Brenner Materials

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 their business ethics were very different, so that created a huge need for competition in the area,” Travas says. “We were welcomed on about every angle with open arms. We were able to locate the equipment and we had the financial support of some of the locals that helped us get everything started, but it was definitely a rough beginning. All we had was our last name and our history to go on.” That history took them far. The first year the company made $4 million in sales, the second they doubled their volume and made close to $8 million. By the third season they had already acquired a competitor, which gave them two new locations in Kremmling and Walden. They also brought in more than $10 million in sales. “As bad as the conglomerate was for us, it was the blessing that created us,” Travas says. “It’s the difference between that philosophy and ours that makes us, in my opinion, the vendor of choice.” Brenner Materials produces and delivers ready- mix concrete for both residential and commercial projects of all sizes. They are currently providing 6,500 yards of concrete to replace the spillway for Goose Pasture Tarn Dam in Blue Ridge, CO and recently finished providing 8,500 yards of concrete for the Town of Breckenridge’s new parking structure. “It was a big project,” Travas reports. “But we are also replacing the sidewalks for civil work and we’re building foundations for homes around here.” The company sources their aggregates from the mountains of Colorado, and almost everything they use is produced within the state. Most of their residential projects, being in a resort town, are for vacation homes with higher budgets. While bigger more frontline areas like Denver might face slowdowns in the market, Brenner Materials has time to see how things are changing and adapt to those new realities. “When the front range, like Denver, slows down,