NPCA 43rd Annual Convention

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Don't miss this opportunity to hear from industry experts and get their perspective on rising steel costs and sustainability!

New Featured Programs at the
NPCA 43rd Annual Convention

Simonson

Risser

Saturday, Sept. 20
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Skyrocketing Steel and the Construction Economy
What’s behind the surging cost of reinforcing steel? How long will it last and how high will it go? These and other questions about material price increases and the 2009 forecast for the construction industry will be addressed by two expert panelists at the Keynote Luncheon.

Keynote Panelists:

Ken Simonson , chief economist for The Associated General Contractors of America, and one of the construction industry’s leading economists.

Robert Risser Jr., P.E. , president of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, the authoritative resource for information related to steel reinforced concrete construction.

Sunday, Sept. 21
JOINT PRODUCT DIVISION SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Clarke

From Threat to Opportunity – How the Growing Sustainability Challenge Can Work To Your Advantage
While sustainability has been a relatively recent concept in the precast industry in North America, it has been a front-burner issue in Europe for several years. In this special program, NPCA presents Martin Clarke, chief executive of the British Precast Concrete Federation, to help wade through the sustainability debate. Clarke will outline how the British precast concrete industry is facing up to the mounting demand for sustainable products and how it fits with the approach of the cement, concrete and construction industry sector as well that of competing materials.