The Central Concrete Difference

Central Concrete, a subsidiary of Vulcan Materials Company, has been serving the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 70 years. During this time, we have made investments in products, people, equipment and tools to achieve one goal: to build a business focused on your success.

Higher Performing Concrete. Lower Carbon Footprint

 Central Concrete has the greatest experience in designing and delivering higher performing concrete, while significantly lowering the carbon footprint with its low carbon mixes. These smart carbon mixes are not only a powerful ingredient in transforming the built environment and reducing the project’s carbon footprint, but our mixes are recognized for their superior performance.

Technical Collaboration

 To achieve these high standards of performance, Central Concrete’s Quality Assurance Lab goes beyond conventional concrete suppliers, collaborating with owners, architects, structural engineers and contractors to evaluate project requirements and identify solutions that match each client’s unique strength requirements, environment standards, and constructability and schedule demands. These solutions are the carefully developed and tested in Central Concrete’s Quality Assurance Lab. Central Concrete also houses Vulcan Materials Company’s National Research Laboratory. The Laboratory, through its groundbreaking research, has significantly advanced the performance of concrete and driven the creation of many innovative, cost-effective solut

Company-Wide Sustainable Operations

Sustainability is the foundation of who we are as a company. Vulcan’s family of companies comprises the first concrete companies in the nation to formalize a company-wide commitment to sustainable construction. Through our Low CO2 mixes and sustainability strategies, we have considerably mitigated the environmental impact of our production processes. We constantly strive to improve, implement and embrace operational practices that are responsive to growing environmental challenges.

Return concrete recycling

 Our ready-mix facilities utilize the best practices to recycle all unused concrete returned to the plants. In many cases, the returned concrete can be reused in the production of fresh concrete, depending on the quality and end use. Additionally, many of our plants have multiple block forms to capture the leftovers, which then can be sold as blocks (precast). Any block surplus is sent to our recycling facilities for processing and resale.

Reducing and recycling waste

We constantly encourage recycling (plastics, paper, aluminum cans) throughout our facilities.