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EP #135: Concrete Job Market - 2025 Reality

Have we’ve moved from the “Great Resignation” to the “Great Staying Put” era? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth Tandett sits down with Patrick Narron and Parker Jackson to talk about what’s really going on i...

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Oct. 7, 2025

EP #135: Concrete Job Market - 2025 Reality

Have we’ve moved from the “Great Resignation” to the “Great Staying Put” era? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth Tandett sits down with Patrick Narron and Parker Jackson to talk about what’s really going on i...
Sept. 25, 2025

EP #134: Concrete vs. Mass Timber – Sorting Fact from Hype

Mass timber is often promoted as faster, cheaper, and greener—but does it really hold up against concrete? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, we examine where timber actually competes, where it falls short, and wh...
Sept. 16, 2025

EP #133: Concrete, Climate, and the Missing Science of Evaporation

What if sunlight alone—not heat—was silently destroying your concrete? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth Tandett and Bob Higgins uncover a groundbreaking MIT study that reveals evaporation can be driven by l...
Sept. 4, 2025

EP #132: Concrete Truth - What the 2024 PLC Report Admits That 2011 Didn’t

Back in 2011, the industry said portland-limestone cement (PLC) came with “no significant risks.” By 2024, the updated report admits higher carbonation rates, chloride ingress concerns, admixture sensitivity, and tighter curi...
Aug. 26, 2025

EP #131: AI in Concrete Construction: Threat or Opportunity?

Is Artificial Intelligence coming for your job in concrete? That’s the big question in this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast. Seth sits down with Chad Gill , President of VAs for Construction, to unpack how AI is already...
Aug. 14, 2025

EP #130: Concrete Failing with Type IL? It Might Be the Admixtures, Not the Cement

Everyone’s pointing fingers at Type IL cement, but what if your admixtures are the real problem? In this episode, Dr. Jon Belkowitz returns to the Concrete Logic Podcast to challenge the one-to-one replacement myth and shine ...

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Oct. 5, 2025

Enron Was the Future Too

Is NVIDIA an Astros fan? (Getty Images) Enron was the golden child. By 2000, it was the seventh largest company in America, worth more than sixty billion dollars. The business magazines loved them. Wall Street analysts couldn’t say enough goo…

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Sept. 21, 2025

Grocery Prices, Tariffs, and the Stupidity of Repeating History

Raising cane (Adobe). If you think groceries are expensive now, just wait—this winter they could double. Back in March, I wrote about McKinley’s tariffs and how history showed us exactly what happens when governments play with trade ba…

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Sept. 14, 2025

What a Western Hemisphere Pivot Could Mean for Concrete

By Victor Gillam - https://pixels.com/featured/monroe-doctrine-1896-granger.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82247860 I read an article from Doomberg, one of my favorite geopolitical writers, and it got me thinki…

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About the Host

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Seth Tandett

Seth Tandett is as solid as the concrete he works with. Based in Richmond, Virginia, he’s been part of teams delivering top-notch structural concrete work across central and southern Virginia—everything from multi-level frames to data centers and federal facilities.

These days, Seth drives business development at Baker Construction while hosting the Concrete Logic Podcast, where he cuts through the noise and gets to the truth about what’s really happening in the concrete industry.

When he’s not chasing projects or hosting the show, you’ll find him studying economics, digging into American history, or sitting in a duck blind waiting on the next flight of birds.

Tune in to the Concrete Logic Podcast and you’ll get exactly what Seth’s known for: sharp questions, blunt commentary, and real conversations about concrete. No spin. No fluff. Just the stuff that matters.