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 sports and travel packages available for their 11th annual Auction at the World of Concrete. The Auction is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3 in the North Hall Room N262 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The silent Auction is held from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. PST and the live Auction begins at 1 p.m. PST.
“We have some tremendous sports and travel packages in the CIM Auction this year,” says Mike Philipps, Chairman of the CIM Auction Committee, “These items offer the opportunity for some once-in-a-lifetime travel and the Auction supports a great cause.”
This year’s CIM Auction offers bucket list sports and vacation packages including: The Masters; The Rose Bowl; NFL tickets; NASCAR races; NBA and NHL; The Kentucky Derby, San Francisco Bay sailing package; Los Angeles, San Antonio, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, New Orleans, New York and Las Vegas travel packages, college football tickets; quail hunts and much, much more!
To date, the following companies have donated these big ticket sports and travel items for the Auction:
- Allen-Villere Partners - New Orleans Stay & Quail Hunt for three hunters
- American Concrete Pavement Association - Getaway to Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa
- American Restore - Anaheim Ducks hockey tickets
- Anderson Concrete - Golf at Muirfield Village, Dublin, Ohio
- Argos North America - Golf at Atlanta Country Club
- Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. - Kentucky Derby package for two
- Bay Area Friends of CIM/California State University CIM Patrons – Monterey Bay Trip
- Bradford Renaissance Portraits - Exclusive family portrait with hotel stay
- Burnco Texas - Golf at TPC Las Colinas
- Buzzi Unicem USA – Chicago Cubs baseball tickets
- Buzzi Unicem USA – New York Mets baseball tickets
- Buzzi Unicem USA – New York Yankees baseball tickets
- Buzzi Unicem USA – St. Louis Cardinals baseball tickets
- Buzzi Unicem USA – University of Tennessee football tickets
- Canada Building Materials (CBM) - Toronto Maple Leaf tickets
- CEMEX - Sports weekend package for four in Los Angeles
- CEMEX - Pittsburgh Steelers football tickets
- CEMEX - Florida Gators football tickets
- CEMEX - Golf at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
- Central Concrete Supply Co, a U.S. Concrete Company - San Francisco travel package for four
- Charles Pankow Builders, Ltd. - 2017 Rose Bowl package
- Clean Energy Fuels - Golf at Pelican Hill Golf Club, Newport Beach, Calif.
- Conco Companies - Napa Valley weekend
- Concrete Supply Company - Outdoor sportsman's package
- Dunn Investment Company - Quail hunting at Circle M Plantation in Mississippi
- Fastenal - Dover Nationwide Xfinity race tickets
- Gary Salberg – Seven-day African Safari
- Holliday Rock – Los Angeles Lakers tickets
- Housby - $1,500 gift certificate to Golf Galaxy
- Houston Freightliner/Freightliner Trucks - NASCAR race weekend
- IronPlanet - Quail Hunt at Big Oak Plantation
- Irving Materials, Inc. - Indianapolis Colts tickets
- Las Animas Concrete - Seascape Beach Resort condo
- Lehigh Hanson, Inc. - San Francisco Giants weekend package
- Matt Childs of Grapevine Wine Tours - Two gift certificates to Grapevine Wine Tours
- MTSU CIM Patrons - Houseboat rental
- MTSU CIM Patrons - Nashville Experience package for two
- NJIT CIM Patrons - New York City Adventure for two
- Ozinga Bros., Inc. - Sports Weekend for four in Chicago
- Peterbilt Motors Company - 2016 Texas NASCAR Duck Commander 500 Race package for four
- Portland Cement Association – Two night stay at The Breakers Palm Beach
- Power Curbers Inc. - Carolina Panthers single game tickets
- Ready Mix USA - University of Alabama football tickets
- Ready Mix USA - Golf at Shoal Creek Golf Club outside Birmingham, AL
- Rush Enterprises, Inc. - Dallas Cowboys tickets
- Ruttura & Sons Construction Co. Inc. - Notre Dame Football tickets
- Sandler Training - Beaver Creek, Colo. condominium stay
- Sika Corporation - 2016 Masters Package
- Stego Industries LLC - Anaheim Ducks hockey tickets
- Stoneway Concrete - Seattle Mariners tickets
- U.S. Concrete Atlantic Region – Take a Bite out of the Big Apple New York City package
- Vulcan Materials - Washington Redskins tickets
- Vulcan Materials - Players Stadium Golf and Sawgrass Lodging package
- Webcor – Sailing on San Francisco Bay
- Wirtgen America, Inc. - Welcome to Nashville, Tenn. "Home of Country Music" package
- Woodland Tilt-Up - Miami Dolphins football tickets
For more detailed information about any of these packages, visit the CIM website Auction page.
Once again, in addition to on-site bidding, internet bidding will be available on the Ritchie Bros. website. To participate in the Live Auction on-line, bidders must register one week in advance.
This year, all items are available for bid whether in attendance at the show or not. Bidding can begin on the 100+ items in the silent auction immediately and continue bidding on any mobile device straight through the event. The live auction items will only be available for bidding during the event itself, but can be bid on either in person or on-line. Auction participation instructions are available on the CIM website at http://concretedegree.com/auction/.
