Summer Convention Success! |
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Mississippi Concrete Association (MCA) recently held our Summer Convention July 12-15, 2021 at Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort. This year MCA had a capacity crowd in attendance to enjoy educational seminars, cornhole contest and golf tournament and fellowship with friends and family fun at the beach in the beautiful Florida sun.
The MCA Hall of Fame Banquet was a success. B & B Concrete’s Bill Waters was honored by as the MCA Extraordinary Member award. The 2020 MCA Hall of Fame Inductee was Andy Donahoe of Green Brothers Gravel Company.
Please mark your calendar now for next year’s convention July 6-9, 2022 which will be a Tri-State convention with Alabama Concrete Industries Association and Tennessee Concrete Association at Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort.
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Construction Materials Research Committee (CMRC) Board Meeting |
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MCA Executive Director Joel Waters recently attended a Board of Directors meeting for the Mississippi State University’s Bagley School of Engineering’s, Construction Materials Research Committee (CMRC). Present at the meeting were many members of MCA, working together to further Concrete in Mississippi! The meeting was held in the brand new Rula Hall on the Mississippi State campus and we were led by engineering students with a personal tour of Rula Hall. It’s impressive, ask Dr. Isaac Howard for a tour in the future! |
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Mississippi Municipal League Convention |
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Mississippi Concrete Association exhibited at the Mississippi Municipal League (MML) Summer Convention held July 26-27, 2021 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi. There were 1,600 attendees including mayors, aldermen, fire departments and public works representing multiple Mississippi cities and towns. This was an excellent opportunity to share the use of concrete for overlays at intersections, safe rooms and walking trails.
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Glyn Porter Memorial Golf Tournament
October 14, 2021
Dancing Rabbit
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UPCOMING CERTIFICATION
OPPORTUNITIES
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ACI Field Testing Technician - Grade I (MDOT Class 1)
October 5-6, 2021
ABC Mississippi, Pearl
ACI Aggregate Testing Technician - Level I (MDOT Class 2)
November 9-10, 2021
ABC Mississippi, Pearl
Retest: Written Exam
November 10, 2021
ABC Mississippi, Pearl
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120+ Joined MCA at Neshoba County Fair in Late July |
MCA held our fourth Fair Days at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi on July 28-29, 2021. MCA hosted over 120 people in the two day event which was an excellent opportunity to network with MCA members, contractors, politicians and architects as well as representatives from other trade associations that MCA interacts with regularly.
Please make plans to join us next year July 27-28, 2022!
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Do you know a company that would benefit from being a member of Mississippi Concrete Association? If so please share the membership page of our website with them! The URL is mississippiconcrete.com/membership. MCA is definitive source of concrete information in Mississippi. Our goals include expanding concrete markets, increasing the market share for concrete products, and improving the quality of concrete construction. As you know, membership benefits include training, government representation, working together, access to training resources, networking events and more. Help us grow your association by sharing MCA with your peers at fellow concrete industry companies.
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Glyn Porter Memorial Golf Tournament |
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Reminder! Save the date for our Glyn Porter Memorial Golf Tournament on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at Dancing Rabbit Golf Course in Philadelphia, Mississippi. MCA members are encouraged to invite local legislators, elected officials, customers and friends to play on their teams. Registration and breakfast begin at 8 am followed by a shotgun start at 9:30 am. Lunch is included and prizes will be presented at the conclusion of the tournament. Dancing Rabbit gift certificates will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, closest to the pin and longest drive. For those who plan to come the night before, join MCA for a cocktail reception followed by dinner on your own.
Registration coming soon!
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Reminder: Connect With Us |
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Reminder! Be sure to connect with MCA on social media as we are taking a larger and more consistent footprint in social media. Each week, MCA will post educational information on the advantages of concrete our social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and the MCA app. You can also find IN THE MIX featured on these platforms and as well as an archive of the newsletter on our website. Please take a moment to "connect with us" on these platforms.
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