Don Marks, president of ASCC
Don Marks, president of Form Works, Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is the current president of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), an organization created by concrete contractors whose goal is to improve their businesses and their roles as contractors. Marks says his involvement with the ASCC has offered him many opportunities to improve his business, including safety and educational resources and access to meetings such as the Annual Conference and CEO Forum where contractors can meet different people throughout the industry.

Marks says the most important resource he's taken advantage of through ASCC has been his involvement with a MIX Group (Management Information eXchange), which connects six to eight contractors from different parts of the country who share in-depth business management ideas on a bi-annual basis. "We've meet for 12 years, and being able to share ideas with other companies and see how they do things is very helpful," he says.

Marks adds that the ASCC's most recent membership benefit offers contractors easy access to expert opinions from contractors in all parts of the country. "With the E-mail Forum a member can e-mail a question into ASCC about some issue he's having and it gets blasted out to 120 members, people from all over the country who can respond to his request," Marks explains.

For more information about ASCC, visit www.ascconline.org.