The group's principal activity is to produce and provide ready-mixed concrete and related products and services. The group also manufactures and delivers various precast and concrete masonry products to the construction industry. Its operation consists of formulating, preparing and delivering ready-mixed concrete to the job sites of its customers. It also provides services intended to reduce its customers' overall construction costs by lowering the installed cost of concrete. Its customers include general contractors, developers and home builders whose focus extends beyond the price of ready-mixed concrete to product quality and consistency and reduction of in-place concrete costs. As of 10-Mar-2004, the group had 89 fixed and eight portable ready-mixed concrete plants, eight precast concrete plants, three concrete block plants and one aggregates quarry. In feb 2003, it acquired builders redi-mix, inc.
