CIM Reveals New Donations for World of Concrete 2025 Auction

Concrete Industry Management (CIM) holds an annual auction at World of Concrete (WOC) to raise money for its National Steering Committee (NSC). The purpose of the NSC is to promote and support higher education institutions with programs for degrees in concrete industry management. 

CIM has recently been announcing the many donations it has received from different companies for the World of Concrete auction. Here is a list of all of the donations made thus far. 

Monetary Donations

To start off, there are a number of companies that have donated money to CIM in support of its advances toward the development of concrete industry management as a career path. Each donation holds great value in CIM's ability to advocate for and develop programs that are intended to expand the labor pool for the concrete industry. 

• Volvo Construction Equipment — $20,000
• World of Concrete — $15,000
• SRM Concrete — $10,000
• Structural Group — $7,500
• Keystone Private Wealth — $3,000
• PACCAR Parts Fleet Services — $2,000
• Cummins, Inc. — $1,000
• Sioux Corporation — $1,000
• United Rentals — $500

Products for Ready-Mix Concrete

These donated items are products or things that will be auctioned off and are more aimed toward the ready-mix concrete community.

• Advance Mixer Inc. — $10,000 parts credit to CIM's Parts and Service Solutions department
• AICrete — $10,000 of AICreteOS QC Software
• Astec Industries — A PJC300S Silo Dust Collector and two plant inspections by an Astec Industries Service Technician
• Beck Industrial, Inc. — $10,000 parts voucher for replacement parts or to be used for new mixer purchases from Beck Industrial
• CalPortland — Five loads of Portland Cement or, if available,  Advancement HS Portland Limestone-blended Cement 
• CEMEX — 10 loads of Vertua Low Carbon Cement
• CEMEX Admixtures — One pallet of ISOCYCLE 9200 - Returned Concrete Admixture
• Con-Tech Manufacturing — 10.5-Yard Extreme Duty Mixer by Con-Tech, mounted on a 567 Peterbilt Chassis
• CRH - Ash Grove Cement — Five loads of cement 
• Eagle Materials - Central Plains Cement Company — Two loads of Portland Limestone Cement
• 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 — Two pallets of FORTA-FERRO Macro Synthetic Fiber 
• GCC — Five loads of Type IL Portland Limestone Cement
• Giant Cement — Two loads of Type I/IIPortland Cement or Portland Limestone Cement, if available
• Heidelberg Materials North America — 12 truckloads of EcoCemPLCTM Cement 
• Holcim — 15 loads of Type I/II Portland Cement or Portland Limestone Cement
• Illinois Cement Company — One load Portland Limestone Cement 
• Mack Trucks, Inc. — 2025 Mack Granite 64FR Chassis - with Revolution mixer mounted
• Mitsubishi Cement — Five loads of Type II/V Portland Cement 
• Mountain Cement Company — Two loads of Type IL Portland Limestone Cement 
• National Cement Company-AL — Two truckloads of Type IL Portland Cement
• National Cement Company-CA — Three truckloads of Type II-V Portland Cement or Portland Limestone Cement
• Nevada Cement Company — Two loads of Nevada Cement 
• Ozinga — 50 tons of ASTM C150 Portland Cement 
• Ozinga — 50 tons of ASTM C989 Blast Furnace Slag
• Pan Pacific Cement — Three loads of Type II/V Portland Cement
• Peterbilt Motor Company — Peterbilt Model 567 Chassis - with Con-Tech Mixer mounted drum
• Revolution Concrete Mixers — 11 cubic yards of Revolution Bridgemaster Mixer - mounted on a 2025 Mack Granite chassis 
• Roanoke Cement Company, LLC/a Titan American Business — Five loads of Type IL Portland Limestone Cement
• Salt River Materials Group — 81 tons of Class F Fly Ash
• Shumaker Industries, Inc. — One complete set of Steel Central Mix Blades
• Sioux Corporation — Sioux Sentinal Pro Lifetime Subscription 
• Slabstack Software, Inc. — A one-year subscription for up to four plants/10 users, including onboarding and training fees waived
• St. Mary's Cement Inc. (US) a Division fo Votorantim Cement North America — Five loads of Portland Limestone Cement 
• Stephens Mfg. — Two Stephens SOS-1020 Vents or a $13,000 credit
• Summit Materials - Cement — 10 loads of cement
• The Monarch Cement Company — Three loads of Type IL Portland Limestone Cement 

Items for Contractors

The auction at World of Concrete 2025 will also have items that are more intriguing for contractors. Here are the donated items that are angled toward the contractors.

• Allen Engineering Corp. — Pro424E-B 24" Battery Walk Behind Trowel 
• American Concrete Institute — 10 copies of ACI/ASCC Guide to Quality Concrete Construction 
• American Concrete Institute — Two tickets to the Excellence in Concrete Awards
• Calculated Industries — Six sets of Model 4225 ConcreteCalc Pro with Model 7455 Digital Angle Finder Ruler
• Capitol Aggregates, Inc. — Four loads of Type IL Cement 
• Concrete Forms Services — EZ-Flatwork Forming Set
• d.p. dorfmueller co. inc. — Two print Reading for Construction textbook and videos
• F. Walther Electric Corporation — Walther Electric HEB201U Power Distribution Unit (POU)
• Gilman Construction Solutions — Five boxes of 50 adjustable embed chairs - size options of 3", 5", 7", 9", or 11"
• HILTI — Hilti Nuron Cordless Concrete Trade Tool Kit
• Multiquip Inc. — MQ TuffTruk TB12SE Walk-Behind Buggy
• Myers Associates & UTEST Materials Testing Equipment — Concrete Air Meter & Aggregate Splitter
• Somero Enterprises, Inc. — Somero S-485 Laser Screed Machine

Products for Everyone

These donated items may appeal to any attendee for WOC 2025.

• Allison Transmission — Set of two Allison-branded counter stools
• Bradford Renaissance Portraits Corporation — A portrait by Bradford
• Bridgestone Americas — Bridgestone golf bag
• Construction Equipment Parts, Inc. (CEPI) — Blackstone Grill, Accessories and Seasonings 
• Continental Tire — Certificates for a set of Continental or general brand passenger or light truck tires
• Electrical Safety Foundation International — Two $50 Visa gift cards
• Erie Strayer Company — Two Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 - 15.6" Notebook
• Frank Kozeliski, Consulting Engineer — A variety of concrete items 
• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company — Four light truck or passenger tires with installation 
• Holliday Rock — Los Angeles Lakers NBA Basketball tickets 
• Irving Materials, Inc. — Four Indianapolis Colts tickets
• Irving Materials, Inc. — Four Tennessee Titans tickets 
• John Deere Construction & Forestry Division — Play in the 2025 John Deere Classic ProAm at TPC Deere Run (Silvis, IL - June 30-July 2, 2025)
• Lingua Linkup - Spanish & English Training — Group tutoring for Spanish or English
• Maschmeyer Concrete — Fins & Fairways Package
• Milwaukee Tool — Three themed tool packages 
• Mobile Tranquility LLC — $100 massage therapy gift certificate 
• MTSU CIM Patrons — Houseboat rental
• MTSU CIM Patrons — Nashville weekend experience
• Professional Contractor Supply — Three $100 gift cards
• Rush Enterprises — Four Dallas Cowboys Premium Suite tickets & a parking pass
• Silvi Materials, Inc. — Six bottles of collectors' wine
• Stanley Black & Decker — Five DEWALT Tool Kits (each sold separately)
• Stego Industries — Ogden Valley Utah Ski (or Sun) Vacation
• Sunstate Equipment — Duck/goose & pheasant hunting retreat
• Texas State CIM Patrons — Driftwood Texas Wine Country Vacation 
• The Conco Companies — Napa Valley Weekend
• Toyota Material Handling Midsouth & Toyota Material Handling North America — 5,000 lb capacity Pneumatic, LP Fuel Toyota Forklift Model 8FGU25 
• United Rentals — Two tickets to a 2025 PGA Event & Travel Voucher
• White Cap — DeWalt Cordless Tool Combo with Rolling Tower
• World of Concrete — Traeger Ironwood 885Wood Pellet WiFi Grill