The words below were written in 1958 by Roger Corbetta, known in our industry as “Mr. Concrete!” They still ring true today for everyone at the Belarde Company!
Concrete is my business. – My future welfare and the well-being of my family depend on the quality of the work I do. I have chosen concrete out of all the construction materials of the earth as the one in which to specialize. I have done this because I feel that concrete is a material of integrity. Mixed and placed with understanding hands, concrete will not fail. Therefore, the work I do well now will survive and serve long after I am gone. Concrete walls impound billions of gallons of water for relief of a thirsty desert, and concrete bridges and broadest rivers and hold back devouring floods from cities and towns. Concrete builds a safe pathway for the darting miracles of steel which link our cities and towns. For my customers, a concrete home will protect and safeguard their loved ones from the dragons of fire or storm and for the architect whom I serve, concrete is a design medium with which they can create structures of beauty. Future generations will enjoy the things we of today have wrought of concrete for it is a material of integrity and will endure. Concrete is my business. I am proud of it. – R. Corbetta
