PACA wishes to thank our 2024 Corporate Sponsors for their generous support and commitment this year!

• ASGCO Complete Conveyor Solutions
• Babst Calland
• Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc.
• Commonwealth Equipment Corporation
• Continental Placer, Inc.
• Conviber, Inc.
• East Rock Solutions
• Groff Tractor & Equipment
• Kemper Equipment, Inc.
• Maurer & Scott Sales, Inc.
• Mellott Company
• SIKA Corporation

Last Call to Book Rooms for Young Leaders Conference

PACA members ages 40 & under, PELA students and PELA alumni - JOIN US for this year's Young Leaders Development Group Conference being held just outside Gettysburg, PA.

But - if you plan to attend, this is your last chance to book hotel room as the hotel room block officially expires on September 19th! Room availability and the discounted room rate CANNOT be guaranteed after this date.

This year's conference boasts 360 degrees of leadership with topics covering Pennsylvania politics, community relations, effective leadership and social awareness. A complete agenda highlighting all the presentations and speakers is now available on our website.

BRING YOUR CREATIVITY! This year's reception and dinner will feature a Halloween-themed costume party.

For more information on this year's YLDG Conference, how to book your room, and to register, visit our website TODAY!

Last Call to Register for Next Week's Superintendent Workshop & Quarry Tour

Last call to register for the upcoming Superintendent Workshop, which includes industry tours as part of the day's agenda, next Thursday, September 19th in Nazareth, PA. REGISTER TODAY TO PARTICIPATE!

The day's agenda includes presentations on processing and crushing trends offered by Terex and a panel presentation on advancements in blasting including representatives from Austin Powder, Wampum Hardware and Orica.

The workshop will be held in the conference room of ASGCO "Complete Conveyor Solutions" and the company will be offering an truly interesting tour of their onsite facilities.

The final presentation of day will be very unique opportunity for our quarry superintendent audience. Quarries are run by hardworking professionals using similar processing equipment to deliver quality construction materials. The Superintendent Workshop agenda will feature a tour of Heidelberg Materials’ Nazareth quarry and cement plant which will expose our attendees to a different quarrying process. They are focused on the delivery of material for the kiln unlike the quarries processing aggregates or asphalt plants.

A full schedule of events and presentation descriptions is available here.

Please visit our registration page to attend.

Book Your Hotel Rooms for PACA's Annual Meeting

It's time to book your rooms for PACA's largest membership meeting of the year - the PACA Annual Meeting in Hershey.

Room block information is available on our website OR you can use the QR Code above to book your hotel room.

Registration and a full schedule will be coming your way very soon so watch your inbox for more information!

GO HERE to view the Annual Meeting webpage.

About Our September Sponsor

5051 Horseshoe Pike
Honey Brook, PA 19344

Phone: (610) 273-2066

Embodied Carbon and Urban Resilience Forum Held in Allentown

On September 6^th, PACA Staff member, Susan Armstrong, had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Green Building United in the Lehigh Valley. The event was focused on Embodied Carbon: Alternatives to Construction Today with Member Steve Somerville, Heidelberg Materials, as a presenter. The presentation was on how concrete can lead to lower embodied carbon and the benefits of low carbon concrete. The event was both in-person and virtual with roughly 30 attendees.

PA Build My Future Event to be Held at Pennsylvania College of Technology

Ready to showcase your craft and connect with the next generation of building professionals?

Join us for PA Build My Future on October 17, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thanks to industry leaders like you, students from area high schools and career and technical education centers will get an opportunity to explore a variety of career opportunities in the construction and design industries.

We hope you’ll consider being an exhibitor. Visit our exhibitor registration page to sign up and start planning. When it comes to activities for the day, the more interactive the better!

Lunch will be provided for exhibitors in our LeJeune Chef Restaurant on campus.

Last year’s event sparked a tremendous response from industry organizations who provided hands-on and informational activities to approximately 800 secondary students. Check out last year’s photo gallery to get a glimpse of the day.

Sponsor opportunities are available too. Contact Ellyn Lester if you are interested at 570.320.2400, ext. 7209 or [email protected].

If you have questions about the event, please email [email protected] or call 570.327.4520.

Penn College of Technology is Looking for Your Support!!

The Concrete Science program at Penn College is growing!

After starting with 11 students in the first year, they are well over 40 students currently in the program, and they need our help.

If anyone has a surplus of air meters or other testing equipment, consider donating to our future industry leaders! They are currently in good shape for material donations, but keep them in mind in the future!

If you would like to donate any testing equipment to the program, please contact Susan Armstrong or Frank Reber at 570.713.5015.

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