by Site Admin | Aug 26, 2020 | News
COLUMBIA, South Carolina – Knight’s Companies is expanding its management team in the Midlands by hiring Billy Ray as its new Area Manager and promoting Chris Dennis to Production Manager. Now up to five plants, this is another step in the process of growing the...
by Site Admin | Jul 30, 2020 | concrete, Concrete Pumping, PreCast, RediMix, Trucking
As much as we love summer at Knight’s Companies, we must admit there are some drawbacks to the season. Along with more business activity comes oppressive heat and humidity, which puts workers at risk for heat-related illnesses. The human body can only handle so much,...
by Site Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | concrete, Concrete Pumping, RediMix
When the clouds come rolling in, it’s never a good day for a ready-mix concrete supplier or construction crew. Inclement weather often results in changes to the dispatch schedule or outright cancelled orders, and sometimes just the threat of rain can postpone projects...
by Site Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | concrete, Employees
It’s very rare in life that people ever meet someone who is a true hero, let alone work with one every day. You wouldn’t know it by looking at him because he seems like a happy-go-lucky guy, but Billy Kilcoyne has stared down the face of death more than once. Kilcoyne...
by Site Admin | Jun 4, 2020 | concrete, Concrete Pumping, RediMix
As summer begins, daily temperatures are on the rise, which can cause difficulties when placing and finishing concrete at job sites. Temperatures above 80 degrees mean a faster setting time, the potential for more crazing and plastic shrinkage cracking, slump loss,...