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Revolutionizing Sustainability in Concrete Production

Structural Components

Precast and prestressed beams, girders, and wall panels.

Architectural Elements

Cladding, insulated panels, and aesthetic finishes.

Specialized Projects

Bridges, parking garages, data centers & more.

Up to 70% Reduction in Embodied Carbon

CarbonCutter™ products align with our sustainability goals, helping projects meet environmental targets without compromising quality or performance.

Why CarbonCutter™

At Knife River Prestress, we believe sustainable manufacturing is not just a responsibility but an opportunity to lead the industry in innovation. CarbonCutter™ embodies this vision by delivering high-performance concrete solutions while addressing the challenges of climate change.

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Committed To Sustainability

Knife River is dedicated to a holistic approach to sustainability through:

45%

Performance Optimization: Up to 45% in carbon reduction

EPD

Environmental product declarations

35%

Less is More: Up to 35% reduction in concrete volume

Meet the Sustainability Team

As part of our focus on the environment, we made a decision to create a Regional Sustainability Engineering role about a year ago. Melissa Verwest, a former prestress employee who joined us from the consulting engineering market space, began the effort of not only learning where concrete stood in the sustainability discussion but also beginning to work with our unique product teams (prestress, ready mix, aggregates and construction) to identify initial steps we can take set a baseline of performance and road maps forward for continuous incremental improvement (We’ve learned there are no silver bullets!).

Melissa Verwest

Regional Sustainability Engineer
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Blake Johnson

Commercial Director
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