Business View Magazine | August 2022

59 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 we usually follow them about a year later,” Travas says. “And if the slowdown goes away, we never experience it. So we have a really good business indicator based on what is happening on the front range market. We have the ability to shift or make new plans before the impact really gets to us.” The company has 23 employees, many of which are seasonal. Being in a resort town, many of Brenner Materials’ employees can work the winter at nearby ski hills and spend the warmer months at the ready-mix business. According to Travas, “It’s convenient for us because, although we never quit, we do slow down in the winter. It’s difficult to pour in extreme weather conditions, so projects kind of slow down a little bit or they change in scale.” Brenner Materials is also working to build the next generation of the Brenner family with a love for concrete. Travas’s sons, Tayden and Tannen, have recently joined the family business, becoming the fourth generation to work in the industry. “That’s something unique about our business,” Travas says. “My father is an owner, and my wife and I are owners, and my two youngest sons also work here. One is back from college this summer running our loader in the Kremmling location like I did as a job, and his youngest brother, who is 15, is running a loader for us in Breckenridge. The youngest can literally run the equipment before he can drive.” Today, the family has more than a century of combined experience in the concrete business, and that has made the Brenner name one that people trust. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it was difficult for businesses in the industry to get supplies. But the Brenner name proved valuable. “We had the right last name and the reputation in the industry,” says Travas. “We have good working relationships that we have developed over my career and my father’s career.” Their trusted name will take Brenner Materials BRENNER MATER I ALS