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28th Annual Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year
PROGRAM: The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year Award acknowledges the significant contribution of ready mixed concrete truck drivers to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry. As a salute to these key members of the concrete production and delivery team, the award recognizes the driver’s career achievement, safety, professionalism, competence, and customer service skills in a manner that will enhance the industry and public image of the career Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional. The award program is cosponsored by Concrete Products Magazine.
ELIGIBILITY: The Driver of the Year competition is restricted to:
- Active employees of NRMCA member companies.
- Nominees must be full-time truck mixer drivers; Full-time drivers who fill in periodically as dispatchers, loader operators, etc., are eligible.
- One nominee per company per state. NRMCA encourages member companies to coordinate in-house competitions to select their nominee from each state in which they operate ready mixed concrete plants.
- Nominees must have at least five years of service to the ready mixed concrete industry.
AWARD CATEGORIES: Ready Mixed Concrete Delivery Professional Driver of the Year and Runners-Up shall be selected by the judges from the qualified nominees.
Award Presentation: The 2024 Ready Mixed Concrete Truck Driver of the Year Award winner will be honored at an awards presentation ceremony at NRMCA’s Annual Convention in Tampa, FL in March 2024, and will be presented with a $5,000 check from the Truck Mixer Manufacturers Bureau (TMMB).
NOMINATIONS & DEADLINE: Nominations can be made by completing the entry form on the back of this page and providing the required supporting testimonials from supervisor(s) and customers. Nominations must include two high-resolution electronic images of the driver-nominee: one dressed in his/her normal working attire with his/her truck, and another full-length photo of the driver in work clothes with the background of your choice. Entries must be received via email by December 31, 2023.
JUDGING: A panel of judges assembled by NRMCA’s Operations, Environmental and Safety Committee will judge the competition. The panel of judges will be solely responsible for determining the award recipients and their decisions shall be final.
For more information, contact Gary Mullings, 703-706-4861.
The NRMCA Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year Award acknowledges the significant contribution of ready mixed concrete truck drivers to the growth and success of individual companies and the ready mixed concrete industry. A salute to these key members of the concrete production and delivery team, the award recognizes the driver’s career achievement, safety, professionalism, competence and customer service skills in a manner that will enhance the industry and public image of the career ready mixed truck driver.
NRMCA Driver of The Year Award Winners
2023 – Bob Hackney of Ernst Concrete Inc, Troy, Ohio
2022 – Edward J. Folkersma of Northern Sand and Gravel, Sault Sainte Marie, MI
2021 – William J. Youngers, VCNA United Materials, Lancaster, NY
2020 – Jose Bermudez, U.S. Concrete West Region (Central Concrete Supply Co.), San Jose, CA
2019 – David Buoncristiani, Central Concrete Supply, San Francisco, CA
2018 – Leonard “Glen” Brown, Martin Marietta, Aurora, CO
2017 – Burice Woods, Chandler Concrete, Roxboro, NC
2016 – Steve Johnson, Martin Marietta, Fort Collins, CO
2015 – Edward Rieper, Eastern Concrete Materials, Bogota, NJ
2014 – Garland Sorrells, Southern Concrete Materials, Asheville, NC
2013 – Rayfield Harris, GCC Mid-Continent Concrete, Tulsa, OK
2012 – Timothy Lindsay, GCC Mid-Continent Concrete, Siloam Springs, AK
2011 – Bob Lowery, Jack B. Parson Companies, Ogden, UT
2009/10 – Johnney Hilliard, Redi-Mix Concrete – A U.S. Concrete Co., Denton, TX
2008 – W. “David” Brooks, Titan Virginia New Post Plant, Fredericksburg, VA
2007 – Howard Scott Cosar, Southern Concrete Materials, Asheville, NC
2006 – Bobby Dennis, Lafarge, Lithonia, GA
2005 – Curtis Rodriguez, Transit Mix Concrete & Materials, Waco, TX
2004 – Charles Smith III, Southern Concrete Materials, Asheville, NC
2003 – Henry Huizinga, Ozinga Illinois Ready Mixed Concrete, Mokena, IL
2002 – Wilbur Balmer, Ready Mixed Concrete Co. of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA
2001 – Johnny Hall, Carolina Concrete Co., Inc., Clinton, SC
2000 – John Marshall, Aggregate Industries, Peabody, MA
1999 – William Moxley, Irving Materials, Inc., Lebanon, TN
1998 – Eddie Simmons, Transit Mix Concrete & Materials, Opelousas, LA
1997 – Dean Cantrell, Allen’s Concrete, Inc., Wichita, KS
1996 – Cecil Gray, Turnbull Concrete, Hamilton, OH
The Driver of the Year competition is restricted to:
- Active employees of NRMCA member companies in good standing.
- Nominees must be full-time truck mixer drivers; full-time drivers who fill in periodically as dispatchers, loader operators, etc., are eligible.
- One nominee per company per state. NRMCA encourages member companies to coordinate in-house competitions to select their nominee from each state in which they operate ready mixed concrete plants.
- Nominees must have at least 5 years of service to their company.
The NRMCA Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year award winners will be honored and their awards will be presented at the NRMCA Annual Convention. A panel of judges assembled by NRMCA’s
Safety, Environmental and Operations Committee judge the competition. Awards are given to the Ready Mixed Truck Driver of the Year and four Runners-Up. The panel of judges is solely responsible for determining the award recipients and their decisions are final.
Driver of the Year Award nominations are solicited in early fall each year, with a deadline of December 31. A decision is then made early the following year and presented at the NRMCA’s Annual Convention held every March.
For more information, contact Gary Mullings, 703-706-4861.