National Concrete Masonry Association

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| location = Herndon, Virginia, United States

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| services = Material testing, lobbying, conferences

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| membership = 400{{cite web |title=NCMA Annual Report |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |date=2015 |url=https://ncma.org/wp-content/uploads/NCMA-2015-Ann-Rpt_lores2.pdf |accessdate=December 25, 2016}}

| membership_year = 2015

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| leader_title = Chairman of the Board

| leader_name = Steve Berry

| leader_title2 = President

| leader_name2 = Robert D. Thomas

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| revenue = $4,038,428

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| expenses = $3,955,412

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| staff = 23

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| website = {{URL|https://ncma.org}}

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The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) is a United States trade association of manufacturers of concrete and masonry products.{{cite web |title=About NCMA |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |url=https://ncma.org/about-us/ |accessdate=December 22, 2016}} The association was founded in 1918.

NCMA publishes methods and specifications, which are used by the industry, and are cited within professional manuals.{{cite book | last = Nawy | first = Edward | title = Concrete construction engineering handbook | publisher = CRC Press | location = Boca Raton | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0849374920 }}{{cite book | last = Hopper | first = Leonard | title = Landscape architectural graphic standards | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | location = Hoboken, N.J | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0470067970 }}

NCMA published a monthly magazine, Concrete Masonry Designs, from 2004 until 2010, when it became bi-monthly until 2012. The last edition of the magazine was published in 2015.{{cite web |title=Concrete Masonry Designs |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |url=http://ncma-br.org/cmd-nbs.asp |accessdate=December 24, 2016}} Beginning in 2015, NCMA began publishing eNews on an almost weekly basis.{{cite web |title=eNews Brief Archive |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |url=http://ncma.informz.net/NCMA/archive.asp?aid=FBA96858-C750-4EB9-8135-37B76D7B3DD5 |accessdate=December 24, 2016}} NCMA holds an annual convention called ICON-Xchange.{{cite web |title=ICON-Xchange |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |url=http://iconxchange.org/2017/annual-convention/ |accessdate=December 24, 2016}}

NCMA offers certification programs and educational courses that are centered around the practical application of industry knowledge. These programs and courses are designed to address common issues that occur everyday in the field of Masonry.{{Cite web|url=https://ncma.org/education/|title=Education|website=ncma.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-07}}

NCMA operates an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing laboratory.{{cite web |title=NCMA Research and Development Laboratory |publisher=National Concrete Masonry Association |url=https://ncma.org/research-development-laboratory/ |accessdate=December 24, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Certificate of Accreditation—Testing Laboratory TL-362 |date=May 24, 2015 |publisher=International Accreditation Service (IAS) |url=http://www.iasonline.org/PDF/TL/TL-362.pdf |accessdate=December 24, 2016}}

The association once worked with the United States Office of Civil Defense to create a video on how to build a family fallout shelter.{{cite magazine |title="Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter" Is All the Cold War Paranoia You Require |magazine=Popular Mechanics |author=David Grossman |date=Aug 15, 2016 |url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to-plans/a22352/walt-builds-a-family-fallout-shelter/ |accessdate=December 24, 2016}}