Tuesday
Mar092010

Transit-Mix Concrete

For thousands of years man has been mixing aggregates, cement and water together to build structures. Many ancient structures such as the Great Pyramids and the Coliseum were bonded together with cement mortars. Today, ready-mixed concrete is frequently used to construct highways, bridges, dams, buildings, airports, sewer systems, tunnels, home foundations, driveways, and sidewalks.  Crown Hill Materials brings this excellent building material to you door step with the addition of our Transit-Mix Concrete Plant.

Crown Hill Materials ready-mixed concrete – also known as Portland cement concrete, consists of fine aggregates, coarse aggregates, special binders and water. Sometimes, admixtures are also added to modify the appearance, workability or physical properties of the concrete. Desired properties of hardened ready-mixed concrete include durability, strength, water tightness, and resistance to abrasion. All of these characteristics are influenced by the quality of the component materials and their proportions.  We only use the highest quality materials to manufacture our quality concrete.  Crown Hill Materials is also proud to offer colored decorative concrete from this plant.