Using Chilled Water or Ice to Slow the Cement Hydration Process in Hot Weather
The heat produced by concrete during concrete curing is called heat of hydration. This is a reaction that occurs when water and cement react. The success of many hot-weather concreting operations depends on the steps taken to slow the cement hydration reaction within...
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Folsom Ready Mix Employee Appreciation BBQs at Roseville & Rancho Cordova
This past Friday we took the opportunity to come together and throw another employee appreciation BBQ at both our Rancho Cordova plant and our Roseville plant.
Our employee appreciation BBQs are a great opportunity for us to celebrate our employees and to show how grateful we are to have them with us. We are so appreciative of the great team that we have here at Folsom Ready Mix. Employee appreciation events are a regular staple at each of our locations. It’s our goal to help our business grow and thrive and that starts with amazing employees!
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Spotlighting Our Roseville Folsom Ready Mix Location
From downtown Sacramento all the way out to Auburn to the East and all the way up to Oroville to the north, Folsom Ready Mix has been servicing these areas out of our Roseville Plant since 2002! Our Roseville location is an incredibly important piece of our Folsom Ready Mix organization and offers the same products and services as our Rancho Cordova plant. We serve all ranges of customers with varying capabilities from bridges to backyard patios and pool decks and everything in between.
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Folsom Ready Mix Sponsor for Blessings in a Backpack and Friends of Folsom Charity Golf Tournament
For those unfamiliar, we would love to introduce a terrific organization called Blessings in a Backpack. This organization is currently feeding students from five different elementary schools in the Rancho Cordova area and they are working on adding two additional schools in Folsom as they continue to grow. What are they doing specifically? They are sending home breakfast, lunch, dinners and snacks every Friday for students who may not otherwise have gotten another meal until Monday.
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How to Guide: Hot Weather Concreting
The summer months are fast approaching and, unfortunately, hot weather can create problems in the mixing, placing, and curing of concrete. In terms of concreting, hot weather is defined as any period of high temperature in which special precautions need to be taken to ensure proper handling, placing, finishing and curing of concrete.
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Folsom Ready Mix Throws Memorial Day Employee BBQs
We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend last week! We took the holiday weekend as an opportunity to come together and honor the troops and our employees. We had BBQs at our Roseville plant and our Rancho Cordova plant surrounding the holiday weekend.
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Improving Performance with Driver Training on Slump
At Folsom Ready Mix, we educate all of our drivers in the ASTM Standard Specification for Ready Mix Concrete. Customer service is our top priority and we believe that starts with knowledgeable employees. Our customer feedback is extremely important to us and have since had customers in the field bring up concerns with drivers and the inconsistency around our slump. As a result, we have made a big push to dedicate time and resources to completing slump training with all drivers recently. Continued education is the key to our success and improvement. The ASTM Standard Specification for Ready Mix Concrete that we educate our drivers with is extremely thorough and meticulous.
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ACI Golf Classic Event
This year, Folsom Ready Mix participated in the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) annual golf tournament. We participated as a silver sponsor in this ACI Golf Classic. It was a great event at the Granite Bay Golf Club! We sponsored a foursome for the day and we had a great time joining in and playing. Below you can find a gallery from our day.
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5 Reasons That Folsom Ready Mix is a Great Place to Work
Our company, Folsom Ready Mix, currently has positions open for Ready Mix and Aggregate Hauling Drivers. With an established name in the community, we’ve provided superior service and concrete materials to the Sacramento, Redding and Roseville markets for over a decade. We supply to projects big and small – from contractors to homeowners. What makes Folsom Ready Mix such a great place to work? A great company culture and competitive benefits are just a few highlights.
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Folsom Ready Mix Participates as a Silver Sponsor in the ACI Golf Classic
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) is hosting its annual golf tournament on May 7th, 2018. For the fourth year in a row, sponsors (including us here at Folsom Ready Mix) and volunteers have helped to create a great golf event. The 2018 ACI Golf Classic will take place again at the Granite Bay Golf Club. We are participating again this year as a Silver Sponsor. This means that we are sponsoring a foursome for the day and we are looking forward to joining in and playing!
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