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EP #136: Concrete Profit — 7 Ways Ready-Mix Producers Can Stop Losing Money

What if the problem isn’t your concrete, but how you run your business? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth Tandett talks with Tamson Omps, Director of Operations at Thomas Concrete, about how ready-mix produc...

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Oct. 16, 2025

EP #136: Concrete Profit — 7 Ways Ready-Mix Producers Can Stop Losing Money

What if the problem isn’t your concrete, but how you run your business? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Seth Tandett talks with Tamson Omps, Director of Operations at Thomas Concrete, about how ready-mix produc...
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...

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Oct. 26, 2025

The Creature of Lehigh Valley

A rare glimpse of the Creative Minds of Cement in their natural habitat - a castle. (OpenAI)   It was a crisp autumn morning in late 2021 when the tolling of bells echoed through the vaulted halls of Castle Valkenhorst, perched high on a Euro…

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Oct. 19, 2025

The End of Free Trade: China Just Went for the Jugular

Don’t worry, we’ll just dig our own—how hard can it be? For decades, we’ve been told that free trade keeps the world out of trouble. The logic was simple: if countries are busy buying, selling, and shipping each other’…

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Oct. 12, 2025

AI Data Centers: When the Money Doesn’t Add Up

Somebody’s paying for all this concrete… hope it’s not my Xbox bill. (photo credit: Adobe) I ran across a couple of blog posts from Harris “Kuppy” Kupperman over at Praetorian Capital. The guy’s a veteran hedge …

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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.