Contest Rules

Idencia, Inc. is hosting The Precast ScrapDown Challenge to raise funds for the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Foundation and engage the North American precast concrete industry in a competition against each other to help them reduce their overall scrap waste through the collection and tracking of product data with the use of Idencia OneSource.

Join the most innovative precast concrete producers in North America in a contest to reduce your scrap waste using Idencia OneSource. Compete for cash prizes while improving your bottom line!

Contents

1. Prizes

2. Eligibility

3. Pricing and Deadlines

4. How to Register

5. Getting Onboarded for the Challenge

6. Judging and Notification

7. General Terms

8. Data Collection and Privacy

9. Still Have Questions?

Prizes

Two Grand Prize winners will receive:

• $12,500 USD cash prize for each winner to divide among their teams*

• Recognition in industry publications including Concrete Products, ETC.

• Recognition at The Precast Show 2026

• Opportunity for an interview

*This is an estimated amount. This is based on 50 precast plant facilities participating in the contest. Final amount will be determined once all participants are registered and paid for. Grand prize totals will be equivalent to one quarter of all entry fees collected. We will announce the total amount for each grand prize by the start of the contest in early January 2025.

All participants will receive:

• Recognition of their dedication to reducing scrap waste in the industry

• Badge for their website to show their motivation to improving

How will prizes be awarded:

• The main contact at the winning plant facility location(s) will be notified via email.

• Additional details will be asked of the winners in order to distribute the cash prize. 

• Winners are responsible for paying taxes on the cash prize, please see “Rules” for more information.

• Idencia will send the cash prize within two weeks once the tax forms are received.

• It is up to the main contact at the winning plant facility location(s) to divide the prize among their workers.

• Recognition will be given at The Precast Show and the months following the end of the contest.

Eligibility

• Registering individuals must be 18 years old or older and an active employee at the precast plant facility they are entering.

• Precast plant facilities must be located in North America (excluding Quebec, Canada).

• The Precast ScrapDown Challenge is void where prohibited.

Pricing and Deadlines

Entry fee details

• There is a $1,000.00 USD entry fee to enter The Precast ScrapDown Challenge.

• All payments must be submitted by Friday January 3, 2025 11:59 PM ET to be eligible to participate.

How will entry fee funds be used

• Cash prize: Half of all entry fees ($500.00 USD) will be pooled together to create the prize fund.

• Donation: Half of all entry fees ($500.00 USD) will be donated by you to the NPCA Foundation using a specific link provided to you by Idencia, Inc. on behalf of the NPCA Foundation.

• Idencia, Inc. will benefit in no financial way from the entry fees collected from participants.

• All payments must be submitted before onboarding can start.

• All cash prize entry fees will be stored in a Trust Account created specifically for this contest. Funds will remain in that account from the moment of submission through until releasing cash prizes to the winner(s).

Registration deadline: December 20, 2024 

• Precast plant facilities must fill out the participation form by Friday, December 20, 2024 11:59 PM ET.

• All deadlines are at 11:59 PM EST, on the specified date.

How to Register

Entering is easy!

To register, fill out the form provided by Idencia found on The Precast ScrapDown Challenge website page, or here.

Once the form has been received, the Idencia team will review and reach out to provide additional details on next steps within one week of your submission.

One person is allowed to register multiple precast plant facility locations so long as they are an active employee for the company as a whole.

When you are ready to register, you’ll want to have the following information available:

• Your contact information (be careful that the information provided is accurate). Contact information is to be provided only on the registration form.

• Contact information of your QC Manager and/or Production Manager, if you are not that person at the plant facility you are registering.

• Your method of payment (see the “Pricing and Deadlines” section for all pricing and deadlines).

Getting Onboarded for the Challenge

Important & Helpful Information Prior to Registering

• Have your necessary information available when you are ready to submit your registration.

• All participants must register online through this form and be contacted by team members at Idencia, Inc.

• Please be sure that the email address that you provide will be valid throughout the competition. Competition related updates and winner notifications are sent via: email. Please type carefully and list only one email address. Check your spelling carefully including all login information, email addresses etc. Incorrect email addresses may result in the transmission of important information being delayed and/or unsuccessful. Be sure that our email addresses (marketing@idencia.com, sales@idencia.com and announcements@idencia.com) are not blocked, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations etc. Check your SPAM folder for any expected but unaccounted for email communications.

• Once a participant has been onboarded to Idencia OneSource, no changes to status of participation will be accepted. 

• The company employee who registers their plant facility location will be the direct contact between Idencia, Inc. and the participating plant location. This is who we will contact with any questions, updates etc.

• Check your spelling carefully including all login information, email addresses etc. Incorrect email addresses may result in transmission of important information being delayed and/or unsuccessful.

• Be sure that no Idencia email addresses are blocked. Blocking either address, including marking either as Spam or Junk, will prohibit you from receiving competition related updates, critical information, receipts, confirmations, etc.

• Idencia, Inc. assumes all participants enter information that is original and are accurately reporting their defects, repair status, scrapped status and concrete volumes.

• Idencia, Inc. reserves the right to reject participant entries that do not meet all named criteria listed in the “Rules”.

• Winner Notification dates refer to the date that all winners will be notified by.

• Non-Winner Notification: Entrants not selected as winners will not be notified individually; non-winners will be emailed a competition status update in the weeks following the winner notification date.

• All participants must use Idencia OneSource.

• In order to participate using Idencia OneSource, you must have access to a computer that can access the Internet. You must also have access to at least one mobile device (phone or tablet) that is either Apple or Android and can download applications offered by the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. For more information on device requirements, please contact sales@idencia.com. 

• Entry fees may be paid online by credit/debit card (MC, V, AMEX & DISC). If you need a different payment method, please let us know upon registration.

• All deadlines are at 11:59 PM EST, on the specified date. 

Rules

• Starting Monday January 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM ET, any data collected in Idencia OneSource will count towards the results of the contest. Friday March 28, 2025 11:59 PM ET is the last day of data collected in Idencia OneSource that will be considered in the results of the contest.

• Participants are expected to use Idencia OneSource to record products that have resulted in a defect and are expected to be repaired.

• Participants cannot delete any Items, Item Types, Processes or Custom Properties from Idencia OneSource.

  • If there are any Items you create during the contest that need to be deleted, please reach out to support@idencia.com

• Any products recorded that do not meet that requirement will not be considered and is unnecessary to record in Idencia OneSource.

• Products recorded in Idencia OneSource must have the volume of concrete for the product recorded during the process.

• Products recorded in Idencia OneSource must also have the repair recorded and the inspection of the repair recorded.

• Data on whether or not a repaired product is repaired or scrapped will be used to determine the winners of the contest.

• Participants must also record on a daily–weekly basis, the total volume of concrete poured for the time frame. For instance:

• If you’re recording the total volume of concrete poured on a daily basis, you would record how much concrete was poured for that entire day (or since the last time you recorded total volume of concrete poured). 

• If you’re recording the total volume of concrete poured on a weekly basis, you would record how much concrete was poured for that entire week (or since the last time you recorded total volume of concrete poured).

• Participants must record data into Idencia OneSource at least one time each week to remain eligible for winning.

• Key metrics that must be recorded in order to be eligible to win the contest include:

• Products entered into the system that need repair

• Products entered into the system that are repaired (this may be zero if no products end up being repaired during the contest period)

• Products entered into the system that are scrapped (this may be zero if no products end up being scrapped during the contest period)

• Concrete volume of every product entered into Idencia OneSource (this may be an estimate)

• Total volume of concrete poured for all products at your plant facility.

• Without these metrics, Idencia will be unable to calculate the necessary data points to determine a winner.

• Please be sure that the email address that you provide will be valid throughout the competition. Competition related updates and winner notifications are sent via: email. Please type carefully and list only one email address. Check your spelling carefully including all login information, email addresses etc. Incorrect email addresses may result in the transmission of important information being delayed and/or unsuccessful. Be sure that our email addresses (marketing@idencia.com, sales@idencia.com and announcements@idencia.com) are not blocked, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations etc. Check your SPAM folder for any expected but unaccounted for email communications.

• Contact information is collected via the online entry form.

• All participants must use Idencia OneSource to record defect information as outlined in these rules.

• Your entry fee must be fully paid via credit/debit card by Friday January 3, 2025 11:59 PM ET to be eligible to participate. Please see “Pricing and Deadlines” for more information.

• Once a plant facility has been onboarded to Idencia OneSource for this contest it is considered entered into the competition, and cannot be edited or replaced. Refunds are not provided for disqualified, withdrawn or non-winning entries. 

• Cash prizes are considered taxable income and winners must consult their local tax advisors for clarification. Winners must fill out and submit the appropriate tax related forms in order to receive their cash awards. If the forms are not submitted within 60 days of the request date, cash awards may be forfeited. 

• Check your spelling carefully including all login information, email addresses etc. Incorrect email addresses may result in the transmission of important information being delayed and/or unsuccessful. Be sure that our email addresses (marketing@idencia.com, sales@idencia.com and announcements@idencia.com) are not blocked, or you may not receive critical information, receipts, confirmations etc. Check your SPAM folder for any expected but unaccounted for email communications.

• Ineligible entries will be disqualified.

Judging and Notification

• Every qualified participant will have their data analyzed and calculated at the end of the contest to determine ranking amongst each other. Those participants whose calculated data points meet either of the two Grand Prize objectives will be the winner(s).

• Data that will be utilized in determining final results will need to be collected during the allotted contest dates as indicated above.

• It is allowed that a single precast plant facility location can win both Grand Prize objectives, thus winning both cash prizes.

• Winners must fill out and submit the appropriate tax forms in order to receive their cash awards. If the forms are not submitted within 60 days of the request date, cash awards may be forfeited.

• If one or both of the Grand Prize winners do not collect their prizes, it will go to the next participant whose final calculated data points meet the Grand Prize objective the original winner did not claim the prize for. If a single precast plant facility location won both Grand Prize objectives and do not claim the prize, it will go to the next two participants who won in their respective Grand Prize objective; it may go to another single plant location participant if the data criteria is met.

  The following are not permitted to enter the contest: current or past employees of Idencia, Inc. and their immediate family members; and Idencia, Inc. partners and their immediate family members. Ineligible entries will be disqualified.

• Grand Prize Winners will be notified via email on or before April 24, 2025. Prizes will be distributed by June 14, 2025.

Grand Prize Objectives

Participants will be judged based on their skill to scrap the least amount of concrete in relation to all concrete they pour and on their ability to improve their scrap rates throughout a quarter of their year of production. These two skills are the determining factors to the winning of one of the Grand Prizes for The Precast ScrapDown Challenge. See below for details on each Grand Prize objective.

Objective 1: Lowest Percentage of Scrapped Concrete

• The winner will be awarded based on their performance in scrapping the least amount of concrete in relation to all concrete they pour.

• To determine the winner of this objective, Idencia will calculate the percentage of total concrete volume scrapped in relation to all concrete poured. Once all calculations are complete, the participant whose percentage is the smallest among all participants will win.

• Data needed to calculate winner:

  • Total Concrete Volume Scrapped - This is entered by participants during the initial recording of a defect on a single product basis. Idencia will total all of the concrete scrapped per product entered.

  • Total Concrete Volume Poured - This is entered by participants on a daily/weekly basis. Idencia will total all of the concrete volume poured for the duration of this contest.

Objective 2: Greatest Improvement Over the Quarter

• The winner will be awarded based on their ability to improve their scrap rates throughout a quarter of their year of production (the duration of this contest). The goal is to improve the scrap rate between January and March by reducing the rate between those months.

• To determine the winner of this objective, Idencia will calculate the percentage of total concrete volume scrapped in relation to all concrete poured on a monthly basis (January, February, March) and determine the rate of difference between the months. Once all calculations are complete, the participant whose ratio of improvement is the most among all participants will win.

• Data needed to calculate winner:

  • Total Concrete Volume Scrapped - This is entered by participants during the initial recording of a defect on a single product basis. Idencia will total all of the concrete scrapped per product entered on a monthly basis.

  • Total Concrete Volume Poured - This is entered by participants on a daily/weekly basis. Idencia will total all of the concrete volume poured for the duration of this contest on a monthly basis.

General Terms

Marketing Purposes

By participating in this challenge, you give express permission for Idencia, Inc. to use your name, company name, and company logo in promotion of The Precast ScrapDown Challenge. 

Disqualification Causes

Idencia, Inc. has the right to disqualify participants who are deemed to be: 

• Cheating or falsifying data

• Fail to adhere to registration deadlines

• Not recording data at least once per week in Idencia OneSource during the contest duration

• Non-payment of entry fee requirements

• Violating any rules listed in the above “Rules” section

Force Majeure

Idencia, Inc. will not be held responsible for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under these contest rules if such failure or delay is due to circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, war, civil disturbances, strikes, pandemics, natural disasters, or other events that render the contest impractical or impossible to continue.

In the event of force majeure, Idencia, Inc. reserves the right to suspend, modify, or cancel the contest without liability. Participants will be informed of any such changes via the email provided at registration.

Governing Law

These Contest Rules and any disputes arising out of or related to the contest will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Hampshire, without regard to its conflict of law principles. Any legal actions or proceedings related to this contest must be brought exclusively in the courts of New Hampshire.

Data Collection and Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy and End User License Agreement to understand how Idencia will handle, store, and protect participant data. Personal information collected for the purpose of registering for the contest will be used to contact you during the contest and for administrative purposes afterward until you request deletion.

Idencia collects data related to the contest, including:

• Contact information (for communications and notifications)

• Plant performance data (used for determining contest results)

• Payment information (for processing entry fees)

Use of Data:

• Contact details will be used to send important updates, notifications, and prize distribution.

• Performance data will be analyzed for contest purposes only.

• Your information will not be shared with third parties without explicit consent, except as required by law or for contest management purposes.

• Data collected for the contest will be shown to other participants in aggregate and anonymized methods to illustrate progress throughout the contest.

Data Protection:

• Idencia implements security measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure.

• Participants may request deletion of their data at any time after the contest.

Still have questions? 

Click on the links below to learn more!

• FAQ

• About Idencia OneSource

• About the NPCA Foundation