Episodes
Feb. 17, 2023
Bonus EP: Buckeye Concrete
A bonus episode of a couple of concrete guys venting about the college football playoffs. U of M fans may want to skip this episode. Episode References Guest: Matt McCombs | Intelligent Concrete | matt@intelligent-concrete.c…
Feb. 16, 2023
EP #038 - Is Cement Conspiring Against Concrete?
These days, every concrete supplier quote has some kind of future price escalation. It seems all the price increases stem from one ingredient of concrete - cement! This raises a lot of questions... Why are cement prices cons…
Feb. 9, 2023
EP #037: Straightedge Concrete
Did you know that Division 9 Floor Covering specifications have concrete floor flatness requirements that don't line up with Division 3 Concrete tolerances? Does the concrete contractor on your project even know there is a D…
Jan. 26, 2023
EP #036 - Glue Water is a Concrete Culprit
Flooring can be a sticky situation for concrete contractors on construction projects. When the flooring won't adhere to the concrete or if the installed floor starts to bubble up, guess what gets the blame? That's right - th…
Jan. 12, 2023
EP #035 - Bobcat Concrete
Did you know that you can get a Concrete Industry Management (CIM) degree? Currently, there are only five schools in the U.S. that offer a CIM degree! We were lucky enough to have Ryan Penlerick, CIM Program Director at Texa…
Jan. 5, 2023
EP #034 - Amped-up Concrete
What if we told you there is a concrete mix out there that is fast curing, high-strength, impenetrable, and less labor-intensive than the standard concrete but it is rarely used? If such a product exists, why isn't it used m…
Dec. 15, 2022
EP #033 - Concrete AI
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how is it being used in the concrete industry? That's what we are going to find out on this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast. Alex Hall , CEO of Concrete.ai , joins the show to g…
Dec. 8, 2022
EP #032 - Concrete & The IRA
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law in August. It's been a catalyst in the latest push for project stakeholders to demand concrete reduce its CO2 use. Do these stakeholders know what they are asking…
Dec. 1, 2022
EP #031 - Cobra Concrete
Have you ever heard of the "cobra effect"? The cobra effect explains an incentive structure that originated to solve a problem, but in the long run, makes matters worse! Are we as an industry creating a cobra effect in our e…
Nov. 17, 2022
EP #030 - Concrete like Pokemon Go
One of the most widely used augmented reality (AR) technologies out there is the Pokemon Go app. I've never played but my kids are always asking to play it on my wife's phone. Apparently, the object of the game is to catch v…
Nov. 10, 2022
EP #029 - No Dredging Necessary, Concrete
Did you know that there are two types of sand that can be used for concrete? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Paul Fendley of Active Minerals and Add Ten Gallons Concrete Podcast fame helps us understand the di…
Nov. 3, 2022
EP #028 - Searching for Concrete Truth
It seems everywhere you turn these days, someone is trying to peddle the next best admixture for concrete. Most of these people have never placed a drop of concrete in their life but somehow know that their product works bes…
Oct. 27, 2022
EP #027 - Concrete Buys Wood
What commodity do you think has seen the most volatility in price since March 2020? Could it be wood? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Ryan Benson from Universal Forest Products (UFP) joins the podcast to discu…
Oct. 20, 2022
EP #026 - Stop Wasting Concrete
If we told you that you had one meeting before the job started that prevented you from losing thousands of dollars in profit and hundreds of hours of frustration, would you make sure that meeting happened? In this episode of…
Oct. 13, 2022
EP #025 - Concrete Euphoria
Is the industry delusional when it comes to carbon-neutral concrete? In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, Jon Belkowitz of Intelligent Concrete shares his concerns about what is happening to the concrete industry a…
Oct. 6, 2022
EP #024 - Speaking of Concrete
According to 2021 research by The Center for Construction Research and Training, Hispanic construction workers make up 30% of the workforce but are 20% more likely to be fatally injured than non-Hispanic workers. How many of…
Sept. 29, 2022
EP #023 - Carbon Neutrality & the Concrete Cowboy
What the heck does carbon-neutral concrete even mean? How do we get there? Is it even attainable? In this episode of the Concrete Logic podcast, we ask Tyler Ley, the self-proclaimed concrete freak, to help us out with these…
Sept. 22, 2022
EP #022: Adding Fiber to Your Concrete Diet
Over the last couple of years, what decades-old technology did the concrete industry routinely turn to when wire mesh became unavailable and too expensive? Synthetic Fibers. In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, we …
Sept. 15, 2022
EP #021 - Supporting Concrete for 1,900 Years
It is believed that the Pantheon, built around 114 A.D., is one of the earliest examples of a structure that was built using concrete formwork. What is concrete formwork and how is it used today? In this episode of the Concr…
Sept. 8, 2022
EP #020 - Ain't Nothin' More Sustainable than Concrete
What (or who) is preventing concrete from being more sustainable (i.e. environmentally friendly)? On this week's episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, I sat down with Rich Szecsy from Alamo Concrete Products Company and he …
Sept. 1, 2022
EP #019 - The House Concrete Built - Part 2
Did you catch last week's episode? If not, listen to that one first! This is Part 2 of the two-part episode. What is the best method to build a concrete house? That was the quest Ron Macken took after a devastating wildfire …
Aug. 25, 2022
EP #018 - The House Concrete Built - Part 1
What is the best method to build a concrete house? That was the quest Ron Macken took after a devastating wildfire destroyed his property in 2017. In this week's episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, I discuss with Ron the …
Aug. 11, 2022
EP #017 - Iron Out the Concrete
In episode #017 of the Concrete Logic Podcast, I sit down with Pat Morrissey of ConcSpec Associates, Inc and Al Ericson, a technical consultant for AIT. We discuss glass fiber rebar and fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composi…
Aug. 4, 2022
EP #016 - Bury the Recession in Concrete
Can a recession be a good thing? What other dumb questions can I ask one of the country's leading economists? Find out in this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast! In this episode of the Concrete Logic Podcast, I ponder th…