How one producer uses a rewards-based app to tie driver behavior to the bottom line. An employee gives a company around 36,000 heartbeats per workday—heartbeats they will never get back. It’s our job, and our responsibility, to make those heartbeats count for all involved. Simple alignment is one of the best things we can do to make this happen. “The…
Read MoreDay: November 14, 2024
The Great Economic Disconnect
As I sit down to write this, the presidential election has not taken place yet, but we can be assured of one thing: When you read this, we will have a new President-Elect. And that election will have very little effect on our companies, our customers, and our vendors, as daily life will go on, and we will continue to…
Read MoreThe Future of the RMC Driver: Capitalizing on the Industry’s Greatest Resource
Not long ago I was asked by a person outside of the ready mixed concrete business about our greatest strength and asset as an industry. Without hesitation, I immediately told them it was our drivers. Drivers make up a total of approximately two-thirds of all the employees for a ready mixed producer. They deliver concrete to the point of where…
Read MoreAn enthusiastic White House nod to concrete and cement brands
Familiar names dominate a new White House report on Federal Buy Clean Initiative and Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Demonstration Program progress. The administration salutes six concrete or cement producers, CO2-mineralizing process developer CarbonCure Technologies, and four cementitious material startup companies for corporate or project-specific commitments outlined in response to Buy Clean and Industrial Demonstrations calls to action. Commitments referencing…
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