NRMCA to Provide Landscape Architecture Education Offerings
Friday, March 19, 2010

Receives Accreditation; Pervious Concrete is First Approved Course    Silver Spring, MD – March 19, 2010 – The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has been approved as a Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) Approved Provider and, as a result, has begun offering its first course titled Pervious Concrete – A Stormwater Solution which began online last week. The LA CES Provider Program presents high-quality professional development courses to further enrich the knowledge and understanding of landscape architecture, techniques and trends for building professionals.   The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System is a collaboration of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board and Landscape Architecture Foundation. LA CES establishes, maintains and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education programs for landscape architects.   Continuing education has never been more important for professionals; it is needed to stay current in the profession, develop new areas of expertise and is mandated for maintaining licensure in many jurisdictions. LA CES guides professionals in identifying courses that are appropriate for landscape architects and are offered by legitimate organizations that have controls and processes in place to monitor quality and track attendance.   NRMCA’s successful Pervious Concrete – A Stormwater Solution course is the first to receive the LA CES designation after a comprehensive review of the course materials, course content and instructors. This course also holds the coveted status of being approved by both the U.S. Green Building Council and American Institute of Architects for continuing education credit. The course provides detailed instruction on how to implement pervious concrete pavements as a solution to reducing stormwater runoff from building sites and other paved areas. Attendees will learn the details of pervious concrete pavement systems, engineering properties and construction techniques.   The first offering of the course began on March 10; it will run consecutive Wednesdays through March 31, totally online. More information about the course and future dates (a second offering will be scheduled for this summer) are available at www.nrmca.org/Seminars. The course has also been added to the LA CES growing catalog of courses and is listed on the LA CES Web site http://laces.asla.org/.   NRMCA, based in Silver Spring, MD, represents the producers of ready mixed concrete and the companies that provide materials, equipment and support to the industry. It conducts education, training, promotion, research, engineering, safety, environmental, technological, lobbying and regulatory programs.   ###
Contact Info:	Erin Ashley Email: eashley@nrmca.org Phone: 410-796-7975