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Fast Forwarding to the Digital Age

August 30, 2022

Topics: Material Pro

How One Small Ready Mix Producer, B & B Concrete, Automated its Systems in Two Years. By Victoria K. Sicaras Modernizing outdated systems can be daunting. Yet B & B Concrete,…

NRMCA’s Digital Transformation

Topics: Concrete Industry, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Ozinga, Technology

While pricing power will always be king, the concrete industry is making room for a significant new impact: technology. The ability to leverage...

Shining the Light on Precast

Topics: Infrastructure, National Precast Concrete Association

Modern precast is critical infrastructure, immense and, by definition, hidden. A hidden asset presents a huge problem. Being out of sight and...

The Future of Batching

Topics: Concrete Batching, Concrete Producers, Ready-Mixed Concrete

“Use it up, wear it out.” “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” These words of wisdom are essential for survival in...

Technology Visionary and Co-Founder of BCMI Corporation, Craig Yeack, to Co-Chair e-Ticketing Task Force

Washington, DC – The National Construction Materials e-Ticketing Task Force (e-Ticketing Task Force) has announced that Craig Yeack, the Co-Founder of BCMI Corp. (The...

Newsflash: The digital enterprise is not complicated

February 9, 2022

Topics: Digital Enterprise, Digital Solutions

Ready-mix concrete is a “now” industry. Real time. No delays. It’s time for us to catch up with what our kids already...

The Power of Choice

January 13, 2022

Topics: Concrete Industry

With so many technology options available these days, end users expect a lot from their software providers. This is especially true in...

The Modern Ready-Mix Customer

January 13, 2022

Topics: Concrete Construction, Mobile Technology, Ready-Mixed Concrete

Running a ready mixed concrete operation is tough. Running a concrete construction operation is just as tough, if not more. In Concrete...

Producers invest in long-term technology partnership with BCMI Corp.

December 20, 2021

Topics: Aggregates, Construction Materials

As a BCMI co-founder retires, supporting materials producers step in to invest in the technology company. Minority shareholders will advance the Initiative’s...

The ‘NOW’ System Landscape

December 15, 2021

Topics: Aggregates, Construction Materials, Ready-Mixed Concrete

Managing construction materials is a complicated “now” business. Dozens of independent factors must be tamed to achieve on-time, on-site, on-spec fulfillment. The...

Concrete Batching: Buy vs. Build

November 15, 2021

Topics: Concrete Producers, Software

Many concrete producers are considering the merits of upgrading their software and hardware for concrete batching. Some are even considering a DIY...

The Case for DOT ‘E-Info’ Standardization

September 25, 2021

Topics: Concrete Industry, Digitization

COVID-19 has pushed our industry to catch up with digitization, and we pretty much like it. The service-orientated architecture of today’s information...

Taking the Pork Out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

October 20, 2021

Topics: Cybersecurity, Infrastructure

H.R.3684, all 1,372 pages using size 12 Robo font, is a whopper. Every dollar sign is followed by at least six zeros,...

BCMI Joins e-Ticketing Task Force to Digitize Construction Materials Supply Chain

October 21, 2021

Topics: Construction Materials, e-Ticketing Task Force, Infrastructure

BCMI Corp. is excited to announce the launch of The National Construction Materials e-Ticketing Task Force (e-Ticketing Task Force). Craig Yeack, president...

Concrete A I(nnovation)

August 11, 2021

Concrete mix technology is demanding and, all too often, thankless. We ask our people to guarantee the structural integrity of the design...

Go Paperless!

August 12, 2021

Topics: Concrete Producers, Digital Enterprise, eTicketing

With an eye toward saving money and trees, and cleaning the sky, BCMI’s Craig Yeack discusses how concrete producers can improve operations—and...

A Case for Industry 4.0 in Ready-Mix Production

Topics: Internet of Things

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly known as Industry 4.0, is the ongoing automation of manufacturing using internet of things (IoT), widespread machine-to-machine...

The Push Toward Touchless Deliveries

Topics: Concrete Industry, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Ready-Mixed Concrete

2020 felt like a 12-month-long endurance test during which anything that could go wrong did go wrong. However, it also was a...

How the Pandemic Changed Ready-Mix: A Look Back

Topics: Material Now, Material Pro, Ready-Mixed Concrete

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the ready-mix industry, some producers were better positioned to respond than others. The Martin Marietta Rocky Mountain Ready Mix...

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