Prairie Materials is the ready mix and aggregate supplier contractors, project managers, and public agencies have trusted since 1948. We deliver concrete and aggregates to projects across Illinois, and into areas of Indiana and Wisconsin. From small home projects to large-scale infrastructure, warehouses, and high-rises, we have the materials for you.
About Prairie Materials
Prairie Materials supplies ready-mix concrete, performance mixes, aggregates, and specialty products. Whether your project calls for standard structural concrete, high-early-strength mixes for a tight schedule, or recycled aggregates for a sustainable spec, our team can match the material to the job.
Ready Mix Concrete
We offer a full range of mixes designed to support any project, no matter the size or complexity. Each mix is backed by Prairie Materials’ technical team, who design and control the quality of every mix from plant to pour.
Prairie+
Through Prairie+, customers have access to a range of ready-mix solutions developed to reduce carbon impact, along with Environmental Product Declarations and project-level reporting to support material selection and documentation. Each mix is supported by our technical team to ensure it meets your specifications.
Aggregates
Our aggregates team supplies stone, sand, and gravel from multiple quarry and pit operations across the region, with delivery options sized for everything from a residential driveway to a multi-phase highway project.
The Prairie Materials team took on one of Chicago’s most ambitious developments, a pair of towers rising 78 and 49 stories into the River North skyline, directly across from the historic Holy Name Cathedral. This is the kind of project that makes people stop mid-block and look up.
What it took to get there was not small; concrete was placed with the precision and consistency that a build of this scale demands. Every pour mattered, and every decision carried the weight of what this project was becoming, not just another high-rise, but a permanent fixture in one of America’s most recognizable city skylines. This is the work Prairie Materials brought to the table.
Starting a project with Prairie Materials is straightforward. Tell us what you need, and our team will respond quickly.
Every question deserves a clear, timely answer, and that is the standard we uphold.
Prairie Materials is more than a supplier. It is a workplace where generations of families have built careers in the industry.
We invest in safety, training, and development because our people are the foundation of everything we deliver. Drivers, batch operators, lab technicians, and quality control teams all play a role in keeping projects moving. As a subsidiary of a global cement leader, Votorantim Cimentos, we are guided by Our VC Way principles: Safety and Health, Learn and Evolve, and Lasting Results that shape how we hire, train, and grow our teams. Learn more about what it means to work at Prairie Materials.
Prairie Materials is part of Votorantim Cimentos, one of the largest cement and building materials companies in the world. Their global backing gives Prairie Materials access to research, innovation, and sustainability resources that few regional suppliers can match.
While our parent company operates across more than a dozen countries, Prairie Materials stays rooted in the communities that we have been serving since 1948. The combination of local knowledge and global expertise is what allows us to bring products like Prairie+ to market and invest in lower-carbon concrete solutions.
Stay current on what we are working on, from new product launches and plant upgrades to community involvement and sustainability milestones.
Keeping customers, contractors, and project partners informed reflects two of the principles in Our VC Way: Trust and Simplicity, and Open Dialogue. The full News page is where the deeper stories live.
