Concrete Industry Overview

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Concrete Industry Overview

• Concrete Industry Management Class
• Presented by
• Alan Sparkman

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Who Makes Up the Industry?

• Producers
• Material Suppliers
• Specifiers
• Installers
• Vendors
• Others
• Customers

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Producers

• Ready Mix
• Precast
• Prestress
• Masonry

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Material Suppliers

• Cement
• Aggregate
• Admixtures
• Fly Ash, etc.
• Fibers, Colors, etc.

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Specifiers

• Architects
• Engineers
• Code Bodies
• ACI
• ASTM
• DOTs

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Installers

• Finishers
• Masons
• Contractors
• Poured Walls
• Tilt-up
• Precast
• DOTs

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Vendors

• Trucks
• Plants
• Equipment
• Supplies
• Services

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Others

• Concrete pumpers
• Repair and Rehabilitation
• Researchers
• Associations
• Trade Press and Media

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Customers

• Private
• Commericial
• Residential
• Industrial
• Public
• Roads
• Infrastructure
• Buildings

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How Do They Interact?
Materials
Specifiers
Producers
Installers
Vendors
Owners
Pumpers
Others
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Where Can I Fit In?

• All of the above

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Questions???