Concrete's Unrivaled Resilience
When you build with concrete, you build with peace of mind. Concrete stands up to the most severe weather to keep you safe.
We Are Concrete Strong
Build With Strength, an initiative of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, aims to educate building professionals, designers, and policymakers about the advantages of ready mixed concrete. The initiative promotes concrete as the preferred building material due to its unmatched strength, durability, safety and ease of use.
We Are Innovative
The concrete industry is making new advancements in concrete technology every day to make our buildings safer and more sustainable.
Proud Partner of Habitat for Humanity
Build With Strength, NRMCA and its members are proud to partner with Habitat for Humanity to build more sustainable, fire-safe, durable and innovative homes for hardworking communities across the country.
Keep Up with Concrete
Our industry has made headlines in the past few years and we’re not stopping now. We are committed to distributing information about the benefits of using ready mixed concrete in the buildings where we live and work. We have all the latest news and announcements so you can stay up to date on all things concrete.
Lessons from the burn zone: Why some homes survived the L.A. wildfires
No shrubs and lots of concrete: This is what a fire-resistant house looks like
Building Resilient Communities Requires a New Approach
Resilience
Concrete construction offers unparalleled resilience and insurance savings. Discover why concrete is the leading resilient building material.
The Sustainability and Fire Resilience of Concrete
On the Season 5 finale of Concrete Credentials, host Shamim Rashid-Sumar is joined by Brian Meacham, Director of Risk and Regulatory Consulting at Crux Consulting LLC. Brian discusses his expertise in the fire resilience of concrete and explores how engineers and architects can go beyond building code requirements to prioritize sustainability and resilience.
Advancing Concrete's Future
Tune in for the latest episode of Concrete Credentials with Julie Garbini, President of Concrete Advancement Foundation. Learn more about Julie's experience in the concrete industry and how the Foundation is building resilient, affordable communities and advancing the industry's role in decarbonization, sustainability and innovation.
Concrete Credentials
NRMCA’s Concrete Credentials podcast provides recent industry news and insights from top leaders and innovators. Don’t’ miss out, listen now!
Discover Our Free Design Center
Discover why concrete is the best choice for your project goals with NRMCA’s free Design Center. Let us help you with the heavy lifting.
Concrete Resources
Need a case study, a report, an infographic or one-pager on any of the wide-ranging benefits of building with concrete? Let our resource portal help you.
The Intuit Dome
The Intuit Dome, home of the Los Angeles Clippers, redefines modern sports arenas. The 1.14 million-square-foot facility includes an 18,000-seat arena, a state-of-the-art practice and training facility, team business offices, a garden with a lap pool and an indoor/outdoor lobby and terrace for fans. The building is designed to provide an unparalleled fan experience while setting new standards for environmentally conscious construction in the sports and entertainment industry, a powerful example for how sustainability and innovation can coexist in large-scale construction. The project sets new benchmarks for embodied carbon reduction, achieves LEED Platinum certification and creates a fully electric facility.
Communicating Sustainability in the Concrete Industry
Tune in for the latest episode of Concrete Credentials with Karin Perrisinotto, Sustainability Manager at CalPortland. Learn more about the critical elements of effective sustainability communication and explore the importance of not only delivering the right message but also taking impactful actions and effectively sharing those efforts with your audience.