Ready-mix concrete is a “now” industry. Real time. No delay. It’s time for us to catch up with what our kids already have: Instant access to information and collaboration with everyone all the time. The phrase “digital enterprise” makes a ton of money for lots of advisors from big-name consultancies. They use it as a noun, verb and adverb. They…
Read MoreConcrete mix technology is demanding and, all too often, thankless. We ask our people to guarantee the structural integrity of the design and minimize costs despite the host of bad things that can happen with mix components and transit. When things go right, our folks are invisible. Yet when things go wrong, they are the first to bear the brunt…
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BY VICTORIA K. SICARAS Although not completely on the other side of the pandemic, we each have our own set of lessons learned since March 2020. Like many in the ready-mix industry, the Martin Marietta Rocky Mountain Ready Mix District’s journey to a new normal began when office employees faced a transition from working on premises to working at home, virtually…
Read MoreFor most concrete producers, high-tech inventory management is well worth the investment. by Craig Yeack
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Ready-mix producers are weighing the risks of keeping their data in-house by Craig Yeack
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From paperless to wireless, ready-mix producers can thrive in a digital era By: Craig Yeack
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Technology plays a unique role for producers who serve small markets By Craig Yeack
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Producers are investing in precision over tradition when it comes to cooling concrete By Craig Yeack
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A new app motivates drivers with performance-based incentives by Craig Yeack
Read MoreProducers embrace technology to strengthen core values of safety and service To understand the implications of technology for concrete pipe and precast producers, let’s start with Michael J. Fox and Jamie Tremain, vice president and general manager of Inland Pipe/Ocean Pipe affiliates of Lehigh Hanson in Canada. Both are from Western Canada, and Tremain started his career in 1985 at…
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