How Texas Is Built

An Advocacy Initiative by the Texas Aggregate & Concrete Association

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Every Mile adds extra costs

Llocally sourced aggregates & concrete help manage transportation costs & support efficient infrastructure development. Smart planning today helps keep Texas communities affordable & growing.

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Skilled Jobs That Can't Be Outsourced
Texas' aggregates and concrete industry provides hands-on, local skilled workforce careers that keep our economy moving. These are local jobs help build Texas' future.
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More Texans. More To Build

Texas' cont'd population growth means growing demand for roads, schools, housing, and infrastructure. Planning for our state's future must include access to essential construction materials.
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What happens to the dust?

Air quality matters to our communities. Through responsible operations, best practices and evolving technology, our industry strives to support growth while maintaining high air quality.

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#ResponsibleGrowth

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Materials have to travel too

Keeping essential building materials close to the communities that need them helps control transportation costs, support affordable infrastructure and keep Texas growing.

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🏠️Growth should improve everyday life for Texas families—not just add development. Aggregates and concrete help create safer roads, better parks, stronger schools and economic opportunity. That’s How Texas Is Built.

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The infrastructure you rarely see makes everyday life possible.

From foundations to drainage & water systems, aggregates and concrete help keep Texas communities strong & growing. That’s How Texas Is Built.

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HOME is more than a house🏠️

In Texas, home means the parks, sidewalks, trails & infrastructure that make everyday life better.

Strong communities are built around quality of life. That’s How Texas Is Built.

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Keeping responsible operations through accountability

Our industry works w/in layers of federal, state & local oversight to address & protect natural resources, support worker & community safety, and build trust within the community. That's 👉️https://t.co/1AmRBkm5k4

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Local sourcing isn’t just about where materials come from. It’s about keeping Texas projects moving. When materials are located close by, projects move more efficiently while reducing transportation & costs. That’s How Texas Is Built.

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Texas growth depends on raw materials—and responsible operations. Through #ESSS26, TACA connected industry professionals with scientists, regulators & experts to advance safety, sustainability and smarter practices.

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Not just any career. A Texas career.

Texas careers are building more than infrastructure and across the aggregates & concrete industry, skilled tradespeople & STEM experts do essential work that helps keep Texas growing. TACA advocates for Texas careers.

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Texas doesn't grow on blueprints alone. Building new roads, homes, schools, hospitals, etc. requires locally sourced aggregates & concrete.

TACA advocates for policies that recognize these materials as essential to Texas’ continued growth.

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Aggregates & concrete are produced locally because the materials are needed locally. So these careers stay rooted in the communities they help build. These are real careers that support local families, businesses, and stronger economies.

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Roughly 400 tons of aggregates go into an average home — from foundations and driveways to sidewalks and neighborhood streets. As Texas grows, having these materials nearby lets us build more homes and keep costs down.

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Aggregates & concrete make everyday life possible!

From the roads we drive on & homes we live in to the schools, parks & infrastructure our communities rely on, these essential materials help create the quality of life Texans enjoy.

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Modern aggregates & concrete facilities use advanced filtration, capturing ~99% of dust, suppressing emissions at the source & operating under strict air quality standards. Producing the materials Texas needs while protecting our communities.

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👉️Local aggregates & concrete help keep Texas affordable. The farther these heavy materials travel, the higher the price. Producing them in Texas reduces expenses for the homes, schools, and infrastructure that Texas communities depend on.

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Aggregates & concrete operations do more than supply the materials that shape our communities. Every plant employee, driver, equipment operator & technician supports a vast network of local jobs in the communities they serve.

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Protecting Texas Resources while Building Its Future

Aggregates & concrete facilities operate under rigorous environmental standards that safeguard our air, water, and communities—because responsible stewardship is part of "How Texas is Built."

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