US: The concrete industry has lost ‘legendary’ leader Ed Sauter, who died on 21 February 2025 at the age of 76. Sauter served as executive director of the Concrete Foundations Association and the Tilt-Up Concrete Association from 1992 - 2014, and has featured among Concrete Construction Online’s 10 Most Influential People in the Concrete Industry.
20 year-long business partner James Baty described Sauter as “Highly regarded throughout the domestic concrete industry as a passionate, trustworthy and engaging servant-leader, friend and mentor to a great many who were privileged to work alongside him or be educated by him.”