About this episode

The episode features updates from the TACA Annual Meeting with insights from industry leaders.

On this episode of "Drilling Deeper," Kevin Yanik and Jack Kopanski share updates from the 72nd Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association (TACA) Annual Meeting. Jack was down in San Antonio for the event and spoke with Dr. Anirban Basu, CEO of Sage Policy Group; Andrew Pinkerton, president of TACA; and Matt Arnold, TACA chairman and vice president of operations at Knife River. Basu explored the factors driving the construction industry economy of late, the exponential growth data cent...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kevin Yanik, Jack Kopanski

Guests: Dr. Anirban Basu, Andrew Pinkerton, Matt Arnold

Topics covered

• Texas Aggregates
• construction industry
• economic updates
• TACA Annual Meeting
• industry growth

Keywords

• Texas Aggregates
• construction economy
• TACA
• Dr. Anirban Basu
• Andrew Pinkerton
• Matt Arnold
• San Antonio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sage Policy Group, Texas Aggregates & Concrete Association, Knife River

Places: San Antonio

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