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Pruitt to succeed U.S. Concrete CEO Sandbrook

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Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

William J. Sandbrook has notified fellow U.S. Concrete directors of his intention to retire from his chief executive officer and chairman posts in April and May, respectively. He will stand for reelection as a director at the May annual meeting of stockholders and enter a one-year consulting agreement with the board. Succeeding him in the CEO capacity, effective April 3, will be Texas Industries and Martin Marietta Materials veteran Ronnie Pruitt, who joined U.S. Concrete in 2015 as senior vice president and chief operating officer and was named president in April 2019. 

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U.S. Concrete elevates Pruitt to second in command

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Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

Ronnie Pruitt has been named president of ready mixed and aggregate producer U.S. Concrete, maintaining his chief operating officer title but taking over many corporate functions that support the company’s operational business units. He arrived in 2015 as COO and senior vice president after tours of duty in Martin Marietta Materials and Texas Industries management.

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U.S. Concrete enters new league of promotion, pacing Andretti Autosport

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Driver Marco Andretti’s No. 98 Honda bears the U.S. Concrete Inc. logo and colors as part of a 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series race sponsorship. Starting last month with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Calif.) and Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama (Birmingham), the sponsorship continues through Indianapolis (Grand Prix and Indy 500), Texas, Pocono (Pa.) and Sonoma (Calif.) events.

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MMC Materials’ Grogan leads 2018 NRMCA officer slate

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Sources: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; CP staff

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has elected Rodney Grogan, president of Ridgeland, Miss.-based MMC Materials Inc., as 2018 Chairman, succeeding his Oldcastle Materials West counterpart Scott Parson. Joining Grogan on the slate of officers elected during the NRMCA annual convention earlier this month in Houston are Vice Chairman William Sandbrook, chief executive officer of Texas’ U.S. Concrete Inc., and Secretary/Treasurer John Carew, president of Wisconsin’s Carew Concrete & Supply Co.

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U.S. Concrete gears up for Andretti Autosport sponsorship

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Sources: Andretti Autosport, Indianapolis; U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

Driver Marco Andretti’s No. 98 Honda will bear the U.S. Concrete logo and colors as part of a sponsorship spanning six 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series races, starting April 15 with Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Calif.) and continuing through Indianapolis (Grand Prix and Indy 500), Texas, Pocono and Sonoma.

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U.S. Concrete adds 11 Texas sites in Golden Spread RM deal

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Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

U.S. Concrete has significantly expanded its west Texas footprint, acquiring the assets of Amarillo-based Golden Spread Redi-Mix Inc. The deal includes 10 fixed plants; a five-plant portable division; an aggregates operation with deep reserves and close proximity to Amarillo; and, a dump and bulk tanker fleet serving the concrete sites.

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On Time RM, Cherokee Bridge assets join U.S. Concrete’s N.Y., Texas platforms

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Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

U.S. Concrete has acquired the assets of On Time Ready Mix Inc., which serves mid- to high-rise commercial and residential building segments in Queens, N.Y. The deal strengthens a market recovery platform currently served by USC-Kings, LLC, allowing the producer to more effectively compete for non-union projects.

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Polaris deal, Philadelphia market entry top of mind at U.S. Concrete

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Pending Polaris Materials Corp. shareholder votes this month, U.S. Concrete Inc. stands to secure a premium aggregates source to integrate with its 12-plant Central Concrete Supply Co. ready mixed business in northern California. The producer has bested a Vulcan Materials offer for Vancouver, B.C.-based Polaris, which distributes sand & gravel from a major Vancouver Island deposit through five San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles market sites.

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U.S. Concrete bolts on Harbor RM, A-1 assets to northern California platform

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Sources: U.S. Concrete Inc., Euless, Texas; CP staff

U.S. Concrete’s NorCal Materials Inc. subsidiary has closed on the assets of independent producers Harbor Ready-Mix and A-1 Materials Inc., which serve residential and commercial accounts in the Peninsula and South Bay areas of San Francisco. The deal brings two concrete batch plants and 23 mixer trucks, plus the assets of L.C. Frey Co., a landscape materials business tied to A-1.

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U.S. Concrete enters Philadelphia market through Action Supply

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Sources: U.S. Concrete, Inc.; CP staff U.S. Concrete has arrived in one of the few major U.S. cities lacking a ready mixed producer from the industry’s upper ranks, acquiring the assets of Philadelphia’s Action Supply Co. A primary source of high-performance concrete for commercial and public works projects, the producer offers vertical integration potential with Corbett Aggregates Companies, a Quinton,…

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