As of this time, we have not had a major accident this year. Congratulations to you all for a job well done. Safety works and safety pays. We have however, had many small mishaps and they can turn into large ones if we aren’t very careful. So please don’t lose sight of the safety concerns. We can all get better and work safer. Let’s continue next year with no major losses and try very hard to eliminate the small ones as well.

The year started out on the slow side. In fact, I didn’t think we would ever catch last year as far as concrete production goes. But, with the October we had, we finally caught and surpassed 2002. I’m not sure yet, what November will bring, but things really started to look up some last month. Right now, next year looks to be slow again. We will have to work a little harder trying to get the work and keep it. The guys are quoting a little tougher, but it doesn’t end there. We have to watch our costs where we can to try to maintain our margins and maybe even improve them. The most important thing we can do is to take care of our customers. If they aren’t happy with our service or our product, they won’t buy from us. Work is too hard to get to upset someone, or give them an inferior product and chase them off to a competitor. We have to continue to work together, moving trucks and people to where the work is so we can provide whatever our customer’s need, whenever they need it. We did a good job of this last year, but like safety, we have to keep it up. Always remember, no matter how hard we work, all the good things we’ve done can be wiped out with one accident.

Enough of the preaching: Thank you all for everything you’ve done this past year. Stay safe over the winter months. Have a great Holiday Season!