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 - will host their fifth annual auction at the World of Concrete on Thursday, Feb. 4 in the North Hall Room N262 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The silent auction will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the live auction from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Organizers hope the 2010 Auction will be even bigger than the 2009 Auction, which raised approximately $300,000. The money raised from both the live and silent auctions will benefit the CIM National Steering Committee and support the CIM programs at Middle Tennessee State University, Arizona State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, California State University - Chico, and Texas State University.
"We have been blessed with the tremendous support from the concrete industry. Even in challenging economic times, the World of Concrete (WOC) Show Management, Hanley Wood Publications, Concrete Producer magazine, Concrete Construction magazine, McNeilus, Freightliner and Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers, have stepped-up to help raise valuable dollars that benefit the CIM programs," said Brian Gallagher, Chairman of the CIM Marketing Committee.
The signature item for this year's Auction will be a concrete mixer truck donated by McNeilus and Freightliner. The mixer truck is a McNeilus 10.5 cubic yard transit mixer with 46" drum opening, and the drum has a 1/4" AR steel shell and fins, a 150 gallon steel side mount water tank, a ZF 7300 drum drive and Eaton 54 series hydraulics with slump meter. In addition, the mixer truck features a remote drum - start/stop, night pour lights, and rear tow loop. The truck is a 2009 Freightliner M2 112 6x4 with 222" Wheelbase, 156" CA, Mercedes MBE4000 350 HP engine, Fuller RTO-14909ALL transmission, 20,000 lb Front & 46,000 lb Rear Tandem, Aluminum Cab, Double Frame, AC and Sears Atlas 70 Hi Back driver seat.
To date, the following companies have donated these big ticket items for the Auction:
BASF Admixtures
Blastrac Rental
Capitol Aggregates Cement
Cemex Cement
Command Alkon Software
Essroc Cement
Freightliner Truck Chassis
GCC Cement
Holcim Cement
Jonel Engineering Batch Panel
Lafarge Cement
Lehigh Cement
MAPEI Product Gift Certificate
McNeilus and Freightliner Truck Ready Mix Mixer
Mountain Cement
Peterbilt Motors Pac Car Indy 500 Package
Propex TPC Sawgrass Golf Package
SIKA Master's Golf Package
Tekla BIM Software
Titan Cement
TXI Cement
Votorantim Cement
Vulcan/Florida Rock Cement
Other items available through the silent and live auctions include concrete saws, drills, vibrators, scaffolding, safety equipment, screeds, fiber transport systems, dust collectors, NDT equipment, decorative concrete tools, water meters, pumps, generators, training sessions, reference books, advertisements, computers, sports memorabilia, sports travel packages, golf school packages and vacation travel packages.
