Loaded: The Hahn Ready Mix Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin are joined by Joey Biasatti, VP of Sales for Quikrete Cement. We chat about cement supply chains, vendor partnerships, and asphalt as an obscenity. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Jeff Hassel, CFO of Hahn Ready Mix, to cover everyone's favorite topic: finance and accounting in the ready mix concrete industry!

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Andrea and Griffin talk customer service and making sure we are doing everything we can to provide the best experience for our customers. Also, new start time procedures, a trip to Kansas, and Muscatine doing work!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff welcome Sheldon to the pod, where we talk about safety, the challenges of being a ready mix driver, barging on the I-74 Bridge project and diarrhea on the walls. IRMCA Scholarship Link:  IRMCA Scholarships - ConcreteState

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Andrea and Griff talk with Chris Caves with the Quad Cities Chamber and the new spin-off, Grow Quad Cities. Chris has great insights into current economic development and workforce development in the region.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea, Griff AND LEX!!! discuss the importance and function of the Quality Control Team here at Hahn Ready Mix.  Also, Andrea whines about being a parent and Griffin is mediocre at bocce ball.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we're joined by Isaac Hahn, who helps bring some life to the story of Hahn Ready Mix, all the way back to it's founding as Hahn Brothers Commission Merchants in 1884.

Send us Fan Mail Griffin interviews Chris Jurgens about dispatch here at Hahn Ready Mix.  We talk Central Dispatch as a model, optimization, and Chris's bizarre love for software manuals. 

Send us Fan Mail Sam and Sheldon forcibly take over the pod this week for the exclusive purpose of discussing the best nicknames in the company. 

Send us Fan Mail Our final values episode! Andrea and Griff talk about the opportunity that comes from failure and how we celebrate success.  https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss our second value under the Be Positive Tenet, " Create a Fun and Enjoyable Work Environment " Also, CAB ratings, truck keys and ponder the personalities of our mix designs. Values Poster: https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff discuss our most infamous value, including the backstory and how we can all work together through disagreement. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Sam Hoopes, who talks concrete chemistry, laundry, drones, old man soccer, and RCC. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss the final value under the tenet of LEVEL UP: Strive for Organizational Excellence. Also the Olympics, Rubber ducks and Taxes! Find our values at:  https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin Discuss the next Value in the "Level Up" Category: Embrace Innovation and Push Boundaries. Also, Andrea is really excited to talk 1L Cement... https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Continuing our values episodes, Andre and Griffin discuss the first value under Level Up: Continuously Learn and Grow. Values Poster: https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin have a great conversation with Muscatine Driver Dave Foor. We chat about smoking meat, Harley Motorcycles and loving the challenges present on the job. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss the final value in our "Do the Right Thing" Tenet: Make Decisions that Benefit the Company, Customers, and Employees. Plus, our first ever external Loaded Question! and too much cake. https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin dive into Value #5: Act with Integrity and fairness; be honest, ethical and transparent. That's a lot of words and we decipher what it all means. Plus, to Andrea's exasperation, TWO technical rambles by Griffin. Values: https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss Andrea's favorite Value: Taking Action to Deliver Results.  Also, major headline news: Lex is ordering new beam molds!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin interview Hahn Ready Mix's Plant Operations Manager, Daren Fick, and talk about his long and interesting career in the industry. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss how we can work safely and some statistics on our safety performance over the last few years.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss the second value in the "Customers & Coworkers are our Team" category: Supporting Each Other. Plus Mother's Day and seat belts. Values Poster: https://hahnrmg.com/about/values

Send us Fan Mail The first in our series on Hahn Ready Mix Values, Andrea and Griffin discuss Taking Ownership. Also: Why wearing safety glasses is necessary both on the jobsite, and in the bathroom. Hahn Values: https://hahnrmg.com/about/values Jocko Willink Book: https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin are joined by a surprise guest, Greg Mulder, Director of the Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Association and Iowa Concrete Paving Association. Greg had no idea he was going to be on a podcast.