SRM Concrete banks R.W. Sidley assets, Cheboygan Cement and Tri-County Stone

Tennessee-based SRM Concrete wrapped up another banner year of growth in 2023 with a significant extension of its Ohio market footprint, acquiring one block and 11 ready mixed plants, plus two aggregate docks, from R.W. Sidley Inc., based in Painesville. Concurrently, SRM announced an Elyria Concrete Inc. asset deal netting a ready mixed plant in Castalia, Ohio. The transactions position…

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Second Vulcan Materials deal nets SRM Concrete 93 Texas operations

Tennessee-based SRM Concrete LLC has become the Lone Star State’s largest ready mixed producer after closing on 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. Last month’s transaction is the parties’ second of the year, which opened with SRM relieving Vulcan of…

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Martin Marietta assets perfect CRH Americas’ Texas integration model

CRH Americas Materials will add more than 2 million tons of cement production capacity and 1.5 million yd. of ready mixed concrete volume annually under a Texas asset agreement with Martin Marietta Materials Inc. The producers anticipate a Q1/Q2 2024 closing on the $2.1 billion deal, which spans Martin Marietta’s Hunter cement plant in New Braunfels, Gulf Coast terminals, and…

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SRM adds R.W. Sidley RM assets, Cheboygan Cement, Tri-County Stone

Sources: SRM Concrete, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has significantly extended its Ohio market footprint with a deal involving one block and 11 ready mixed plants, plus two aggregate docks, from R.W. Sidley Inc., based in Painesville. Concurrently, SRM announced an Elyria Concrete Inc. asset deal netting a ready mixed plant in Castalia, Ohio. The transactions position the producer…

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SRM acquires Vulcan Materials’ Texas ready mixed, volumetric sites

Sources: SRM Concrete LLC, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has emerged as Texas’ largest ready mixed producer after a deal for 82 plants and 11 volumetric mixer loading sites from Vulcan Materials Co., which inherited the bulk of the properties in its 2021 U.S. Concrete Inc. takeover. The transaction is the parties’ second of the year, which opened with…

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Producers – October 2023

CarbonBuilt ultra-low carbon concrete was recognized in the Circular Design, Materials and Sustainability Categories of the Fast Company Innovation by Design 2023 awards. The Los Angeles company’s core technology equips concrete producers to replace portland cement with a lower cost, low-carbon alternative, then capture and use carbon dioxide to produce blocks that have one quarter or less the embodied carbon…

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PRODUCERS – September 2023

Maryland-based Chaney Enterprises has put an exclamation point in recent years’ Virginia market expansion with the acquisition of 10 ready mixed plants from Charlottesville’s Allied Concrete Co., a family-owned operator nearing 80 years in business. Allied Concrete President Ted Knight will continue to lead the plants, while his former colleagues retain namesake concrete block and Valley Building Supply businesses in…

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SRM Concrete runs the length of Ohio with HGE acquisition

Sources: SRM Concrete, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; CP supply SRM Concrete has closed on HGE Concrete Supply of Cleveland, Ohio, whose assets include a ready mixed plant in Walton Hills, south of the city. The deal positions SRM Concrete with 17 ready mixed plants in the Buckeye State, from Cincinnati to Cleveland.  “We are thrilled to welcome the HGE team into the…

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Producers – August 2023

San Antonio-based Solidia Technologies has enlisted Pathfinder Systems to deliver a customized Tiger Machine model for a dry-cast concrete production facility under construction at Alamo Junction in Elmendorf, Texas. Scheduled for a Q3 2024 start up, the operation will bring to commercial scale Solidia material and process developments in carbon dioxide utilization and emissions elimination. Beyond supplying and installing product…

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SRM adds Georgia Concrete Supply plant

Sources: SRM Concrete, Smyrna, Tenn.; CP staff SRM Concrete has acquired Georgia Concrete Supply of Dawsonville. The deal includes one ready mixed plant, joining 16 others plus a block operation and quarry that SRM runs in the north Georgia region. The transaction adds to a payroll approaching 7,000 across concrete, aggregate and cement distribution sites in 19 states.  “We are…

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