Board of Directors Announce New Management for Association and Celebration Strategies for 50th Anniversary
Mount Vernon, IA (date) – The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) Board of Directors has announced a management change for the organization, which coincides with its 50th anniversary. Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, CFA will be managed by the AOE Team – an association management and marketing consulting firm with headquarters in Farmington Hills, Mich., after more […]
Planning Your Submittals
Español | Translation Provided by the CFA The Call for Entries for 2023 is already up at www.cfaconcretepros.org, where you are encouraged to download the submittal form for completion. Entries are open to any member of the Concrete Foundations Association, and it is free to submit an entry. Not yet a member? There is a […]
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Federal OSHA Announced the Launch of a National Emphasis Program (NEP) On Heat Illness and Injury
by Tim Neubauer, MS, CSP, President of Exceed Safety LLC When it is extremely hot and humid weather, your body’s ability to cool itself is diminished. If your body heats too rapidly it will use body fluids to cool itself. When this happens, too much fluid or salt is lost through sweating. The body temperature […]
Concrete Foundations Association Announces Partnership with ITR Economics to Help Members Make Data-Driven Business Decisions
Mount Vernon, IA – Concrete Foundations Association is excited to announce its new partnership with ITR Economics, an economic forecasting firm that will provide our member companies with additional economic intelligence to drive practical and profitable business decisions. Established in 1948, ITR Economics has earned its reputation for being First in Forecasts Worldwide. Their unique […]
Concrete Foundations Association Responds to Pending Shortage of Form Ties:
Shortage could create a temporary shutdown in residential construction (March 11, 2021 – Mt. Vernon, Iowa) — The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) – the leading organization serving as the voice of cast-in-place contractors – has announced an industry-wide effort to mitigate the pending shortage of steel form ties across the North American markets. According to James […]
CFA Members Urged to ‘Stand Down’ for Coronavirus Safety
CFA, in partnership with the NAHB, is urging our members, and all residential construction companies, to halt work for at least 10 minutes on Thursday, April 16, for a COVID-19 Job Site Safety Stand Down to educate workers on what they should do to keep themselves safe from coronavirus and to help “flatten the curve” […]
NEW LEADERS START THEIR SERVICE – CFA’S 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECTEES
The process has finally been completed for starting the 2019-20 fiscal year. As the many members of this Association realized through the many notices, an extended period of nominations and encouragement for participation was offered by the board’s president, Phillip Marone, this year. “I wanted to take an extra moment to encourage our members to […]
CFA Members Nominated for Board of Directors
During preparation for Convention this year, it was communicated multiple times regarding seats opening up on the CFA Board of Directors for 2019 – 2022 terms. A total of five seats became available this year. Departing the Board this year were individuals serving a broad range from one term to a whopping six terms. […]
Mark Lentzkow Becomes Content and Brand Manager for the Concrete Foundations Association
Mount Vernon, Iowa— The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA), the voice and recognized authority for the cast-in-place concrete industry, is managed by the firm Sauter, Baty & Bloomquist, Inc. (SB2). SB2 was established by the former executive director for the CFA, Ed Sauter, along with his partner, James Baty, the current executive director. SB2 has added […]
