Press & Mentions
Articles about concrete, cost, and project planning we've written for other publications.
- US Concrete's Worst Climate Isn't Where You Think
Medium · September 24, 2026
Why Carson City, Santa Fe and the Colorado Front Range take more freeze-thaw punishment than Anchorage or Bismarck, and why most of the South needs air-entrained concrete too.
- Before the Tariffs Hit: What a Concrete Slab Really Costs in 26 US Metros
Medium · September 24, 2026
Winning bids on public sidewalk contracts show the same concrete costing about three times more in New York than in Detroit, as a baseline before the cement tariffs work through.
- Your Insurance Probably Won't Cover This: The US Cities Where the Ground Itself Breaks Foundations
Medium · September 24, 2026
Expansive clay under the Dallas–Fort Worth suburbs and 18 of 180 US cities, and why standard homeowners policies exclude the damage it causes.
- The Texas Paradox: Some of America's Cheapest Concrete Sits on Its Worst Dirt
Medium · September 24, 2026
Combining the Concrete Cost Index with the Soil Risk Index: why a cheap slab in San Antonio, on the most expansive clay of any metro in the index, is not the whole cost.
- One Extra Inch of Concrete Costs $288. It Buys You 15 Years. The Math Is Embarrassingly Simple.
Medium · March 30, 2026
Why the cost difference between a 4" and 5" slab is smaller than most homeowners assume, and what it actually buys in service life.
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