convey o you a litle o wha I learned along he way.Passing lie-cycle cos legislaion required a lo o hard work, similar o wha we are used o doing bu wih a

group and ype o individual o whom we are no used o alking. Following are a ew simple hings I have learnedha can be applied o any uure eor we migh like o make wih he Legislaure, bu keep in mind he same rulesapply wih your Ciy Councilman or Alderman.

Prepare a writen message explaining he issue and he desired resoluion. Keep he message simple and1.concise. I i goes beyond one page, poliical olks rarely have he ime or desire o read i. Tey do like oengage verbally.Since hey are verbal people, ry o avoid he engineering jargon o which mos o our cusomers are ac-2.cusomed. Many o hese olks jus barely know ha roads are made o cemen or blackop. Be willing

o adjus o heir jargon as soon as you hear he phrase being utered rom hem and o speak in heirerms. (Tey have he voes you don.) rying o correc hem will be ruiless and lose you voes andi boils down o he voe nohing more.ry o do iem #2 wihou alking down o hem. Mos o hese individuals are inelligen bu, again, no3.accusomed o he quirky jargon and mehods o engineers and concree indusry represenaives. Behappy ha hey know wha a cemen ruck acually does. Our sensiiviies are no heirs!Say in heir ace. Tis does no mean ha you should be argumenaive, bu raher ha you no worry4.abou bohering hem. When I old one o our eleced o cials ha I was sorry o be a boher again, sherecognized ha I was new o his and quickly correced me wih a very convincing argumen: Don

worry abou i; i we don see you several imes, we don know you are serious. She added, You snooze,you lose!Ask hem or names o ohers who migh suppor your cause. Te old Chicago line, Don send me5.nobody ha nobody sen, quoed so oen by our Norhern Illinois Promoion Direcor, Jimie Wheeler,

works. One o he bes guys I worked wih rom he ready mix indusry here in Illinois is Jim Randolph,PBI, and he was exremely good abou his. I does make a dierence.Plan on becoming a resource and commi o respond i possible when eleced o cials ask you quesions6.abou anoher issue ha pops up in some oher bill or hing hey are working on ha you were unawareo. I ound ou abou some labor issue rom one o he legislaors ha waned our opinion on a paricularissue and is impac on conracors. Remember, hese olks are dealing wih and making laws on a myriado issues ha you may no know are even working heir way hrough he sysem. By helping hem, you

become a riend and resource, oo. I will no always ge you he voe, bu i doesn hur and may pay oon ha oher bill you didn even know was in he hopper.

When working wih he General Assembly, plan on doing nohing bu waiing unil you have 90 seconds7.

o make a clear and concise, well-rehearsed verbal pich on your issue. Legislaors will give you more imei hey wan o and i hey can, bu hey do no always have ha luxury. I always hough he phrase walkwith me, as used on Te West Wing, was a bi aceious, overused and silly. I now know beter. Be able odo your 90 seconds pracically on he run. You would be surprised how as some seemingly ou-o-shapelegislaors can move. Black dress Reeboks would be an excellen shoe selecion or his job i you couldfnd such a hing.

Wach your resroom conversaions. You never know who is lisening and/or how heir ineress migh8.run couner o yours. On he oher hand, i you are a lisener you migh pick up somehing useul while

you are atending o, shall we say, oher business.

Awakening

ByRandellC.Riley,P.E.

Continued on page 18


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Mos o he atenion in Springfeld hasbeen on Governor Quinn, he CapialPlan and he saes incomplee budge.Many bills have made i o he gover-nors desk or signaure, which is good.He will need o eiher sign hem or veohem. I he does neiher, he bills willauomaically become law. Wha ol-

lows is an updae on he bills we havebeen working on his session.

SB 1434 was he repeal o he Commercial Distribution Feebu became heLie Cycle Cost Analysis Bill ha is siting onhe governors desk. (See Randy Rileys aricle on page 6 orhe pariculars o his bill.) Tank you, o hose who calledheir senaors when we asked or your help. Te supporo boh houses could no have been sronger! Tank you,Randy, or he years o preparing he way or his bil l; good

job!

SB 43 is he prevailing wage expansion ino IF disricsand Enerprise Zones. Tis bill has been inacive sinceMay 19. Now he deadline or is second reading has beenexended o November 30, 2009, in he all session. We willkeep an eye on his bill.

HB 255, Capial Bill - 80,000# ruck Access: provisionsor saewide 80,000 pound access on mos sae and localroads was included in he Capial Bill, which passed July 13.I will be eecive January 1, 2010. Wha does ha mean or

us? Te easies way o undersand i would be o use he Fed-eral Sandard o weighs or roads and bridges chars. Tislegislaion has done away wih he Illinois Sandard chars.I aecs all Illinois roads unless oherwise posed or bridgelimis or reeze-haw period limis.

HB 2424 was also signed ino law wih he Capial Bill.Tis bill will allow 20,000# on a single axle and 36,000# ona andem when you purchase he SHV, Special Hauling Ve-hicle, wih your regisraion.

Governor Quinn can be contacted by

phone @ 217.782.6830 or by mail:

The Honorable Governor Patrick Quinn

207 Statehouse

Springfield, IL 62706

Legislative

ReportBy Jim Randolph

Mid-Wes ruckers Associaion is insrumenal in makinghese changes ha are eecive January 1, 2010. Mat Har,Legislaive Aciviies Coordinaor, indicaes here are manyfngers o he curren and new weigh laws branching inomany areas o he Illinois Moor Vehicle Code. MA is work-ing wih IDO and ISP o clean up and clariy oher compo-nens o he weigh laws ha are aeced.

HB 3956 coninues o si on he governors desk awaiinghis acion. Te bill would adop a uniorm 65 MPH speedlimi on rural Illinois inersae highways ouside o Cook,DuPage, Kane, McHenry, Lake and Will Counies (where hespeed limi would remain a 55 MPH). Te bill does no a-ec secondary highways, which will reain a maximum speedlimi o 55 MPH or lower or all vehicles. Now is he ime oconac he governors o ce and urge his suppor or his bill.

Tank you or your acive suppor and please conac heIRMCA o ce @ 800.235.4055 i you have quesions.

Jim Randolph is the IRMCA

Government Relations Consultant

and Legislative Committee Chair.


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IRMCA held is annual Shor Course in Eas Peoria,Illinois, in early January o 2009 and wo monhslaer held is Annual General Membership Meeingand Convenion in Naples, Florida. Atendance a boh mee-ings suered slighly due o he economy, bu boh oeredexcellen speakers and good opporuniies or neworking.

Speakers a he Shor Course ocused on parking lo pro-

moion and ipping los o concree. Presenaions by PhilKresge, NRMCA; om Winkelman, Coninenal Cemen;Brad Doll, Dolls Inc.; John Albinger, IRMCA; and LenSwederski, Swederski Concree equipped liseners o suc-cessully sae he case or concree paving. George Wyness oCrossroads Compliance alked abou producers complianceresponsibiliies and Doug Dirks rom IDO gave his annualrepor. On Monday evening hen-Senaor Gary Hannigalked o dinner guess abou concerns in he sae Legisla-ure. (Mr. Hannig is now Illinois Deparmen o ranspora-ion Secreary.)

A he Annual Meeing speakers were Jim Posadny,Coninenal Cemen; Caherine Miller, Freeborn and Peers;Mich Marioti, VCNA Prairie; Mary Ozinga III, OzingaBrohers; Jim Randolph, IRMCA; and Julie Garbini, RMCFoundaion.

Winter

MeetingsClockwise from top: Then-Senator Hannig (now IDOT Sec-retary) speaks and answers questions at the Short Course;networking at the Short Course reception; sisters CherylMoeller, IRMCA president, and Catherine Miller, AnnualConvention speaker.


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Faced wih high, unsable asphal prices and concerned abou weaher,o cials consrucing a Wal-Mar Super Cener in Carlyle, Illinois, agreed o

allow conracor Poetker Consrucion o Breese, Illinois, o submi a concreealernae or he parking lo, which was originally specifed as asphal. Teconcree bid was acceped by Wal-Mar, and Vee-Jay Cemen Conracing oS. Louis was seleced or placemen. Te concree was delivered by IRMCAmember Quad-Couny Ready Mix and he shopping cener opened on ime in

June o 2009. Te parking lo design included placemen o 5 PCC pavemenin sandard-use areas and 6 in heavy use areas, boh wih inegral curb. Allconcree was specifed 3500 psi. Te building is approximaely 100,000 squareee and he parking lo is 290,000 square ee. Congraulaions o all involvedin his projec, and o everyone else, noe ha Wal-Mar WILL use concree!

Wal-MartChooses

Concrete

Wal-MartSuper Centerin Carlyle,Illinois, getsconcreteparking lot.




Troughou he world concree is a widely usedbuilding maerial. People walk, drive and park on ievery day and oen do no appreciae is exensive use heir communiies.

Te Illinois Ready Mixed Concree Associaion sahas long recognized ha is o ce is locaed in a com-muniy o prolifc concree consrucion. BloomingonNormal has a grea quaniy o concree subdivisions,srees, sidewalks and parking los, as well as many and

varied special projecs. Here is a sampling:

Upown Normal is undergoing a revializaioneor, complee wih concree srees and ra ccircle.I-74/I-55 wraps around Bloomingon-Normal andrecenly, many miles o his our and six lane Iner-sae were paved wih concree.

BroMenn Hospial is a large regional medicalcener. Concree pavemen was chosen or is newenrance o o Main Sree.Decoraive concree was used o creae a beaui-ul walking pah and couryard a Ewing CuluralCener.

Te exensive variey and quaniy o concree consrucion in Bloomingon-Normal does no happen bychance. Raher, i is he resul o promoion eors bypeople such as Dick Plimpon combined wih an abundance o qualifed concree producers and conracors.

A Concrete

CommunityThe variety and quantity of

concrete in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois

Concrete streets and trafficcircle in uptown Normal.

I-74/I-55 wraps around Bloomington-Normal and hasrecently been paved with concrete.


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One of the ICF concrete homes built recently in Bloomington-Normal.

BroMenn Hospitalpicked concrete forits new entrance offNorth Main Street inNormal, Illinois.

Decorative concreteat the Ewing Cultural

Center in Bloomington.


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Several IRMCA producers, associaes and sa me wih represenaives o he Illinois Deparmen o ransporaionsDeparmen o Maerials & Physical Research on June 18 in Bloomingon or wha is inended o be a resurrecion o regu-lar meeings beween he wo groups. Below is a synopsis o he issues discussed and some houghs on ollow-up:

Recycled water and stormwater use in ready mix. Waer disposalissues are under grea IEPA scruiny and regulaions will cerainly onlyighen. Using he waer sored on a plan sie as a porion o he waerused in a load o concree may become crucial o adhering o uurerules. While IDO rules now sae ha waer mus be poable, heyindicaed willingness o mee urher o help address his susainableissue.Crushed concrete usage as aggregate or resh concrete. Shor

discussion wih no direcion deermined.Mix designs. Discussed repercussions o needing new mix designapproval every ime a maerial changes during an IDO projec. Teconcern here is woold: one, new approvals oen ake ime and holdup a projec; wo, here is no consisency beween disrics. IDOalked abou heir personnel shorages and we were reminded ha heresiden engineer has complee conrol over a projec. Furher discus-sions will be held concerning boh disric consisency and liabiliiesrelaed o consrucion delays.Low cylinder results. I was verifed ha here is no writen IDOpolicy covering procedures o be ollowed or low es cylinder repors.Each disric residen engineer handles he issue independenly. I wasdecided ha IRMCA will iniiae eors o prepare and pu orward apolicy ha would cover all disrics. Meanwhile, producers involved inhis issue are advised o be very careul o do everyhing by he book inconcer wih he residen engineer and have everyhing pre-approvedand in wriing.Admixtures. Te new admixure policy was discussed wih menionha he admixure commitee would be meeing again soon.Fly ash. A long discussion was held concerning he uure availabiliyo y ash in Illinois and he impac ha possible shorages will haveon he ready mix indusry. IDO, who specifes y ash in is mixes,

was equally concerned. Producers are advised o alk o heir y ash

providers.

I anyone would like a complee copy o he minues, covering heseand oher issues, conac IRMCA. Te meeing achieved everyhing IRM-CA had hoped i would. Te dialog was posiive and i was obvious IDO

welcomes our help and suggesions. In many maters hey are as rusraedas we are. IRMCA will ollow up on issues discussed and, where possible,creae more dialog wih IDO. I members have issues hey would like

proposed o IDO, please le IRMCA sa know.

IDOT/IndustryJoint Co-opCommittee

Several years ago he IllinoisDeparmen o ransporaionme wih ineresed paries (moslyconracors) and ormed he IDO/Indusry Join Co-op Commitee. Tepurpose o he commitee is o allowconracors and suppliers o bringissues and concerns o IDO in aace-o-ace manner. Te group meesquarerly in he o ces o he IllinoisChaper o he Associaed GeneralConracors (AGC) in Springfeldand atendees include several IDOo cials, paving conracors, maerialssuppliers and ohers. Randy Riley, IL-

ACPA, and John Reed, IRMCA, atendhe meeings and represen he Illinoisconcree indusry.

Discussions oen cover specialra c issues, maerial supply issues,pay problems, maerial esing,

consrucion echnique concerns andmore. Tis very public orum is agood way o solici commens romIDO; he IL -ACPA and IRMCA willconinue o bring problemaic issues ohe group. I you have a concern haIDO could address, please conac

John or Randy and hey will add i ohe nex Join Co-op meeing agenda.

IRMCA and IDOT Meet


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IRMCA producer members in Chicago and he surrounding counieshave placed signifcan quaniies o pervious concree in he las severalmonhs. Ozinga Brohers delivered pervious concree o a Comcas properyon 112h Sree in Chicago or a parking area covering 2 acres! Te pervious

was placed and fnished by Ra n Consrucion, Chicago. Te lo was com-pleed wih concree curbs and ull deph concree enry ways.

VCNA Prairie supplied pervious o an alleyway projec in Des Plaines orconracor MQ Consrucion and or areas o Prizker Park a Sae and VanBuren in downown Chicago. Pervious, as well as convenional and decora-ive concree, was placed a Prizker Park by Speedy Gonzales Landscaping.

Congraulaions o hese wo members and o ohers who are fndingsuccess promoing pervious concree.

Edit ors note: contact IRMCA @ 800.235.4055to share special promot ional successes.

PerviousPlacementsin Northeast

Illinois

Pritzker Park in downtown Chicago.

Alleyways in Des Plaines.

Comcast parking lot in Chicago.




Te Grea Lakes Regional O ce o he Porland Cemen Associaion and he Illinois Ready Mixed Concree Asso-ciaion parnered on July 15 and 16 o presen seminars aimed a educaing producers, conracors and maerial suppliersabou Roller Compaced Concree (RCC).

Tose atending he meeings in Collinsville and Jolie learned abou he composiion, delivery, placemen and curingo RCC rom preseners Chris ull, P.E., CR Concree Consuling; om Winkelman, P.E., Coninenal Cemen Com-

pany; and Wayne Adaska, P.E., Direcor o Pavemens, Porland Cemen Associaion.RCC has he same basic ingrediens as convenional concree bu, unlike convenional concree, i's a drier mixsi

enough o be compaced by vibraory rollers. I doesn need orms or fnishing, nor does i conain dowels or seel reinorcing. RCC oers hree basic benefs or indusrial pavemen: low cos, high srengh and rapid consrucion. I oers own-ers he srengh o wihsand heavy loads, he durabiliy o resis reeze haw damage and he low cos o be compeiive.

PCA and IRMCA were asked by atendees o arrange placemen demonsraions, and we will atemp o do so. Formos, RCC is new, somehing wih which we have litle or no experience. However, in hese ough economic imes, i is in-cumben upon all o us o invesigae each and every opporuniy o increase our business. For more inormaion on RCC,

conac he IRMCA o ce.

Compacted

Roller

Concrete


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A IRMCAs Annual General Membership Meeingon March 6, 2009, in Naples, Florida, IRMCAs Board oDirecors approved a new radiion o execuive o cersserving wo year erms insead o he one year erms heypreviously served. Cheryl Moeller o Moeller Ready Mixis now serving a second year as Presiden; Jusin Oz-inga o Ozinga Illinois coninues as Vice Presiden; andGeorge Mobarak was eleced as Secreary/reasurer.

Our newly eleced board members are Dan Sevens& Mike Blunier. Welcome!Dan Sevens has been involved in he ready mix

indusry or more han 32 years. Te bulk o Dansconcree career has been in he y ash and admixureindusry. His career sared in 1976 in Wisconsin, henor a brie period ook him o exas beore he moved oChicago in 1982. In 2007 he joined S. Marys CemenCompany, Inc. as he Illinois Disric Sales Manager.Regarding his service as an IRMCA board member, Danconveyed, I was an honor o serve he members o heIRMCA previously as a board member in 1992-1994 and

I am privileged o be able o serve he IRMCA member-ship again.

Mike Blunier is a graduae o NIU - DeKalb, Illinois.He hen augh high school or hree years. While goingo college and eaching, Mike worked summers drivinga ruck or Roanoke Concree Producs. He began ullime employmen wih RCP in June o 1978 and nowhas spen 31 years in he concree business. Mike is

Vice-Presiden/General Manager o Roanoke ConcreeProducs and Peoria Concree Consrucion in Eas Peo-ria. "Te concree indusry has been a par o my lie ormany years. I have seen our indusry make grea sridesin improvemens o he concree we produce and marke.Te daily obsacles we encouner coninue o keep he

job we do ineresing and challenging, says Mike.Our coninuing direcors are: Jim Amundsen, WR

Grace & Company; Kyle Cain, Princeon Redi MixCompany; Brad Doll, Dolls Inc.; im Huiner, BaaviaConcree/VCNA Prairie Maerials; Dennis Probs, Mid-Illinois Concree.

Board of Directors

U p d a t eAs promised, we are publishing relevan

iems rom IRMCA board meeings in his andsubsequen newsleters. Iems o ineres rom he

March, May and June Board meeings:A repor was given on proposed signifcan,member-fnanced promoion in norheasIllinois and we are awaiing unding decisionsrom aeced members.IRMCAs sa was insruced o give membershelp regarding disressed concree problems

bu no o ge involved in poenially liigioussiuaions.I was decided ha we will no sponsor a el-lowship or inernship in 2009.

IRMCA held wo RCC seminars his summer. In May he board heard a repor rom PCAwarning ha fnancial invesmen in our pro-moional eors will be diminished in 2010.In June, he board direced ha here be nosa reducion in 2010 and ha member ser-

vices, including ull scale promoional eors,no be appreciably diminished. Te sa wasasked o look or poenial cos savings as wellas new revenue sources.Te board voed o conduc he mandaed

Annual General Membership Meeing during

he Shor Course in 2010 insead o a an An-nual Convenion. Board members and saare invesigaing he possibiliy o a mee-ing ha could be held in 2010 in place o an

Annual Convenion; a mandae was passedha such a meeing would incur no cos oIRMCA oher han legwork.Discussions were held on IRMCAs paricipa-ion in lobbying or passage o he lie-cyclelegislaion and, generally, on IRMCAs parici-paion legislaively.

Board members go a glimpse o IRMCAs new web sie, which should be ou in Augus,and approved he purchase o a new, largercompuer nework server. IRMCA alsorenewed is lease or 3 more years.Te board reieraed ha all IRMCA unds bekep in FDIC insiuions, none exceeding he$250,000 limi.

For details or amplifcation on the above, please call

IRMCA and ask or Bruce.

Board Welcomes NewDirectors & ExtendsTerm Length for

Executive Officers


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Free Training Opportunity!

In January o his year Il-ACPA members, IRMCAmembers, and a number o IL Deparmen o ransporaionand Couny Engineers were oered he opporuniy o atendhe Naional Concree Pavemen echnology Ceners courseon he Inegraed Maerials and Consrucion Pracices orConcree Pavemens. Te program was well atended and wellreceived.

Te Naional Highway Insiue (NHI) is oering reeonline raining modules based on he Inegraed Maerials andConsrucion Pracices (IMCP) Manual developed by heNaional CP ech Cener.

Te raining is srucured in an ineracive mode or youand your sa o learn a your pace and convenience. Tismeans ha you don have o dedicae sa ravel ime o aclassroom and can ge meaningul educaional opporuniiesrom he convenience o your o ce compuer. Tough you

will need o regiser, he price is r igh as here is no charge.

Tink abou his program as you consider raining oppor-uniies or your personnel during he coming winer monhs.

Usually, we give you he web address direcly, bu in hiscase, he URL is oo long and complex. Te easies way oaccess he modules is o Google (he new verb) on one o hecourse numbers and click on he hyperlink. I will ake you ohe web sie where you can hen look a all o NHIs he web-

based ree courses.Alernaively, you can go here: htp://www.nhi.wa.do.

gov/downloads/caalog/NHIcourseCaalog.pd o see all oNHIs courses and fnd writen regisraion insrucions along

wih course lisings.

Pervious at the State Fair

Building on he posiive reacions o he newAISWCD driveway, o cials rom he Illinois Envi-ronmenal Proecions Agency and he Deparmen oNaural Resources decided ha placemen o perviousa his years sae air would be un and educaional orair-goers. Te groups hired IRMCA member C & GConcree Consrucion rom Eas Peoria o place per vi-ous a wo locaions: Conservaion World and Waer-shed Park. IRMCA member Solomon Colors, locaedin Springfeld, provided green color or he concree a

Waershed Park. All o he pervious or hese wo proj-ecs was delivered by Capiol Ready Mix o Springfeld.

Pervious pavement is being cured atthe Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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AISWCD Holds Open House

Te Associaion o Illinois Soil and Waer Conservaion Disrics held an open house on June 30, 2009, o display heir newpervious driveway enrance and parking lo. Digniaries rom he Illinois and Federal EPA, he Naural Resources ConservaionService, he Springfeld Park Disric and ohers gahered no only o see he susainable addiion o he propery bu also o learn

why he pavemen choices were made and o see how hey work. During remarks, he represenaive o he Federal EPA, om Dav-enpor, verifed ha per vious concree is considered a bes managemen pracice by he EPA or sormwaer proecion.

John Reed o he Illinois Ready Mixed Concree Associaion joinedAISWCD sa o explain he pervious driveway and o demonsrae ispermeabiliy. Reed used IRMCAs ableop display and joined digniar-ies as hey each poured a bucke o waer ono he driveway and wachedi disappear ino he sysem below he pavemen.

o urher display he eeciveness o pervious concree, heAISWCD, along wih he Illinois Deparmen o Naural Resources, areplacing a large pad o pervious concree on he grounds o he sae airor display a his years even in Augus. (See aricle and picure below.)

Permanent plaque beside the new pervious drive-way at the state headquarters of the AISWCD.


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ow many imes have you heard he expression, the only thing that is constant is change? In

June I urned 66 years old and I can ell you ha geting older and acceping change can bedi cul. So wha does my birhday have o do wih concree? Nohing, bu change does.As wih oher indusries, change has come o ours, hough maybe a litle dierenly. Change is ypi-

cally a resul o compeiion and regulaions. I also normally sars in larger meropolian areas where hemarke demands change and innovaion. Chicago became more echnically advanced because o high riseconsrucion; large ready mix producers needed bigger, more e cien plans.

Te mos signifcan changes sared occurring in he 1960s. A ha ime EPA and OSHA weremerely sleeping gians. IDO work was simple, you jus did wha hey said. Ten, almos suddenly, com-puers appeared, ye many o us remained unaeced. We read abou high srengh concree, 5000 cubic

yard mass pours and record breaking long bridge spansbig deal.In he lae 1970s, a couple o large oreign owned businesses came o he Saes and bough ready

mix businesses in boh large meropolian and small rural areas. Tey atemped o buy heir way ino

markes bu quickly realized heir approach was shor erm. Teir inuence dwindled, bu hey are hereo say. Tey enered he business again, his ime wih cemen, a much more inuenial approach. Ten,in he 1980s, oreign owned admixure companies inroduced super plasicizers o he U.S. marke.

Te 70s and 80s brough a new consciousness o he qualiy o our environmen and a new concernabou he saey o our working class. Regulaions and laws regarding our air and waer qualiy were being

writen. Laws governing saey in he workplace soon ollowed. Enorcemen seemed, however, o belocalized o big ciies and big companies. Once again mos o us jus heard abou wha was happening

who cares.ime marched on. In he 1990s, oreign ownership became more common. Some o our compei-

ors sold heir plans o oher compeiors or o large companies rom ou o he area. Tis was changeha aeced us. OSHA and he EPA gained srengh and IRMCA old you ha hese organizaions weresaring o look direcly a he concree indusry, so be prepared. You heard more and more people say,Tis business isn as much un as i used o be.

Te momenum o change increased rapidly as we wen ino he new millennium. In ac, more o ussared o accep i. Some o us implemened saey and environmenal programs wihin our companies.

We sared realizing he fnancial benefs o using new admixures or promoing new markes. Some o ushough ha isolaion sill worked. Some o us decided is ime o sell.

Ten, he coup de gras, he icing on he cake, he sraw ha broke he camels backhe economywen o hell. Our business was down 20%, 30%, 40%, ?, and people had o be laid o. Te Sae o Illinoisreaced as well and sared laying people o, a lo o people. IDO me wih indusry members and askedhem o ge more involved in developing innovaive producs and procedures. Tey even wroe specifca-ions encouraging innovaion. Tey old us, We don have he manpower o do wha we used o do.

For Pees sake, John, whas wih all his doom and gloom, you ask? Is his he end o he concree

indusry as we once knew i? Yes! Is i he end o he world? No! Is i dieren? Absoluely!Te days o big deal and who cares are hisory. OSHA and EPA will come o your plan; is jus amater o ime. And NRMCA has developed a green plans program... Imagine ha!

So, is here an upside o whas happening? Sure here is! Wha?...OPPORUNIY!!!Te economy has caused everyone, boh individuals and governmen, o look a spending more care-1.ully. We have he echnology o give hem wha hey wan and wha hey need. We can give hemconcree ha gains srengh aser so roads can be opened quicker. We can give hem concree ha ismore susainable so our roads are saer, so we don have po holes, so our driveways don scale. Wehave concree ha can be used or parking los ha can be more cos eecive and look a heck o a lo

beter han asphal. We have concree wih srenghs ha make wood or seel noncompeiive. Wehave concree ha conrols and sores rain waer, eliminaing he need or cosly reenion ponds.


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When dealing wih he General Assembly, hire a good legislaive and govern-1.men relaions group ha will ell you mos o he above and no mince words

when you are doing somehing wrong! Tey will help you shape he messagein erms he legislaors will undersand. Tey will undersand he complex pro-cesses by which ideas become laws or are killed. Tese dier rom sae o sae,

so he local knowledge is imporan. A good legislaive relaions consulanwill undersand he people and personaliies ha ulimaely make a dierencein wheher or no a bill passes. Believe me when I ell you ha hings donnecessarily gain approval in he Legislaure on meri alone!

As I wrie his column, he lie-cycle bill is awaiing Governor Quinns signaure,and we are expecing him o sign. Everyhing considered, his eor ook over sixmonhs o hard work, and his is only sep one o many. We will be working closely

wih he Illinois Deparmen o ransporaion o ensure ha he bes, mos compleeand mos accurae daa available goes ino he process. We will ake our chances on heoucome rom a valid engineering posiion and le he chips all where hey may when

i comes o pavemen ype selecion. Bu I am quie cerain ha, hough he asphalindusry ulimaely suppored he legislaion, hey will be looking or oher angles andmehods by which o promoe heir produc. We need o be on guard or hose eors.

I am reminded o he old World War II movie, ora!, ora!, ora!. You may re-member i or a leas his quoe. Commander in Chie o he Imperial Japanese Navy,

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoo, gazes disanly ou upon he ocean and upon learning ohe successul atack upon Pearl Harbor is repored o have said, We have awakened asleeping gian and have insilled in him a errible resolve." Te lingering quesion or meis, are we the giant? I sure hope so!

Randell C. Riley, P.E., isthe Executive Director/Engineer for IllinoisChapter ACPA and aconsultant to IllinoisReady Mixed ConcreteAssociation. He is activeand enthusiasticallyinvolved in the day-to-dabuilding of partnershipsand promotion of long-life quality concretepavements. He can bereached at 217-793-4933or on the internet [email protected].

I we are going o use new maerials and promoe new producs and mehods, we are going o need help. In many cases suc2.cess can only be achieved hrough a parnership. A parnership wih your suppliers and/or your conracors. Te work andhe cos are shared and he resuls are more posiive. Choose good, qualiy conscious conracors who are willing o changeand expand heir markes. Wih he help o IRMCA and your suppliers, educae and help rain hose conracors. Toseconracors (bu no all conracors) will appreciae he help. Be successul ogeher.

As or governmen regulaions (e.g., OSHA, IEPA, EPA), we need o be more involved. Te people in hose deparmens3.know Washingon is building bureaucracies ha are generally willing o lisen o indusry. Ge involved in IRMCAs Envi-ronmenal or Saey Commitees. I nohing else, you will eel a lo more secure when one o hem knocks on your door.Once again everyhing is easier when you are working ogeher.Heres an area ha mos o us have never waned o ge involved in: poliics. Jim Randolph, IRMCAs Governmen Rela-4.ions Consulan and Legislaive Commitee chair, requenly encourages us o wrie, e-mail, call, or even visi our local,sae, and, when necessary, ederal represenaives when a pending law would direcly aec us proessionally or personally.Tey lisen, as Jim ells us, and we have success sories ha prove ha hey do.Mos imporanly all o he above ake commimen. Words, acions, even money don work wihou commimen. Yes,5.commimen means work and, yes, i can mean money, bu, wih he help o our business associaes, cusomers and he as-sociaions ha represen us, i may no be as di cul or as cosly as you hink.

Change is ineviable and as hey say, change or ge le behind. Maybe in he nex newsleter Il l ge o my soapboxmaybe no.

John Albinger is a Technical Consultant for IRMCA.

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