The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program – a business-intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management – is pleased to announce the following list of ready mixed items donated for its annual auction on Jan. 22, 2025, at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nev.
“The success of the CIM Auction is a testament to the power of collaboration within the concrete industry,” said Ben Robuck, CIM Auction Chairman. “The generosity and commitment from our industry partners not only drive the growth of this event but also directly contribute to the future of our program and its students. We are inspired by their support and proud to work together towards shaping the leaders of tomorrow.”
“This auction showcases the unique collaboration between the CIM program and the industry that supports it,” said CIM Marketing Committee Chairman Brian Gallagher. “It’s an exciting opportunity for companies to invest in the future of the concrete industry while securing valuable resources for their operations. Together, we’re building a stronger industry and empowering the next generation of leaders.”
The auction’s featured items include:
- Truck-Mounted 38M Concrete Pump donated by Alliance Concrete Pumps, Papé Kenworth and Kenworth Truck Company. View details of this item here.
- 2025 Mack Granite 64FR chassis donated by Mack Trucks and equipped with an 11-yard Revolution Bridgemaster mixer donated by Revolution Concrete Mixers. View details of this item here.
- 2025 Model 567 chassis with a 10.5-yard extreme-duty mixer donated by Peterbilt Motors Company and Con-Tech Manufacturing, Inc.
- Somero S-485 Laser Screed machine donated by Somero Enterprises, Inc. View details of this item here.
While the list of items continues to grow, as of Jan. 8, the ready mixed concrete-focused auction items include:
- Advance Mixer Inc. – $10,000 parts credit
- AI Crete – $10,000 of AICreteOS QC software
- Astec Industries (CONECO, REXCON, BMH) – One PJC300S silo dust collector and two plant inspections
- Beck Industrial, Inc. – $10,000 parts voucher
- Bone Bucket LLC – Three Bone buckets
- Buzzi Unicem USA/Alamo Cement – Three loads Portland-limestone cement
- CalPortland – Five loads Portland cement or Advancement HS Portland-limestone-blended cement (if available)
- Capitol Aggregates, Inc. – Four loads of Type IL cement
- CEMEX – Ten loads of Vertua low carbon cement
- CEMEX Admixtures – One pallet of ISOCYCLE 9200 – returned concrete admixture
- Chryso – Chryso admixture package
- Command Alkon – COMMANDbatch + Cloud Dispatch & TrackIt customer portal
- CRH – Ash Grove Cement – Five loads of cement
- Eagle Materials – Central Plains Cement Company – Two loads (approximately 50 short tons) of portland-limestone cement (PLC)
- Eagle Materials – Fairborn Cement Company – Three loads of Type I or portland-limestone cement (if available)
- Eagle Materials – Louisville Kosmos Cement Company – Three loads of Type I or portland-limestone cement (if available)
- FORTA, LLC – FORTA-FERRO macro synthetic fiber
- FullForce Engineered Solutions – Four pallets of FiberForce Micro Fiber
- GCC – Five loads Type IL portland-limestone cement
- Giant Cement – Two loads of Type I/II portland cement or portland-limestone cement (PLC) (if available)
- Giatec Scientific Inc. – $15,000 NEW In-Transit Concrete Quality Monitoring
- Golden State Pozzolan – Pozzolan Class N
- Heidelberg Materials North America – 12 truckloads of EcoCemPLCTM cement
- Holcim – 15 loads Type I/II portland cement or portland-limestone cement (PLC)
- Illinois Cement Company – One load portland-limestone cement
- Masters Builders Solutions – Master Builders Solutions chemical admixtures for concrete
- Mitsubishi Cement – Five loads Type II/V portland cement
- The Monarch Cement Company – Three loads Type IL portland-limestone cement
- Mountain Cement Company – Two loads of portland-limestone cement (Type IL)
- National Cement Company-AL – Two truckloads of Type IL portland cement
- National Cement Company-CA – Three truckloads of II-V portland cement or portland-limestone cement
- Nevada Cement Company – Two loads of Nevada Cement
- Ozinga – 50 tons ASTM C150 portland cement
- Ozinga – 50 tons of ASTM C989 blast furnace slag
- Pan Pacific Cement – Three loads Type II/V portland cement
- Roanoke Cement Company, LLC/a Titan America Business – Five loads Type IL portland-limestone cement (PLC)
- Salt River Materials Group – 81 tons Class F fly ash
- Shumaker Industries, Inc. – Steel Central mix blades
- Sika Corporation – $20,000 admixture package
- Sioux Corporation – Sioux Sentinel Pro lifetime subscription
- Slabstack Software, Inc. – One-year subscription for up to four Plants/10 Users, Including onboarding and training fees waived
- St. Mary’s Cement Inc. (US) a Division of Votorantim Cement North America – Five loads portland-limestone cement (PLC)
- Stephens Mfg. – Two Stephens SOS-1020 vents or a $13,000 credit
- Summit Materials – Cement – 10 loads cement
- TransChicago Truck Group – $5,000 parts credit
- Unacem North America – Four loads Type II/V portland cement
- Vince Hagan Co. – Two VH-245JP Silo Top dust collectors
In addition to the extensive list of items donated, the following organizations have made financial contributions to this year’s auction to help advance CIM’s mission and drive meaningful change. They include AOE, Baldwin Filters, Cummins, Inc., Irving Materials, Inc., Keystone Private Wealth, Lithko, PACCAR Parts Fleet Services, Sioux Corporation, SRM Concrete, Structural Group, United Rentals, Volvo Construction Equipment, Vulcan Materials Company Foundation, and World of Concrete.
About CIM
Receiving tremendous support from the concrete industry, the CIM program was the first of its kind in the United States – a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management. Since its humble beginning, the CIM program has expanded and offered at Middle Tennessee State University, California State University, Chico, Texas State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and South Dakota State University. Today, there are more than 1,640+ graduates of the Concrete Industry Management working in the concrete industry.
The goal of the program is to produce broadly educated, articulate graduates grounded in basic construction management, who are knowledgeable of concrete technology and techniques and can manage people and systems as well as promote products or services related to the concrete industry. It entails a broad range of courses, from English and history to science and mathematics. A series of required business courses such as finance, marketing, management and business law are also taken throughout the length of the program.
The concrete-specific courses teach the fundamentals of concrete, properties and testing, concrete construction and more. All these courses provide much more than what is simply in the text – they emphasize problem-solving, quality assurance and customer satisfaction. They utilize practical case studies and an internship to make sure the student obtains real-world experience essential to starting a successful career. Additional opportunities include on-campus socials and other events providing industry networking and professional development.
The CIM program continues to provide future leaders for the concrete industry. To learn more about the program, visit www.concretedegree.com.
