Loaded: The Hahn Ready Mix Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff discuss America's 250th Birthday and what it means to build a nation. Also: a dangerous intersection, World Cup Fever, and PPE.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea, Griff and Lex are joined by Dan Snyder, plant manger at the Eldridge Plant. Dan gives us hist story including his experiences on the I-74 Bridge project as well as walks us through a day in the life as a plant manager. Also: 4th of July, Brady Street Sprints.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Griff and Lex are joined by Daren and Jeff for a Father's Day roundtable. Also, some direction on directions and who wants to run up Brady Street!?

Send us Fan Mail Griff and Lex are joined by Lisa Mullen who shares her story and insights in dispatch here at Hahn Ready Mix.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff celebrate the people who make training at Hahn Ready Mix a success and take a trip down memory lane, reflecting on their own first days with the company. 

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Daren Fick to talk through traffic flow, loading process and construction at the River Plant in Davenport.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin discuss Memorial Day, an important sports development, and a check in with each department on what is going well and what we're working on.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Kate Tryon from Rock Valley Health to cover some of our aggregated wellness screening results and have a general conversation about health.  Also: some construction at the river plant and a world cup prediction pool.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff walk through the traits of a good teammate. Also: interstates and highways are our friends, idling notifications, and a question on concrete hydration!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff (and Lex!) discuss what little things we do put us in the right place for success.  Also: washing out at Miller's, time off requests, and a survey request!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Lex, rambling aimlessly without Griffin, meander through a variety of topics including appreciation for some team members going above and beyond, PPE usage, de-escalation, washout protocol, and maintaining focus.

Send us Fan Mail Get it. Want it. Capable. Andrea and Griff talk through this concept from the EOS system, and how mangers should use it to assess their team and everyone should use it to assess themselves. Also, some clarity on jobsite washouts.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin are joined by Angela Clark to talk all things accounting, including Angela's true passion of counting rocks. Also: Good news on trucks idling, Remember PPE, and Welcome to some new folks!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin are joined by David Abkmeier from West Bend Mutual Insurance to chat about a best in class safety culture, three points of contact, near-misses, and being mindful of the work in front of us. Also: Don't let your trucks idle!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Sheldon to talk through proper washdown procedure after a truck has been loaded. Also: conserving diesel, concrete pumps, and the march madness pool.

Send us Fan Mail Griffin is joined by his son Isaac to talk about complacency in the workplace and how we combat it.

Send us Fan Mail In a shameless self-advertisement, we share the top ten reasons to listen to the podcast if you are a Hahn Ready Mix employee. We share clips from older episodes to illustrate each of these reasons. One could say it is kind of a greatest hits track. Anyway, if you haven't been a regular listener, this perfect place to start. Also, March Madness is here! Fill out your bracket...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Jeremy Drake to talk about plant maintenance, multi-functionality and working with Grandpa Tom. Also some I-74 Bridge horror stories!

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff discuss a few of the speakers at the Iowa and Illinois Ready Mix Concrete Conventions, including topics like Preventing Burnout, Training your Brain for Happiness, and Giving your Employees C.R.A.P. Also, Andrea nearly dies from a coughing attack.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff celebrate one year of the Loaded Podcast, and are joined by Jason Folsom of Principal and Elena Peerson of Capital Group to discuss our 401k plan and the importance of saving for retirement.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff discuss a couple recent incidents worth talking about and effective de-escalation techniques.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Brian Woods, who gives some great insight into a day in the life of a mixer driver. We talk about efficiency, cleanliness, safety, and meeting customer expectations.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griffin finish off a review of 2025 and Griffin recounts a story about a poor customer experience with UPS.

Send us Fan Mail Andre, Griff and Jeff are joined by Steve Ott from Ott Leadership to review our leadership development training from the past two winters, and talk about some major takeaway concepts: Assuming Positive Intent, Lead with the Why, and Feedback is Kind.

Send us Fan Mail Andrea and Griff are joined by Chris Wurtz, President of Ready Mix at XBE, a leading software supplier for the ready mix concrete and aggregate industries. We talk about the role of software and technology in today's ready mix operation and what's coming in the future.