The lineup of speakers and the schedule has been set for C&D World, the Annual Meeting of the Construction Materials Recycling Association. The meeting is set for March 16, 2005, at the Treasure Island Resort in Las Vegas. The Annual Meeting is being held in conjunction with ConExpo-Con/Agg 2005 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Besides the presentations planned for the breakfast meeting, that evening the association will host a cocktail hour reception in Treasure Island’s most popular nightclub, Kahunaville.
Here is the CMRA meeting schedule:
7:30-8:30 Full Breakfast In Treasure Island Ballroom
8:15-8:30 Introductory Remarks: William Turley, Executive Director, CMRA
8:30-9:30 Advocacy Training For C&D Recyclers: Stephanie Vance, AdVanced Consulting. This Washington insider will show how to advocate your company’s needs to government officials, from the local zoning or health board all the way to the U.S. Congress legislators, and everyone in between.
9:30-9:45 Coffee Break In Meeting Room
9:45-10:20 C&D Fines Best Management Practices Guide: Greg Wirsen, Green Seal Environmental. The CMRA worked with several industry stakeholders in developing a guide for the safe, proper, and economically feasible use of the fines created by processing C&D materials.
10:20-10:40 FHWA’s Study On Barriers to State DOTs’ Use of Recycled Concrete in Highway Projects: Charles Luedders, Federal Highway Administration. Mr. Luedders will give a short overview of the FHWA look at what some state DOTs practices regarding using recycled concrete on state road jobs.
10:40-11:30 CMRA Annual Membership Meeting: Learn how the Construction Materials Recycling Association has been working to promote and serve the C&D recycling industry.
5:30-7:30pm Reception in Treasure Island’s Kahunaville. Come meet and mix with C&D industry professionals from across North America.