RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the following risk factors and all other information contained in this prospectus before participating in the exchange offer. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only risks facing us and your investment in the exchange notes. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or those we currently deem less significant, also may become important factors that affect us. The following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

If you choose not to exchange your outstanding notes in the exchange offer, the transfer restrictions currently applicable to your outstanding notes will remain in force and the market price of your outstanding notes could decline.

If you do not exchange your outstanding notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer, then you will continue to be subject to the transfer restrictions on the outstanding notes as set forth in the offering memorandum distributed in connection with the private offering of the outstanding notes. In general, the outstanding notes may not be offered or sold unless they are registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the outstanding notes under the Securities Act. You should refer to “Prospectus Summary—The Exchange Offer” and “The Exchange Offer” for information about how to tender your outstanding notes.

The tender of outstanding notes under the exchange offer will reduce the remaining principal amount of the outstanding notes, which may have an adverse effect upon, and increase the volatility of, the market price of the outstanding notes not exchanged in the exchange offer due to a reduction in liquidity.

Your ability to transfer the exchange notes may be limited by the absence of an active trading market, and an active trading market may not develop for the exchange notes.

The exchange notes are a new issue of securities for which there is no established trading market. We do not intend to have the exchange notes listed on a national securities exchange or to arrange for quotation on any automated quotation system. The initial purchasers have advised us that they intend to make a market in the exchange notes, as permitted by applicable laws and regulations; however, the initial purchasers are not obligated to make a market in the exchange notes, and they may discontinue their market-making activities at any time without notice. Therefore, we cannot assure you as to the development or liquidity of any trading market for the exchange notes. The liquidity of any market for the exchange notes will depend on a number of factors, including:

Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the exchange notes. The market, if any, for the exchange notes may face similar disruptions that may adversely affect the prices at which you may sell your exchange notes. Therefore, you may not be able to sell your exchange notes at a particular time and the price that you receive when you sell may not be favorable.

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Certain persons who participate in the exchange offer must deliver a prospectus in connection with resales of the exchange notes.

Based on interpretations of the staff of the SEC contained in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC no-action letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., SEC no-action letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, SEC no-action letter (July 2, 1983), we believe that you may offer for resale, resell or otherwise transfer the exchange notes without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. However, in some instances described in this prospectus under “Plan of Distribution,” certain holders of exchange notes will remain obligated to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to transfer the exchange notes. If such a holder transfers any exchange notes without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act, such a holder may incur liability under the Securities Act. We do not and will not assume, or indemnify such a holder against, this liability.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and the Exchange Notes

Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our obligations under the exchange notes.

We are highly leveraged. As of December 29, 2012, (i) our total debt was approximately $648.0 million (without giving effect to original issue discount on our term loan facility), (ii) the notes and related guarantees have ranked effectively subordinated to approximately $398.0 million of senior secured indebtedness under our senior secured term loan facility to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such facility and (iii) we had an additional $150.0 million of unutilized capacity under our senior secured revolving credit facility (less $14.5 million of letters of credit outstanding).

Our high degree of leverage could have important consequences for you, including:

Borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness will increase even though the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease. Our interest expense for the year ended December 29, 2012 was $58.1 million, a portion of which was based on a floating rate index. A 0.125% increase in the floating rates on the funded amounts under our senior secured credit facility would have increased annual interest expense by approximately $0.5 million. Assuming all revolving loans are drawn under our senior secured revolving credit facility, a 0.125% change in the floating rate would result in an additional $0.2 million increase in our annual interest expense. In the future, we may enter into interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of

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floating for fixed rate interest payments in order to reduce interest rate volatility. However, we may not maintain interest rate swaps with respect to all of our variable rate indebtedness, and any swaps we enter into may not fully mitigate our interest rate risk.

In addition, the indenture that governs the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities contain restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long-term best interest. Our failure to comply with those covenants could result in an event of default which, if not cured or waived, could result in the acceleration of all our debt.

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries may still be able to incur substantially more debt. This could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the indenture governing the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. If we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the exchange notes, subject to collateral arrangements, the holders of that debt will be entitled to share ratably with you in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up of our company. Such additional indebtedness may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds paid to you. These restrictions also will not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness. In February 2013, we entered into Amendments to our senior secured credit facilities. The senior secured credit facilities currently provide senior secured financing in an amount of $572.0 million, consisting of a $150.0 million five-year revolving credit facility and a $422.0 million seven-year term loan facility. Our senior secured credit facilities include an uncommitted incremental facility that will allow us the option to increase the amount available under the term loan facility and/or the revolving credit facility by (i) $135.0 million and (ii) an additional amount so long as we are in pro forma compliance with a consolidated first lien net leverage ratio. Availability of such incremental facilities will be subject to, among other conditions, the absence of an event of default and pro forma compliance with the financial covenants under our credit agreement and the receipt of commitments by existing or additional financial institutions. All of those borrowings would be secured indebtedness and, therefore, effectively senior to the exchange notes and the guarantees of the exchange notes by the guarantors to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. See “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Description of the Notes.”

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, including the exchange notes, and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We may not be able to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, including the exchange notes. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Summit Materials, LLC—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, seek additional capital, restructure or refinance our indebtedness, including the exchange notes, or sell assets. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing the exchange notes restrict our ability to use the proceeds from asset sales. We may not be able to consummate those asset sales to raise capital or sell assets

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at prices that we believe are fair and proceeds that we do receive may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due. In addition, any failure to make payments of interest and principal on our outstanding indebtedness on a timely basis would likely result in a reduction of our credit rating, which could harm our ability to incur additional indebtedness. See “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Description of the Notes.”

The exchange notes will not be secured by any of our assets and are effectively subordinated to our secured debt. The senior secured credit facilities are secured and, therefore, the related lenders will have a prior claim on substantially all of our assets and those of our guarantors.

The exchange notes will not be secured by any of our or our guarantors’ assets. The senior secured credit facilities, however, are secured by (i) a perfected security interest in certain stock, other equity interests and promissory notes owned by us and the guarantors and (ii) a perfected security interest in all other tangible and intangible assets (including, without limitation, equipment, contract rights, securities, patents, trademarks, other intellectual property, cash and real estate) owned by us or any of the guarantors, subject to certain limited exceptions. The lenders under the senior secured credit facilities are entitled to accelerate all obligations thereunder if we become insolvent or are liquidated, or if we otherwise default on any of our obligations and agreements under the senior secured credit facilities. If payment under any of the instruments governing our secured debt is accelerated, the lenders under these instruments will be entitled to exercise the remedies available to a secured lender under applicable law and pursuant to instruments governing such debt. Accordingly, the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities will have a prior claim on our assets (and those of the guarantors under the senior secured credit facilities). In that event, because the exchange notes will not be secured by any of our or the guarantors’ assets, it is possible that our and the guarantors’ remaining assets might be insufficient to satisfy your claims in full. Any such exercise of the lenders’ remedies under the senior secured credit facilities could impede or preclude our ability to continue to operate as a going concern.

As of December 29, 2012, we had $648.0 million of total consolidated indebtedness (without giving effect to original issue discount on our term loan facility), of which $398.0 million was secured. Under our senior secured credit facilities, we also have available to us an uncommitted incremental loan facility in an amount not to exceed (i) $135.0 million plus (ii) an additional amount so long as we are in pro forma compliance with a consolidated first lien net leverage ratio. All of those borrowings could be secured, and as a result, would be effectively senior to the exchange notes and the guarantees of the exchange notes. We may incur additional secured indebtedness as permitted under our senior secured credit agreement and other existing instruments governing our indebtedness.

We require a significant amount of cash to service our indebtedness. The ability to generate cash or refinance our indebtedness as it becomes due depends on many factors, some of which are beyond our control.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on, or to refinance our respective obligations under, our indebtedness, including the exchange notes, and to fund planned capital expenditures and other corporate expenses will depend on our future operating performance and on economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors and any legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of distributions and dividends to which we may be subject. Many of these factors are beyond our control. We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, that currently anticipated cost savings and operating improvements will be realized or that future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to satisfy our respective obligations under our indebtedness or to fund our other needs. In order for us to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness and fund planned capital expenditures, we must continue to execute our business strategy. If we are unable to do so, we may need to reduce or delay our planned capital expenditures or refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity. Significant delays in our planned capital expenditures may materially and adversely affect our future revenue prospects. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our indebtedness, including the exchange notes and our senior secured credit facilities, on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

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The indenture governing the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities restrict our ability and the ability of most of our subsidiaries to engage in some business and financial transactions.

Indenture governing the exchange notes. The indenture governing the exchange notes contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:

Senior secured credit facilities . The credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities contains a number of covenants that limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:

In addition, the senior secured credit facilities require us to maintain a quarterly maximum consolidated first lien net leverage ratio and a quarterly minimum interest coverage ratio.

The credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities also contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default (including, among others, an event of default upon a change of control). If an event of default occurs, the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities will be entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due under our senior secured credit facilities and all actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.

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Our failure to comply with obligations under the indenture governing the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities may result in an event of default under the indenture or the credit agreement. A default, if not cured or waived, may permit acceleration of our indebtedness. We cannot be certain that we will have funds available to remedy these defaults. If our indebtedness is accelerated, we cannot be certain that we will have sufficient funds available to pay the accelerated indebtedness or that we will have the ability to refinance the accelerated indebtedness on terms favorable to us or at all.

We may not have access to the cash flow and other assets of our subsidiaries that may be needed to make payment on the exchange notes.

Our ability to make payments on the exchange notes is dependent on the earnings and the distribution of funds from our subsidiaries. All of our business is conducted through our subsidiaries. The ability of our subsidiaries to make distributions, dividends or advances to us will depend on their future operating performance and on economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors and any legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of distributions and dividends to which they may be subject. Under the terms of the indenture governing the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities, our subsidiaries will be permitted to incur additional indebtedness that may restrict or prohibit distributions, dividends or loans from those subsidiaries to us. We cannot assure you that the agreements governing the current and future indebtedness of our subsidiaries will permit our subsidiaries to provide us with sufficient dividends, distributions or loans to fund payments on the exchange notes when due.

The exchange notes will be structurally subordinated to the liabilities of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

Payments on the exchange notes are only required to be made by us and the guarantors. The exchange notes will only be guaranteed by our domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our obligations under the senior secured credit facilities. Accordingly, holders of the exchange notes will be structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade payables, will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon liquidation or otherwise, to us or a guarantor of the exchange notes. The non-guarantor subsidiaries will be permitted to incur additional debt in the future under the indenture governing the exchange notes.

Additional debt could reduce our ability to satisfy our obligations under the exchange notes.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. The terms of the indenture governing the exchange notes do not fully prohibit us or our subsidiaries from doing so, and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities permit additional borrowing.

Such debt may be secured; if that is the case, then your rights to receive payments on the exchange notes would effectively be junior to the holders of such new debt. Also, if we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the exchange notes, the holders of that debt will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of the exchange notes in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up of the Company. This may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds ultimately paid to you. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries now face, as described further herein, could intensify and we may not be able to meet all our debt obligations, including the repayment of the exchange notes.

If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on the exchange notes.

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remedies sought by the lenders could prevent us from paying principal, premium, if any, and interest on the exchange notes and substantially decrease the market value of the exchange notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our indebtedness, including covenants in the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities, we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness may be able to cause all of our available cash flow to be used to pay such indebtedness and, in any event could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest; the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities could elect to terminate their commitments thereunder, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. Upon any such bankruptcy filing, we would be stayed from making any ongoing payments on the exchange notes, and the holders of the exchange notes would not be entitled to receive post-petition interest or applicable fees, costs or charges, or any “adequate protection” under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). Furthermore, if a bankruptcy case were to be commenced under the Bankruptcy Code, we could be subject to claims, with respect to any payments made within 90 days prior to commencement of such a case, that we were insolvent at the time any such payments were made and that all or a portion of such payments, which could include repayments of amounts due under the exchange notes, might be deemed to constitute a preference, under the Bankruptcy Code, and that such payments should be voided by the bankruptcy court and recovered from the recipients for the benefit of the entire bankruptcy estate. Also, in the event that we were to become a debtor in, a bankruptcy case seeking reorganization or other relief under the Bankruptcy Code, a delay and/or substantial reduction in payments under the exchange notes may otherwise occur. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our senior secured credit facilities to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our senior secured credit facilities and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders and holders. If this occurs, we would be in default under the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities, the lenders could exercise their rights, as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. See “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Description of the Notes.”

We may not be able to repurchase the exchange notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, unless such notes have been previously called for redemption. The source of funds for any such purchase of the exchange notes will be our available cash or cash generated from our subsidiaries’ operations or other sources, including borrowings, sales of assets or sales of equity. We may not be able to repurchase the exchange notes upon a change of control because we may not have sufficient financial resources to purchase all of the exchange notes that are tendered upon a change of control. Further, we will be contractually restricted under the terms of the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities from repurchasing all of the exchange notes tendered by holders upon a change of control. Accordingly, we may not be able to satisfy our obligations to purchase the exchange notes unless we are able to refinance or obtain waivers under the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities. Our failure to repurchase the exchange notes upon a change of control would cause a default under the indenture governing the exchange notes and a cross default under the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities. See “Description of the Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.” The credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities also provides that a change of control will be a default that permits lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings thereunder. Any of our future debt agreements may contain similar provisions.

Courts interpreting change of control provisions under New York law (which is the governing law of the indenture governing the exchange notes) have not provided clear and consistent meanings of such change of control provisions which leads to subjective judicial interpretation. In addition, a court case in Delaware has questioned whether a change of control provision contained in an indenture could be unenforceable on public

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policy grounds. No assurances can be given that another court would enforce the change of control provisions in the indenture governing the exchange notes as written for the benefit of the holders, or as to how these change of control provisions would be impacted were we to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case.

Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void the exchange notes and the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the exchange notes and the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received and, if that occurs, you may not receive any payments on the exchange notes.

Federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes may apply to the issuance of the exchange notes and the incurrence of any guarantees of the exchange notes, including the guarantee by the guarantors entered into upon issuance of the exchange notes and subsidiary guarantees (if any) that may be entered into thereafter under the terms of the indenture governing the exchange notes. Under federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws, which may vary from state to state, the exchange notes or guarantees could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if (i) the Issuers or any of the guarantors, as applicable, issued the exchange notes or incurred the guarantees with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or (ii) the Issuers or any of the guarantors, as applicable, received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for either issuing the exchange notes or incurring the guarantees and, in the case of (ii) only, one of the following is also true at the time thereof:

A court would likely find that we or a guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the exchange notes or such guarantee if we or such guarantor did not substantially benefit directly or indirectly from the issuance of the exchange notes or the applicable guarantee. As a general matter, value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied. A debtor will generally not be considered to have received value in connection with a debt offering if the debtor uses the proceeds of that offering to make a dividend payment or otherwise retire or redeem equity securities issued by the debtor.

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not we or the guarantors were solvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, that the issuance of the guarantees would not be further subordinated to our or any of our guarantors’ other debt. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if, at the time it incurred indebtedness:

If a court were to find that the issuance of the exchange notes or the incurrence of the guarantee was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under the exchange notes or such guarantee or further subordinate the exchange notes or such guarantee to our or the related guarantors’ presently

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existing and future indebtedness, or require the holders of the exchange notes to repay any amounts received with respect to such guarantee. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the exchange notes or such guarantee, as applicable. Sufficient funds to repay the exchange notes may not be available from other sources, including any remaining guarantor, if any. In addition, the court might direct you to repay any amounts that you already received from us or the guarantor. Further, the voidance of the exchange notes could result in an event of default with respect to the Issuers’ and their subsidiaries’ other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt.

If the guarantees were legally challenged, any guarantee could also be subject to the claim that, since the guarantee was incurred for the Issuers’ benefit, and only indirectly for the benefit of the applicable guarantor, the obligations of the applicable guarantor were incurred for less than fair consideration. A court could thus void the obligations under the guarantees, subordinate them to the applicable guarantor’s other debt or take other action detrimental to the holders of the exchange notes.

Although each guarantee entered into by a subsidiary will contain a provision intended to limit that guarantor’s liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer, this provision may not be effective to protect those guarantees from being voided under fraudulent transfer law, or may reduce that guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its guarantee worthless. In a recent Florida bankruptcy case, this kind of provision was found to be ineffective to prohibit the guarantees.

In addition, any payment by us pursuant to the exchange notes made at a time we were found to be insolvent could be voided and required to be returned to us or to a fund for the benefit of our creditors if such payment is made to an insider within a one-year period prior to a bankruptcy filing or within 90 days for any outside party and such payment would give such insider or outsider party more than such creditors would have received in a distribution under the Bankruptcy Code.

Finally, as a court of equity, the bankruptcy court may otherwise subordinate the claims in respect of the exchange notes to other claims against us under the principle of equitable subordination, if the court determines that: (i) the holder of the exchange notes engaged in some type of inequitable conduct; (ii) such inequitable conduct resulted in injury to our other creditors or conferred an unfair advantage upon the holder of the exchange notes; and (iii) equitable subordination is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

Many of the covenants in the indenture that govern the exchange notes will not apply during any period in which the exchange notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.

Many of the covenants in the indenture that govern the exchange notes will not apply to us during any period in which the exchange notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or “Moody’s,” and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or “S&P,” provided at such time no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing. These covenants restrict among other things, our ability to pay distributions, incur debt and to enter into certain other transactions. There can be no assurance that the exchange notes will ever be rated investment grade, or that if they are rated investment grade, that the exchange notes will maintain these ratings. However, suspension of these covenants would allow us to incur debt, pay dividends and make other distributions and engage in certain other transactions that would not be permitted while these covenants were in force. To the extent the covenants are subsequently reinstated, any such actions taken while the covenants were suspended would not result in an event of default under the indenture that governs the exchange notes. See “Description of the Notes—Certain Covenants.”

A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the rating assigned by a rating agency to our company or the exchange notes, if any, could cause the liquidity or market value of the exchange notes to decline.

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time or that a rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by a rating agency if, in that rating agency’s judgment, circumstances relating to the basis of the rating, such as adverse changes in our business, so warrant. Any downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of a rating by a rating agency (or any anticipated downgrade, suspension or withdrawal) could reduce the liquidity or market value of the exchange notes. Any future lowering of our ratings may make it more difficult or more expensive for us to obtain additional debt financing. If any credit rating initially assigned to the exchange notes is subsequently lowered or withdrawn for any reason, you may lose some or all of the value of your investment.

The exchange notes are subject to prior claims of any secured creditors and the creditors of our subsidiaries, and if a default occurs we may not have sufficient funds to fulfill our obligations under the exchange notes.

The exchange notes are our unsecured general obligations, ranking equally with our other senior unsecured indebtedness but below any secured indebtedness and effectively below the debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries. The indenture governing the exchange notes permits us and our subsidiaries to incur secured debt under specified circumstances. If we incur any secured debt, our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries will be subject to prior claims by our secured creditors. In the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up, assets that secure debt will be available to pay obligations on the exchange notes only after all debt secured by those assets has been repaid in full. Holders of the exchange notes will participate in our remaining assets ratably with all of our unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, including our trade creditors.

If we incur any additional obligations that rank equally with the exchange notes, including trade payables, the holders of those obligations will be entitled to share ratably with the holders of the exchange notes in any proceeds distributed upon our bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up. This may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds paid to you. If there are not sufficient assets remaining to pay all these creditors, all or a portion of the exchange notes then outstanding would remain unpaid.

Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry

Our business depends on activity within the construction industry and the strength of the local economies in which we operate.

We sell most of our construction materials and provide all of our highway construction services to the construction industry, so our results depend on the strength of the construction industry. Demand for our products, particularly in the non-residential and residential construction markets, could remain weak and decline if companies and consumers cannot obtain credit for construction projects or if the slow pace of economic activity results in delays or cancellations of capital projects. In addition, state and federal budget issues may continue to hurt the funding available for infrastructure spending, particularly highway construction, which constitutes a significant portion of our business.

Our earnings depend on the strength of the local economies in which we operate because of the high cost to transport our products relative to their price. Many states have reduced their construction spending due to budget shortfalls resulting from lower tax revenues as well as uncertainty relating to long-term federal highway funding. As a result, there has been a reduction in many states’ investment in infrastructure spending. If economic and construction activity diminish in one or more areas, particularly in our top revenue-generating markets of Texas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Utah, our business and results of operations may be materially adversely affected and there is no assurance that reduced levels of construction activity will not continue to affect our business in the future.

The success of our business depends, in part, on our ability to execute on our acquisition strategy, the successful integration of acquisitions and the retention of key employees of our acquired businesses.

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on an ongoing basis. At any time we may be engaged in discussions or negotiations with respect to several possible acquisitions. From time to time we enter into letters of intent to allow us to conduct due diligence on a confidential basis. Currently, we are in preliminary discussions with several potential acquisition targets. There can be no assurance that we will enter into definitive agreements with respect to such transactions or that they will be completed. Our growth has placed, and will continue to place, significant demands on our management and operational and financial resources. Acquisitions involve risks that the businesses acquired will not perform in accordance with expectations and that business judgments concerning the value, strengths and weaknesses of businesses acquired will prove incorrect.

Our interest expense will increase in connection with acquisitions as a result of the assumption or incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities and to the extent we finance such acquisitions with drawdowns from our revolving credit facility. We may become liable for certain liabilities of any acquired business, whether or not known to us. These risks could include, among others, tax liabilities, product liabilities, environmental liabilities and liabilities for employment practices, and they could be significant.

Acquisitions may require integration of the acquired companies’ sales and marketing, distribution, engineering, purchasing, finance and administrative organizations. We may not be able to integrate successfully any business we acquire or acquired into our existing business and any acquired businesses may not be profitable or as profitable as we had expected. The successful integration of our acquisitions may also require substantial attention from our senior management and the management of the acquired business, which could decrease the time that they have to service and attract customers and develop new products and services. In addition, we may not effectively utilize new equipment that we acquire through acquisitions or otherwise at utilization and rental rates consistent with that of our existing equipment. Furthermore, the complete integration of companies we acquire depends, to a certain extent, on the full implementation of our financial systems and policies. Moreover, because we may actively pursue a number of opportunities simultaneously, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, complications and delays, including difficulties in employing sufficient staff and maintaining operational and management oversight. Our inability to complete the integration of new businesses in a timely and orderly manner could increase costs and lower profits.

We cannot assure you that we will achieve the cost savings and synergies identified in this prospectus or that we will achieve synergies and cost savings in connection with future acquisitions. In addition, many of the businesses that we have acquired and will acquire have unaudited financial statements that have been prepared by the management of such companies and have not been independently reviewed or audited. We cannot assure you that the financial statements of companies we have acquired or will acquire would not be materially different if such statements were audited. Finally, we cannot assure you that we will continue to acquire businesses at valuations consistent with our prior acquisitions or that we will complete future acquisitions at all.

Our business is cyclical and requires significant working capital to fund operations.

Our business is cyclical and requires that we maintain significant working capital to fund our operations. Our ability to generate sufficient cash flow depends on future performance, which will be subject to general economic conditions, industry cycles and financial, business and other factors affecting our operations, many of which are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash to operate our business and service our outstanding debt and other obligations, we may be required, among other things, to further reduce or delay planned capital or operating expenditures, sell assets or take other measures, including the restructuring of all or a portion of our debt, which may only be available, if at all, on unsatisfactory terms.

A decline in public sector construction and reductions in governmental funding could adversely affect our operations and results.

A significant portion of our revenues are generated from publicly funded construction projects. As a result, if publicly funded construction continues to remain low due to reduced federal or state funding or otherwise, our earnings and cash flows will be negatively affected.

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The current federal funding program, MAP-21, was enacted in July 2012 and took effect in October 2012. MAP-21 is a 27-month, approximately $105 billion transportation funding program that provides for $40.4 billion and $41.0 billion for highway infrastructure investments in fiscal years 2013 and 2014, respectively. Additionally, in January 2011, the House passed a new rules package that repealed transportation law dating back to 1998, which protected annual funding levels from amendments that could reduce such funding. This rule change subjects funding for highways to yearly appropriation reviews. The change in the funding mechanism increases the uncertainty of many state departments of transportation regarding funds for highway projects. This uncertainty could result in states being reluctant to undertake large multi-year highway projects which could, in turn, negatively affect our sales.

As a result of the foregoing and other factors, we cannot be assured of the existence, amount and timing of appropriations for spending on federal, state or local projects. The federal support for the cost of highway maintenance and construction is dependent on congressional action. In addition, each state funds its infrastructure spending from specially allocated amounts collected from various taxes, typically gasoline taxes and vehicle fees, along with voter-approved bond programs. Shortages in state tax revenues can reduce the amounts spent on state infrastructure projects, even below amounts awarded under legislative bills. Nearly all states are now experiencing state-level funding pressures caused by lower tax revenues and an inability to finance approved projects. Delays or cancellations of state infrastructure spending have in the past, and we anticipate in the immediate future will continue to hurt our business because a significant portion of our business is dependent on state infrastructure spending.

Our business relies on private investment in infrastructure and a slower than normal recovery will adversely affect our results.

A portion of our sales are for projects with non-public owners. Construction spending is affected by developers’ ability to finance projects. The current credit environment has negatively affected the U.S. economy and demand for our products. Non-residential and residential construction could continue to decline if companies and consumers are unable to finance construction projects or if the economic slowdown continues to cause delays or cancellations of capital projects. If housing starts and non-residential projects do not begin to rise steadily with the slow economic recovery as they normally do when recessions end, our construction materials and contracting services sales may fall further and our business and results of operations may be materially adversely affected.

A decline in the funding of transportation authorities and other state agencies could adversely affect our operations and results.

A significant portion of our revenues, both through direct and indirect sales, are generated from public sources such as departments of transportation and other state agencies. The spending of these agencies is governed by an annual budget which is approved by the relevant state. To the extent that any of these entities significantly decreases its annual budget, our revenues could be adversely affected.

Difficult and volatile conditions in the credit markets could affect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Demand for our products is primarily dependent on the overall health of the economy, and federal, state and local public funding levels. The stagnant, and at times declining, economy continues to put pressure on the demand for our construction materials and increases competition and aggressive pricing for private and public sector projects as companies migrate from bidding on scarce private sector work to projects in the public sector. In addition, a stagnant or declining economy tends to produce less tax revenue for public agencies, thereby decreasing a source of funds available for spending on public infrastructure improvements, which constitute a substantial part of our business.

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protected in part by payment bonds posted by some of our customers, we have in the past experienced payment delays from some of our customers during this economic downturn. Although such delays have not had a material impact on our business, there can be no assurance that this will be the case in the future.

We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future borrowings will be available to us under our senior secured credit facilities or from other sources in an amount sufficient to pay our debt or to fund our other liquidity needs. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt service requirements, we may have to renegotiate the terms of our senior secured credit facilities or obtain additional financing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any of our debt or obtain additional financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we were unable to meet our debt service requirements or obtain new financing under these circumstances, we would have to consider other options, such as the sales of certain assets, sales of equity, and negotiations with our lenders to restructure our debt. The terms of our then existing indebtedness may restrict, or market or business conditions may limit, our ability to do any or all of these things.

If we are unable to accurately estimate the overall risks, requirements or costs when we bid on or negotiate a contract that is ultimately awarded to us, we may achieve a lower than anticipated profit or incur a loss on the contract.

Even though the majority of our governmental contracts contain certain raw material escalators to protect us from certain price increases, a portion of the contracts are on a fixed cost basis. The fixed cost basis portion of these contracts require us to perform the contract for a fixed unit price based on approved quantities irrespective of our actual costs and lump sum contracts require that the total amount of work be performed for a single price irrespective of our actual costs. We realize a profit on our contracts only if: (i) we successfully estimate our costs and then successfully control actual costs and avoid cost overruns and (ii) our revenues exceed actual costs. If our cost estimates for a contract are inaccurate, or if we do not execute the contract within our cost estimates, then cost overruns may cause us to incur losses or cause the contract not to be as profitable as we expected. The final results under these types of contracts could negatively affect our cash flow, earnings and financial position. The costs incurred and gross profit realized, if any, on our contracts can vary, sometimes substantially, from our original projections due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to:

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Public sector customers may seek to impose contractual risk-shifting provisions more aggressively, and we could face increased risks, which may adversely affect our cash flow, earnings and financial position.

Weather can materially affect our business and we are subject to seasonality.

Nearly all of the products used by us, and by our customers, in the public or private construction industry are used outdoors. In addition, our highway operations and production and distribution facilities are located outdoors. Therefore, seasonal changes and other weather-related conditions can adversely affect our business and operations through a decline in both the use of our products and demand for our services.

Adverse weather conditions such as extended rainy and cold weather in the spring and fall can reduce demand for our products by contractors and reduce sales or render our contracting operations less efficient. Occasionally, major weather events such as hurricanes, tropical storms and heavy snows with quick rainy melts adversely affect sales in the short term.

The construction materials business production and shipment levels follow activity in the construction industry, which typically occurs in the spring, summer and fall. Warmer and drier weather during the second and third quarters of our fiscal year typically result in higher activity and revenue levels during those quarters. The first quarter of our fiscal year has typically lower levels of activity due to the weather conditions. Our second quarter varies greatly with the spring rains and wide temperature variations. A cool wet spring increases drying time on projects, possibly delaying sales until the second quarter, while a warm dry spring may enable earlier project startup.

Within our local markets, we operate in a highly competitive industry.

The U.S. construction aggregates industry is highly fragmented with a large number of independent local producers in a number of our markets. Additionally, in most markets, we also compete against large private and public companies, some of which are as vertically-integrated as we are. Therefore, there is intense competition in a number of the markets in which we operate. This significant competition could lead to lower prices, lower sales volumes and higher costs in some markets, negatively affecting our results of operations and liquidity.

Our long-term success is dependent upon securing and permitting aggregate reserves in strategically located areas. If we are unable to secure and permit such reserves, it could negatively affect our earnings in the future.

Construction aggregates are bulky and heavy and, therefore, difficult to transport efficiently. Because of the nature of the products, the freight costs can quickly surpass the production costs. Therefore, except for geographic regions that do not possess commercially viable deposits of aggregates and are served by rail, barge or ship, the markets for our products tend to be very localized around our quarry sites and are served by truck. New quarry sites often take a number of years to develop, therefore our strategic planning and new site development must stay ahead of actual growth. Additionally, in a number of urban and suburban areas in which we operate, it is increasingly difficult to permit new sites or expand existing sites due to community resistance. Therefore, our future success is dependent, in part, on our ability to accurately forecast future areas of high growth in order to locate optimal facility sites and on our ability to either acquire existing quarries or secure operating and environmental permits to open new quarries. If we are unable to accurately forecast areas of future growth, acquire existing quarries or secure the necessary permits to open new quarries, our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity may be materially adversely affected.

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Our future growth may depend in part on acquiring other businesses in our industry and successfully integrating them with our existing operations.

In the past, we have made acquisitions to strengthen our existing locations, expand our operations, grow our reserves and grow our market share. We expect to continue to make selective acquisitions in contiguous locations and geographic markets or other business arrangements we believe will help our company. However, the success of our acquisition program will depend on our ability to find and buy other attractive businesses at a reasonable price, the availability of financing and our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our existing operations. We cannot assure you that there will be attractive acquisition opportunities at reasonable prices, that financing will be available or that we can successfully integrate such acquired businesses into our existing operations. In addition, our results of operations from these acquisitions could in the future result in impairment charges for any of our intangible assets, goodwill or other long-lived assets.

If we fail to develop or maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results.

We have completed numerous acquisitions in the past few years and plan to continue to pursue growth through strategic acquisitions. Among the risks associated with acquisitions are the risks of control deficiencies that result from the integration of the acquired businesses.

In conjunction with the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, we identified significant deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting related to the preparation and review of guarantor financial statements and purchase accounting processes.

Although we believe we have remediated these control deficiencies and strengthened our internal controls over financial reporting, specifically by increasing our accounting personnel, supplementing our financial expertise with outside resources and conducting training regarding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) accounting and reporting matters during fiscal 2011 and 2012, there may still be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal controls in the future and the cost of remediating any such weaknesses or deficiencies could be significant.

If our remediation efforts are insufficient to address control deficiencies, they may adversely affect our ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information timely and accurately and, as a result, our consolidated financial statements may contain material misstatements or omissions and we could be required to restate our financial results.

Our industry is capital intensive and portions of our business have significant fixed and semi-fixed costs. Therefore, our earnings are sensitive to changes in volume.

The property and machinery needed to produce our products can be very expensive. Therefore, we need to spend a substantial amount of money to purchase and maintain the equipment necessary to operate our business. Although we believe that our current cash balance, along with our projected internal cash flows and our available financing resources, will be enough to give us the cash we need to support our currently anticipated operating and capital needs, if we are unable to generate sufficient cash to purchase and maintain the property and machinery necessary to operate our business, we may be required to reduce or delay planned capital expenditures or incur additional debt. In addition, given the level of fixed and semi-fixed costs within our business, particularly at our cement production facility, both our dollar profits and our profits as a percentage of net sales (margin) can be negatively affected by decreases in volume.

Our failure to meet schedule or performance requirements of our contracts could adversely affect us.

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could exceed projected profit margins on the contract. Performance problems on existing and future contracts could cause actual results of operations to differ materially from those anticipated by us and could cause us to suffer damage to our reputation within the industry and among our customers, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Environmental, health and safety laws and any changes to such laws may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to a variety of environmental, health and safety laws, and the cost of complying and other liabilities associated with such laws may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to a variety of federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations relating to: (i) the release or discharge of materials into the environment; (ii) the management, use, processing, handling, storage, transport or disposal of hazardous materials, including the management of hazardous waste used as a fuel substitute at our cement kiln in Hannibal, Missouri; and (iii) the protection of public and employee health, safety and the environment. These laws and regulations expose us to liability for the environmental condition of our current or formerly owned or operated facilities, and may expose us to liability for the conduct of others or for our actions that complied with all applicable laws at the time these actions were taken. In particular, we may incur remediation costs and other related expenses because our facilities were constructed and operated before the adoption of current environmental laws and the institution of compliance practices and because certain of our processes are regulated. These laws and regulations may also expose us to liability for claims of personal injury or property or natural resource damage related to alleged exposure to regulated materials. The existence of contamination at properties we own, lease or operate could also result in increased operational costs or restrictions on our ability to use those properties as intended, including for purposes of mining.

Despite our compliance efforts, there is the inherent risk of liability in the operation of our business, especially from an environmental standpoint. These potential liabilities could have an adverse impact on our operations and profitability. In many instances, we must have government approvals and certificates, permits or licenses in order to conduct our business, which often require us to make significant capital and maintenance expenditures to comply with zoning and environmental laws and regulations. Our failure to maintain required certificates, permits or licenses or to comply with applicable governmental requirements could result in substantial fines or possible revocation of our authority to conduct some of our operations. Governmental requirements that impact our operations also include those relating to air quality, waste management, water quality, mine reclamation, the operation of municipal waste and construction and demolition debris landfills, remediation of contaminated sites and worker health and safety. These requirements are complex and subject to frequent change. They impose strict liability in some cases without regard to negligence or fault and expose us to liability for the conduct of, or conditions caused by, others, or for our acts that may otherwise have complied with all applicable requirements when we performed them. Stricter laws and regulations, more stringent interpretations of existing laws or regulations or the future discovery of environmental conditions may impose new liabilities on us, reduce operating hours, require additional investment by us in pollution control equipment or impede our opening new or expanding existing plants or facilities.

Changes in legal requirements and governmental policies concerning zoning, land use, environmental and other areas of the law impact our business.

Our operations are affected by numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations related to zoning, land use and environmental matters. Despite our compliance efforts, we have an inherent risk of liability in the operation of our business, especially from an environmental standpoint. These potential liabilities could have an adverse impact on our operations and profitability. In addition, our operations require numerous governmental approvals and permits, which often require us to make significant capital and maintenance expenditures to comply with zoning and environmental laws and regulations. Stricter laws and regulations, or more stringent

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interpretations of existing laws or regulations, may impose new liabilities on us, reduce operating hours, require additional investment by us in pollution control equipment, or impede our opening new or expanding existing plants or facilities.

Climate change and climate change legislation or regulations may adversely impact our business.

A number of governmental bodies have introduced or are contemplating legislative and regulatory change in response to the potential impacts of climate change. Such legislation or regulation, if enacted, potentially could include provisions for a “cap and trade” system of allowances and credits, among other provisions. The EPA promulgated a mandatory reporting rule covering greenhouse gas emissions from sources considered to be large emitters. The EPA has also promulgated a greenhouse gas emissions permitting rule, referred to as the “Tailoring Rule” which requires permitting of newly constructed or significantly modified large emitters of greenhouse gases under the Federal Clean Air Act. Our Continental Cement plant and Hamm landfill each hold EPA Title V Permits and could be impacted by the Tailoring Rule. The effects on our operations and potential costs are uncertain at this time. Under the Tailoring Rule, existing permits may require changes which could require significant additional costs if there are future substantial modifications to either of these facilities that cause greenhouse gas emissions to be increased by the equivalent of 75,000 tons or more of carbon dioxide in a single year.

Other potential impacts of climate change include physical impacts such as disruption in production and product distribution due to impacts from major storm events and shifts in regional weather patterns and intensities. There is also a potential for climate change legislation and regulation to adversely impact the cost of purchased energy and electricity.

The impacts of climate change on our operations and the company overall are highly uncertain and difficult to estimate. However, because a chemical reaction inherent to the manufacture of Portland cement releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, cement kiln operations may be disproportionately impacted by future regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change and legislation and regulation concerning greenhouse gases could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

We depend on our senior management and we may be materially harmed if we lose any member of our senior management.

We are dependent upon the services of our senior management, especially CEO Tom Hill. The loss of key management personnel or our inability to attract and retain qualified management personnel could have a material adverse effect on us. A decision by any of these individuals to leave us, to compete against us or to reduce his involvement could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

We may not be able to grow our business effectively or successfully implement our growth plans if we are unable to recruit additional management and other personnel.

Our ability to continue to grow our business effectively and successfully implement our growth strategy is partially dependent upon our ability to attract and retain qualified management employees and other key employees. We believe there is a limited number of qualified people in our business and the industry in which we compete. As such, there can be no assurance that we will be able to identify and retain the key personnel that may be necessary to grow our business effectively or successfully implement our growth strategy. Our inability to attract and retain talented personnel could limit our ability to grow our business.

Labor disputes could disrupt operations of our businesses.

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between 2013 and 2015. Although we have good relations with our employees and unions, disputes with our trade unions, or the inability to renew our labor agreements, could lead to strikes or other actions that could disrupt our business, raise costs, and reduce revenues and earnings from the affected locations.

Our operations are subject to special hazards that may cause personal injury or property damage, subjecting us to liabilities and possible losses which may not be covered by insurance.

Operating hazards inherent in our business can cause personal injury and loss of life, damage to or destruction of property, plant and equipment and environmental damage. We maintain insurance coverage in amounts and against the risks we believe are consistent with industry practice, but this insurance may not be adequate or available to cover all losses or liabilities we may incur in our operations. Our insurance policies are subject to varying levels of deductibles. Losses up to our deductible amounts are accrued based upon our estimates of the ultimate liability for claims incurred and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported. However, liabilities subject to insurance are difficult to assess and estimate due to unknown factors, including the severity of an injury, the determination of our liability in proportion to other parties, the number of incidents not reported and the effectiveness of our safety programs. If we were to experience insurance claims or costs above our estimates, we might also be required to use working capital to satisfy these claims rather than using working capital to maintain or expand our operations.

Unexpected factors affecting self-insurance claims and reserve estimates could adversely affect our business.

We use a combination of third-party insurance and self-insurance to provide for potential liabilities for workers’ compensation, general liability, vehicle accident, property and medical benefit claims. Although we believe we have minimized our exposure on individual claims, for the benefit of costs savings we have accepted the risk of a large amount of independent multiple material claims arising, which could have a significant impact on our earnings. We are liable for up to $500,000 per year per member for health claims. Our workers’ compensation and auto liability insurance has a $150,000 per occurrence deductible and our general liability per occurrence deductible is $100,000. Our property and excess property coverage carries a $200.0 million blanket annual limit, subject to a $50,000 deductible. Our general liability policy has a $1.0 million limit per occurrence and our auto liability policy has a $3.0 million combined single limit. We have umbrella insurance in the amount of $25.0 million to cover excess claims.

We estimate the liabilities associated with the risks retained by us, in part, by considering historical claims experience, demographic and severity factors and other actuarial assumptions which, by their nature, are subject to a high degree of variability. Any projection of losses concerning workers’ compensation and general liability is subject to a high degree of variability. Among the causes of this variability are unpredictable external factors affecting future inflation rates, discount rates, litigation trends, legal interpretations, benefit level changes and claim settlement patterns.

We may incur material costs and losses as a result of claims that our products do not meet regulatory requirements or contractual specifications.

We provide to our customers specified product designs that meet building code or other regulatory requirements and contractual specifications for measurements such as durability, compressive strength, weight-bearing capacity and other characteristics. If we fail or are unable to provide products meeting these requirements and specifications, material claims may arise against us and our reputation could be damaged. Additionally, if a significant uninsured, non-indemnified or product-related claim is resolved against us in the future, that resolution may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

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The cancellation of significant contracts or our disqualification from bidding for new contracts could reduce revenues and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Contracts that we enter into with governmental entities can usually be canceled at any time by them with payment only for the work already completed. In addition, we could be prohibited from bidding on certain governmental contracts if we fail to maintain qualifications required by those entities. A cancellation of an unfinished contract or our disqualification from the bidding process could cause our equipment to be idled for a significant period of time until other comparable work became available, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

We use large amounts of electricity, diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and other petroleum-based resources that are subject to potential supply constraints and significant price fluctuation, which could affect our operating results and profitability.

In our production and distribution processes, we consume significant amounts of electricity, diesel fuel, liquid asphalt and other petroleum-based resources. The availability and pricing of these resources are subject to market forces that are beyond our control. Our suppliers contract separately for the purchase of such resources and our sources of supply could be interrupted should our suppliers not be able to obtain these materials due to higher demand or other factors that interrupt their availability. Variability in the supply and prices of these resources could materially affect our results of operations from period to period and rising costs could erode our profitability.

Affiliates of the Sponsors indirectly own the substantial majority of the equity interests in us and may have conflicts of interest with us or the holders of the exchange notes in the future.

The Sponsors indirectly own a substantial majority of our equity interests. As a result, affiliates of the Sponsors will have control over our decisions to enter into any corporate transaction and will have the ability to prevent any transaction that requires the approval of equity holders regardless of whether holders of the exchange notes believe that any such transactions are in their own best interests. For example, affiliates of the Sponsors could collectively cause us to make acquisitions that increase the amount of our indebtedness or to sell assets, or could cause us to issue additional capital stock or declare dividends. So long as the Sponsors continue to indirectly own a significant amount of our outstanding equity interests, affiliates of the Sponsors will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions.

The indenture governing the exchange notes and the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities permit us to pay advisory and other fees, dividends and make other restricted payments to the Sponsors under certain circumstances and the Sponsors or their respective affiliates may have an interest in our doing so. In addition, the Sponsors have no obligation to provide us with any additional debt or equity financing.

Additionally, the Sponsors are in the business of making investments in companies and may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us or that supply us with goods and services. The Sponsors may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us. The holders of the exchange notes should consider that the interests of the Sponsors may differ from their interests in material respects. See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

As an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.

As an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of: (i) the last day of the fiscal year during which we had total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or

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more; (ii) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common stock pursuant to an effective registration statement; (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt; or (iv) the date on which we are deemed a “large accelerated issuer” as defined under the federal securities laws.

For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company,” we will not be required to, among other things:

We have not taken advantage of all of these reduced reporting burdens in this Registration Statement, although we may do so in future filings. Although we intend to rely on certain exemptions provided in the JOBS Act, the exact implications of the JOBS Act for us are still subject to interpretations and guidance by the SEC and other regulatory agencies. In addition, as our business grows, we may no longer satisfy the conditions of an “emerging growth company.” We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these new rules and we cannot assure you that we will be able to take advantage of all of the benefits from the JOBS Act.

In addition, as an “emerging growth company,” we may elect to delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards are made applicable to private companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of issuers who are required to comply with the effective dates for new or revised accounting standards that are applicable to public companies.

We are dependent on information technology and our systems and infrastructure face certain risks, including cyber security risks and data leakage risks.

We are dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure. Any significant breakdown, invasion, destruction or interruption of these systems by employees, others with authorized access to our systems, or unauthorized persons could negatively impact operations. There is also a risk that we could experience a business interruption, theft of information or reputational damage as a result of a cyber attack, such as an infiltration of a data center, or data leakage of confidential information either internally or at our third-party providers. While we have invested in the protection of our data and information technology to reduce these risks and periodically test the security of our information systems network, there can be no assurance that our efforts will prevent breakdowns or breaches in our systems that could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

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