This week, the Alabama legislature completed Days 20 and 21 of the 2024 session. With a maximum length of 30 legislative days, this year’s session is over two-thirds complete and is expected to wrap up by early to mid-May. Details of this week’s action are provided below. Budgets Move Forward…

Concrete Volumes lag in NovemberData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 139,170 tons of cement were shipped to the state in November 2023. The tonnage is 10% lower than November 2022 and 17% lower than October 2023. Cement shipments have now contracted in seven of the first…

Last month, the association made a contribution to the ACI student chapters from Auburn University and University of Alabama to assist with their travel cost to the ACI Convention. This year’s convention included a student competition that challenged the teams to develop workable mortar. The team from Auburn was able…

Each year, the Alabama Concrete Industries Association presents the Chairman’s Award to an outstanding leader in the concrete industry. Brad Christopher with LBYD is this year’s recipient.Brad spent his adult life designing some of the most recognizable buildings in Alabama, but his career in the construction industry started at a…

We are looking forward to joining the Kentucky and Tennessee Concrete Associations this year at our Summer Meeting. Convention registration is now open, and you can register at the link below. REGISTER HERE Agenda July 184-6PM           Registration Pick up your name badges and gift bags 6-9PM           Opening Reception and Dinner…

On Monday, March 25th, the Alabama Concrete Industries Association held its 2024 Annual Business Meeting at Greystone Country Club in Birmingham. The meeting began at 10:30am with presentations of the ACIA Foundation scholarships, the Sam Reed Memorial Scholarship, the 2024 Chairman’s Award, Ronald Davis Memorial Scholarships, Safety Award, Environmental Award,…

Concrete Volumes See Slight Uptick in December Data recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 128,204 tons of cement were shipped to the state in December 2023. The tonnage is .6 % higher than December 2022 but a drop from November 2023 tonnage. A strong fall allowed cement…

The Alabama legislature has reached the halfway point of the 2024 session, completing Days 13, 14 and 15 this week out of a possible 30 legislative days. As mentioned previously, the legislature will be taking off next week, returning the week of March 18, and then taking off the week…

This week the Alabama legislature completed Week 4 of the 2024 session. For the fourth week in a row, the legislature held a three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March (the weeks of March 11 and March 25). After this week, the legislature has completed 12…

This week the Alabama legislature completed its third week of the 2024 session. The legislature held its third consecutive three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March (the weeks of March 11 and March 25). After this week, the legislature is one-third of the way through the…

This week the Alabama legislature completed its second week of the 2024 session. The legislature held another three-day week in anticipation of taking off two weeks in March for Spring Break (the weeks of March 11 and March 25). The legislature has now completed 6 days out of a possible…

The 2024 Regular Session of the Alabama legislature began at noon on Tuesday, February 6, and later that evening Governor Kay Ivey delivered her State of the State address. Most observers are predicting an eventful and even contentious session, with issues like gambling and school choice on the agenda. Since…

Concrete Volumes spike in OctoberData recently released by the United States Geological Service shows 169,151 tons of cement were shipped to the state during October 2023. The tonnage is 2.2% higher than October 2022 but is a 16% growth over September 2023. Type 1L Cement represented 92% of the tonnage…

The 2024 Business Meeting will be March 25 at Greystone Country Club in Birmingham. The meeting will include presentation of scholarships, presentation of the Chairman’s Award, recognition of the Board of Directors and guest speaker Attorney General Steve Marshall. A golf tournament will follow the luncheon. Annual Business Meeting Golf…

To help plan for your annual budgets, we are establishing annual sponsorships again in 2024. We hope you will consider participating as a sponsor. If you have any questions, please contact our office. Thank you. 2024 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Premier $5000Sponsorship of Annual Business MeetingSponsorship of Truck Driving ChampionshipSponsorship of Driver…