Joseph E. Carpenter of Rinker Materials, West Palm Beach, Florida, was instrumental in the formation and early operation of the NRMCA Committee on Maintenance. Shortly after his untimely passing in 1988, the OES Committee decided to honor Mr. Carpenter by instituting the Joseph E. Carpenter Award for Outstanding Contributions to the OES Committee. Carpenter Award recipients are singled out for their outstanding lifetime contribution to the ready mixed concrete industry in the field of operations, safety or environmental. Nominees may be ready mixed concrete company employees, manufacturers or suppliers to the industry or association staff members. They can be active, retired, or deceased. Nominations are tendered and reviewed annually, however, awards are only given when deemed appropriate by the OES Committee.

Past winners are:
 

1.                  Marshall E. “Doc” Rinker (1990)

2.                  James A. Zurbrigen (1992)

3.                  Richard K. Ahern (1994)

4.                  Robert G. Tews (1996)

5.                  Richard D. Gaynor (1997)

6.                  Richard D. Anderson (1998)

7.                  William J. O'Connell & Monte E. Stewart (1999)

8.                  Warren Goehringer (2000)

9.                  Rich Deboer (2001)

10.              Stephen Thomas (2002)

11.              Scott Hammersley (2003)

12.              Larry Roach & Douglas Ruhlin (2004)

13.              Tommy Stephens (2005)

14.              James Woody (2006)

15.              Jim Wagner (2007)

16.              George Roberts (2008) 

Nominations for the Carpenter Award are solicited annually from the members of the Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee. Recipients of the award must be members of NRMCA in good standing. The award is presented at NRMCA’s Annual Convention.

For more information, contact Gary Mullings at 240-485-1161 or 1-888-846-7622, ext. 1161.