Business View Magazine | August 2022

56 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 aterials I n many construction circles, the name Brenner is synonymous with concrete. The family-run Brenner Materials has been providing ready- mix concrete to the Summit County, Colorado area since 2017, but the Brenner family has had its hand in the concretxe business for decades. “It originally started with my great grandfather, Larry Brenner,” says Travas Brenner, co-owner of Brenner Materials. “He was a trucker by trade and he ended up getting into the concrete business in Craig, Colorado because he wanted to be trucking something, so that gave him the opportunity to move material.” Larry opened Yampa Valley Ready Mix in 1969. Though his passion was in trucking, the love for concrete began to trickle down the family line. Travas Brenner’s father, Randy, joined the business as a young man and from there the family’s name in concrete was cemented. “My father was the one who actually took a liking to concrete and the industry,” Travas says. “He learned about the science behind it and the art of applying that science.” After Larry sold his company, Randy worked in the industry for a few years before branching out on his own as Northwest Ready Mix out of