VRMCA Spring Convention coming soon

The Spring Convention to be held on May 21-23 at The Homestead, in Hot Springs, Virginia promises to deliver informative presentations and entertainment that you don’t want to miss.

We will start off on Sunday night, with a dinner for everyone at the Gun Club. This will be a “pig-pickin,” complete with a pig suckling, corn in the shuck, chicken, barbeque spare ribs, homemade apple pie, hot bisquits and all of the fixins’. You may get your hands a little sticky, so dress casually!

Monday’s meeting is full, with speakers looking at pervious concrete from all aspects. We will welcome Robb Jolly , Managing Director of the ACPA Concrete Pavement Education Foundation, Dr. Mike Leming , Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University and Dale Fisher , President & CEO of PCI Systems, LLC.

We will also honor the VRMCA’s 2005 Roadeo winner, Steve Hobgood from Cardinal-Virginia Concrete. He will receive a die-cast model trophy of a concrete truck.

On Monday afternoon, we will have the golf tournament and shooting. The Homestead will also offer many activities for the non-golfers and shooters, ranging from horseback riding to carriage rides, to paintball and falconry. Of course, there is always the very popular spa.

On Monday night, there will be a reception with cocktails on the Mt. Vernon Lawn, followed by dinner on your own.

Tuesday brings another exciting learning opportunity. Besides an update from the industry consultants on the councils, Wayland Patterson from the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, will relay information on the rebuilding efforts in Southwest Asia. Additionally, John Buteyn , of Colorado Hardscapes will conduct his “Decorative Concrete and the Ready-Mixed Concrete Producer” presentation.

The ever-popular industry forum will close the speaker presentations portion of the convention.

A short business meeting will be held, where we will present the 2005 Safety Awards, elect the new officers and directors, and say goodbye to VRMCA President, Gus Lorber . We will adjourn at 12:15 p.m.

Please make every effort to attend the convention. If you have any questions, please contact Vicki Stec at 434.977.3716.