Concrete Industry

Meet the Women in Ready Mixed Concrete Technology

October 16, 2023

Topics: BCMI, Concrete Products, Concrete Industry

Cultivating a diverse workforce will help fill labor shortages. The concrete industry needs more female mentors to help encourage more women to enter the industry. In the October 2023 installment…

The Age Decline of Ready Mixed Concrete Workers

Topics: ready mixed concrete, Concrete Products, Concrete Industry

The concrete industry is in a demographic decline. We are losing older, steady hands much faster than their impact can be replaced,...

Embrace the paradox: A recession makes talent and time abundant

January 26, 2023

Topics: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Concrete Industry, Digital Enterprise

As the United States slides into a recession and the construction industry is starting to feel it, BCMI’s Craig Yeack warns that...

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...

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 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...

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...

Would millennials want to work for you?

Topics: Concrete Industry, Irving Materials Inc.

How can an industry with a low-tech reputation attract and keep the best and brightest minds?By Craig Yeack “Millennials won’t come...

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