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CIM Auction To Be Held February 4th at WOC
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The
Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program will host the Fifth
CIM Annual Auction at the World of Concrete on Thursday, Feb. 4 in
the North Hall Room N262 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The
silent auction will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the live
auction from 1-2 p.m.
Organizers hope the 2010 Auction will be even bigger than the 2009
Auction, which raised approximately $300,000. The money raised from
both the live and silent auctions will benefit the CIM National
Steering Committee and support the CIM programs at Middle Tennessee
State University, Arizona State University, New Jersey Institute of
Technology, California State University - Chico, and Texas State
University.
"We have been blessed with the tremendous support from the
concrete industry. Even in challenging economic times, the World of
Concrete (WOC) Show Management, Hanley Wood Publications, Concrete
Producer magazine, Concrete Construction magazine, McNeilus,
Freightliner and Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers, have stepped-up to
help raise valuable dollars that benefit the CIM programs," said
Brian Gallagher, Chairman of the CIM Marketing Committee.
The signature item for this year's Auction will be a concrete mixer
truck donated by McNeilus and  Freightliner.
The mixer truck is a McNeilus 10.5 cubic yard transit mixer with
46" drum opening, and the drum has a 1/4" AR steel shell
and fins, a150 gallon steel side mount water tank, a ZF 7300 drum
drive and Eaton 54 series hydraulics with slump meter. In addition,
the mixer truck features a remote drum - start/stop, night pour lights,
and rear tow loop. The chassis is a 2009 Freightliner M2 112 6x4 with
222" Wheelbase and 156" CA.
To date, the following companies have donated these big ticket items
for the Auction:
· BASF Admixtures
· Blastrac Rental
· Capitol Aggregates
Cement
· Cemex Cement
· Command Alkon
Software
· Essroc Cement
· Freightliner Truck
Chassis
· GCC Cement
· Holcim Cement
· Jonel Engineering
Batch Panel
· Lafarge Cement
· Lehigh Cement
· MAPEI Product Gift
Certificate
· McNeilus and
Freightliner Truck Ready Mix Mixer
· Mountain Cement
· Peterbilt Motors
Pac Car Indy 500 Package
· Propex TPC Sawgrass
Golf Package
· SIKA Master's Golf
Package
· Tekla BIM Software
· Titan Cement
· TXI Cement
· Votorantim Cement
· Vulcan/Florida Rock
Cement
Other items available through the silent and live auctions include
concrete saws, drills, vibrators, scaffolding, safety equipment,
screeds, fiber transport systems, dust collectors, NDT
equipment, decorative concrete tools, water meters, pumps,
generators, training sessions, reference books,
advertisements, computers, sports memorabilia, sports travel packages,
golf school packages and vacation travel packages.
Once again this year, Internet bidding will be available on the
Ritchie Brothers website, www.rbauction.com for those not traveling
to the World of Concrete. To participate in the Auction, bidders must
register a week in advance.
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CIM NSC Meetings To Be Held At The WOC
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The
National Steering Committee will be hosting several meeting and
events at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas. All meetings and events
will be on the 2nd floor of the North Hall of the Convention
Center.
Wednesday,
February 3rd
8:00 am - 10:00 am
NSC Auction
Committee
Room N207/208
10:30 am - 1:30 pm NSC Education
Committee (w/lunch) Room
N207/208
1:30 pm - 2:30
pm NSC Masters
Task
Group
Room N207/208
3:30
pm - 5:30 pm CIM NSC
Board Session
#1 Room
N207/208
5:30 pm - 6:30
pm CIM NSC
Cocktail
Hour
Room N207/208
Thursday,
February 4th
8:00 am - 8:30
am Continental
Breakfast
Room N263C
8:30 am - 11:45 am CIM
NSC Board Session
#2 Room
N263C
11:00am
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1:00pm CIM
NSC Silent Auction/Registration
Room N263
1:00pm
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2:00pm CIM
NSC Live
Auction Room
N262
To
RSVP for an event, please contact Nicole Maher at (301) 587-1400
or nmaher@nrmca.org.
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On Campus:
CIM University News
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Middle Tennessee State University
MTSU
Receives BIM Software from Tekla, Inc.
Tekla, Inc. recently supplied MTSU's Concrete Industry Management
(CIM) Program with a complete suite of 3D Building Information Modeling
(BIM) software, Tekla Structures. Tekla's Education Program also
provided training for professors and assistance with course
development.
The software will be available to every student and professor and
will become an integral part of course work. "It's vital for our
applied concrete program to stay cutting edge for our students"
said Dr. Heather Brown, Ph.D., Director & Associate Professor,
"the adoption of Tekla allows further integration of their
drafting, estimating and scheduling knowledge into a software package
that puts it all together in an impressive, useful format."
Hans Ehrnrooth, President of Tekla, Inc., stated, "We will work
closely with Dr. Brown to train her professors, educate her students
and help integrate BIM into MTSUs CIM Program."
Collaborative
Effort Assists Disabled Veteran
The students of the AGC and ACI student chapter collaborated with
Rutherford County, Ole South Contractor and Smryna Ready Mix to build
a 250-linear-foot sidewalk for a disabled veteran in Murfreesboro,
TN. The students formed and poured a sidewalk that started from
the driveway to behind the mailbox so he could check the mail safely
without having to get his wheelchair onto a busy street. The
county provided him with a rear door mailbox. The sidewalk then
extended 250 feet to a major arterial road that already had an
existing network of handicap accessible sidewalks. This access
will allow him to get to a local store without relying on
transportation and give him a place to exercise safely in his
wheelchair. CIM ceremoniously broke ground on Veteran's Day and
completed the project in one week with approximately 15 students and
3 faculty members participating.
MTSU
Completes Decorative Project
The CIM Program completed a campus decorative project in December.
The $17,000 project placed a concrete pad that can be used by media
trucks covering events in Murphy Center and Floyd Stadium. While much
of the work was completed by professionals, every CIM class observed
work as it was done and several students participated. The MT
athletic logo was stenciled and colored onto the pad. Eleven
companies or organizations provided in kind gifts totaling
$15,000. Those companies included: American Society of Concrete
Contractors, Butterfield Color, Decorative Concrete Council, Dusty
& Sons, Inc., Fritz Pak, L.M. Scofield, Nashville Ready Mix,
Oakley Construction, Stan Reece Concrete Inc., Stardek, Inc., and
Landmark Homes of TN.
CIM
Students Tour Stephens Manufacturing Facility
A group
of CIM students toured Stephens Manufacturing in Tomkinsville, KY in
October. We were hosted by owner, Max Stephens and his management
team, who were all very welcoming and very willing to share their
knowledge with the CIM students. Stephens Manufacturing has made concrete
plants since 1957. Max Stephens is a loyal supporter of the CIM
Program and serves on our Executive Advisory Council.
Fall
2009 was a very productive semester for the CIM program. Here are
some Highlights:
Equipment
Donation- Texas State received a $40,000 MP 75 Laboratory Mixer
from Sicoma at the PCI Annual Convention in San Antonio, TX in
September 2009. The Mixer was previously installed in their concrete
testing laboratory.
Scholarships-
ACI Austin and San Antonio chapters have indicated that they will be
establishing scolarships for CIM majors at Texas State.
Concrete
Testing Laboratory- Our concrete
testing laboratory was completed in August 2009. This 2,500 square
foot laboratory has been equipped with instrumentation to cater to
the teaching and research needs of the CIM program.
Patron
Meeting- The Texas State Patron Group met on our campus on
November 10, 2009. With over 50 guests that attended, the highlight
of the event was a tour of the newly constructed laboratory.
Texas
State Research Projects
In
December 2008, F. Betkas, and J. Hu conducted research for the
"Use of Waste Clay Brick as Cement Additive in Concrete:
Feasibility Study in the State of Texas." Funding was provided by
Texas State University- San Marcos Research Enhance Program (REP) in
the amount of $16,000, January 2010- December 2010.
In
addition, C. Gaedicke conducted research for the "Optimizing
Pervious Concrete to Improve Pavement Sustainability" project in
December 2008. Texas State University- San Marcos Research Enhance
Program (REP) provided funding of $8,000 for the research, January
2010 - December 2010.
California State University, Chico
Chico State
Hosts MTSU Students
Four MTSU students visited Chico State in December to participate
in joint job and internship interviews that were arranged during an
October trip to the International Concrete Repair Institute
Conference in Arizona. While in Chico, the MTSU students stayed in
the homes of Chico CIM students, had the opportunity to learn more
about the Chico program and the Northern California area, and
participated with their fellow students on the "Blitz
Build" winter volunteer project.
"Blitz
Build" Winter Volunteer Project
Continuing the Chico State tradition of service to the community,
Chico State CIM students are  participating
in a volunteer winter break project to build two houses for the
Catalyst Domestic Violence center and the City of Chico. With generous
contributions from CIM industry patron companies who donated the
concrete and related materials and equipment, the students placed the
concrete for the slabs and porches prior to the beginning of what has
become known as "Blitz Build", during which construction
will begin and end in one week with around the clock crews of
students, faculty, and local contractors. The student team has
focused on ensuring that the houses meet standards for LEED
certification. To that end, they will have exposed concrete floors
throughout, which included integral color with subsequent grinding,
staining, polishing and sealing using new environmentally products.
The experience thus far has been extremely
rewarding for all who are involved. Keys for the two complete 850
square foot houses will be handed over at the end of the week,
opening the doors to local victims of domestic violence as a
transitional refuge on their way to a new life.
Applications
to the Chico State CIM Program for Fall 2010
As a result of outreach efforts, word of mouth by students,
patrons, and others, and university recruitment efforts, the Chico
State CIM program has received the second highest number of upper
division transfer student applications in the College of Engineering
for the Fall 2010 semester. This is exciting news for a program in
only its fourth year at the university, helping raise campus-wide
awareness of the successes and opportunities that exist in this
unique program.
CIM Field
School
With funding through an award from the FY2010 Cultural Resource
Stewardship Grant Program of the Golden Gate National Parks
Conservancy, the Chico State CIM program will work with National
Parks Service personnel to form a "CIM Field School" at
Golden Gate National Park. Students who are accepted will spend up to
four weeks during the summer living in barracks on the site and
working on historic concrete structures in the park, which includes
Alcatraz Island.
Arizona State University
ASU
Graduates First CIM Student in August 2009
The ASU CIM program produced its first graduate in August 2009 when
Vernon Loraditch walked across the stage and received his diploma.
That accomplishment was trumped in December when Vern was fortunate
enough to gain employment working in the Quality Control Division
with Coreslab Structures in Phoenix AZ!
ASU
Education Outside the Classroom
The ASU CIM program is putting a slightly different spin on the
term "distance education". Instead of classroom lectures,
more than 50 percent of the freshman introductory class at ASU, CIM
105: Introduction to the Concrete Industry, is being taught outside
of the classroom. Taking advantage of its metropolitan location, this
instruction has taken place at a ready mix operation, a paving
construction site, a materials testing laboratory, and a precast
plant courtesy of several local patrons. The latest field trip
took the class to a Block and Paver plant operated by Superlite
Block. The students were treated to up close and personal tours of
their block, paver, and bag operation and the automation on display
was truly astounding for the students and professors!
Another unique part of the freshman introductory course is the
networking aspect. In CIM 105 each  student
attends three industry networking events in which they are required
to meet industry professionals and report on who they meet and the
topics discussed during the event. This has been coordinated by
scheduling the class at the same time as the local ACI chapter holds
its monthly meeting.
Our junior concrete production class recently toured the Arizona
Portland Cement facility near Tucson and due to scheduled maintenance
the students actually got to explore the inside of the cement
kiln!
Professor Edwin Weaver has created a unique way to allow the CIM
students to 'give back' to the concrete industry for its support to
the program. The Arizona ACI Chapter provides the ASU CIM students
with three certifications in different courses at significant savings
over the normal rate. In return, Professor Weaver coordinates the
scheduling of CIM students who have passed the Field Grade 1
examination to support the ACI Chapter by acting as supplemental
examiners at future dates hosted by the Chapter. The program was
started in fall 2009 and has provided the students with a great
opportunity to interact with the industry and contribute knowledge
back to its members.
Student
Competition News
On the student competition scene, Professor Luke Snell supervised
a team of CIM students at the ACI National Convention in New Orleans
in November that competed in the Concrete Cube Competition. The team
finished 13th out of 38 competitors - not what the team aimed for but
they gained significant knowledge from the exercise. The ACI student
club plans to build on that experience by entering teams in each of
the three student competitions scheduled to be held at the ACI
Convention in Chicago in March 2010.
Student
Service Work
The CIM students have also participated this fall with local
Patron member Salt River Materials Group (SRMG) on the construction
of their Net Zero Energy Home for Habitat for Humanity. This home,
built with concrete wall system along with a pervious concrete
driveway, will produce all the energy it uses and was awarded LEED
Platinum designation. It was introduced at a press conference at the
2009 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo held in Phoenix to
educate attendees about Habitat for Humanity's first concrete home in
Central Arizona. Two groups of CIM students shared some sweat equity
with SRMG's employees and the new owners for a very worthy cause and
a very cool home! More information can be found at
http://www.cement.org/newsroom/Greenbuild2009.asp.
The student club plans to increase service to its fellow CIM students
by offering a free tutoring session each week. The club will
host a gathering each week where upper-class students will offer free
tutoring for students in all CIM courses.
ASU
Faculty News
Professor Luke Snell travelled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in
December representing ACI as chairman of its International
Committee. During this time, Luke met with key government
officials, university and industry leaders to promote better uses of
concrete. Professor Snell secured the donation of equipment and
software to support the ACI chapter and the ASU CIM students
participated by donating used engineering and construction textbooks
to the university at Addis Ababa. The local industry and university
officials there are very excited about the creation of the ACI
chapter in their country and equally excited about possible future
interactions with the CIM program at ASU. In 2008 Professor
Snell made a similar trip to Mongolia where he later secured a small
concrete education research project which involved ASU CIM students.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
First
student of CIM program at NJIT graduated
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce
their first graduate of the CIM program, Anlee Orama. Orama graduated
from the CIM program at NJIT in May with a Bachelor of Science degree
in engineering technology and a minor in business management.
"I chose the CIM program for several reasons," said
Orama. "I felt this program at NJIT provided me with an
edge for my future that other related majors would not. I would
describe it as a "niche" in the college academia. As the
CIM program continues to grow at NJIT, its presence and reputation
will also grow stronger."
Currently, Orama is planning to begin graduate school in January at
NJIT and pursue a master's degree in civil engineering or engineering
management.
NJIT CIM
Welcomes New Professor
In August of this year, we had the privilege of welcoming Dr. Mohamed
A. Mahgoub, PhD, PE to our faculty. Prof. Maghoub's duties will be
directed to CIM program where he will teach in the CIM curriculum and
assist in our research efforts.
Dr. Mahgoub received his undergraduate degree in 1990 from the Civil
Engineering Department of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt and
completed his Masters degree in 1997 at McMaster University in
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His Masters studies involved development
of two innovative strengthening techniques for column base joints at
the nuclear power station in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. In 2004, he
was awarded his PhD from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. His PhD contribution resulted in significant changes in
the 2005 National Building Code of Canada, NBCC provisions
addressing: (a) higher mode effect, (b) base shear and moment
distribution on building, (c) torsional behavior of single and
multistory buildings, and (d) the significance of P-delta effect in
buildings. During his graduate studies, Dr. Mahgoub has teaching
several courses including Engineering Mechanics, Surveying, Soil
Mechanics, Dynamics, Finite Elements, Highway and Transportation,
Bridge Design, and Properties of Material. Dr. Mahgoub's experience
in teaching gave him a solid background to carry out effective
knowledge transfer. Some of his publications are educational in
nature.
Dr. Mahgoub is interested in pursuing research in a variety of
interrelated topics in engineering such as transportation,
infrastructure, sustainability, green design, and structural
modeling. He has participated in research throughout a
significant portion of his academic and industrial career in
collaboration with other colleagues, faculty, research entities, and
personnel.
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CIM Press Conference Scheduled For WOC
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The
CIM NSC will be holding a press conference on Wednesday, February 3 at
4 pm to provide an overview of the CIM Programs and unveil the CIM
Annual Report. The press conference will be held in Press Conference
Room N251 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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CIM Patron Profile: Angela Brown
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Angela
Brown is Chairman of the Southwest Patrons for Arizona State
University and
a
 Territory Manager
for Propex Concrete Systems.
What is your
involvement in the CIM program? Why did you get involved with the
program?
I am the Southwest Patrons Chairman for ASU. I got involved with the
program because of the available opportunities to share my
professional experiences in the concrete industry with aspiring
students.
Why have you
and your company made the commitment to the CIM program? What
benefits do you think it will bring to your company?
Propex strongly believes in the education and development of our
industry, we realize that what is learned in the classroom and
field trips can be directly applied to real life applications.
The benefits of the program are not only for the students, we feel
the program will also keep us Patrons in tune with the future of the
concrete industry.
What are
your thoughts about the industry/academic partnership between CIM and
its industry partners and patrons?
The CIM program offers a special opportunity for students; a unique
partnership between industry experiences and class room studies. An
insight of the talent being developed from the CIM programs is
paramount to our success as an industry.
Why should other companies in the concrete industry get involved in
the CIM program?
The CIM program is a benefit to both parties involved. The students
profit from the decades of professional experience our patrons have
acquired, and the patrons get to interact with future industry
talent.
How can they
get involved?
By donating both time and funds, industry leaders can facilitate
the growth of the CIM program. Along with recruiting, mentoring, and
sponsoring students, any company can easily be engaged and help the
program grow.
What is your
vision for the CIM program?
Years from now this program will help the concrete industry be
years ahead of other industries by better educating individuals on
the specific skills and knowledge unique to the concrete industry.
The CIM program will help expand upon the knowledge of the existing
industry as well as enhance those entering the industry.
How do you
think the CIM program will benefit the concrete industry?
The concrete industry will have well informed and specialized
individuals with specific skills and knowledge that can help our
industry embrace innovations as we look toward the future.
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CIM
on Facebook!
CIM has created a fan page on Facebook, and we would like to invite
you to become a fan (search for the CIM program in the Pages
Category). This page was created as a resource for students and
professionals to communicate and interact. With the huge growth of
social media as a communication medium as well as a recruiting tool,
we believe those who participate will greatly benefit.
Join the
Conversation - CIM is on Twitter
In keeping up with the social media revolution, the CIM program is
now on Twitter. Follow us and join the conversation at: twitter.com/ConcreteDegree
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Our Sponsors
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The CIM NSC is thankful for the generous support from our
industry partners:
American Concrete Institute Foundation
American Concrete Pipe Association
American Society of Concrete Contractors Education Foundation
National Concrete Masonry Association's Foundation
National Precast Concrete Association
National Ready Mixed Concrete
Association
Portland Cement Association
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute's Foundation
The RMC Research and Education Foundation
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