At King's Material, we understand what
we build is about more than the backyard. Or the driveway, community building,
and firepit. It's about building places to connect. To learn. To get away - with good friends and family.
We know it's about bringing people together.
With roots tracing back to 1882,
King's Material is proud of its foundation. Built solidly on the values of
quality and service, we have the experience needed to offer the highest
standards in concrete, masonry, and landscaping.
As a family-owned company, we have
developed a family-centric culture that promotes integrity and empowerment. We
hold our responsibility as industry-leaders in high regard and continue to pass
that responsibility down generation to generation.
For our team, it's not a job. It's challenges accepted, and potential realized. It's a first promotion, and a relaxing retirement. It's a company becoming a family. Build your career with King's Material.
William King founded King's Crown Plaster Co. with the company's operation focused on dredging sand out of the Cedar River to make plaster.
The company entered the "new" ready-mix concrete industry.
The first known sale of ready-mix concrete was made in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At $6.50 a cubic yard, this was considered outrageous.
King's and Builder's Material, a masonry supply and ready-mix company, merged to create Kings-Builders Material Inc.
Kings-Builders Material Inc. was purchased by Charles P. Rohde (C.P. Rohde).
Company named changed to King's Concrete Inc.
C.P. Rohde purchased multiple concrete block companies while continuing in the ready-mix industry.
C.P. Rohde acquired Iowa and Illinois Concrete Products and renamed the company in its entirety to King's Material, as it's known today.
Charles A. Rohde (son of Charles P. Rohde) was named president of King's Material and continues in that role today.
Constructed a state-of-the-art ready-mix plant at 355 50th Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
King's Material moved Iowa/Illinois Concrete to a new location in Eldridge, Iowa.
King's Material added a location in Waukee, Iowa.
