Strand Concrete

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Thankful for my siblings Jesse Jones and Rosie Jones Reinhardt and the contributions they have made to Big Dog Drilling, LLC and Strand Concrete over the years.

Merry Christmas from Big Dog Drilling and Strand Concrete! 🎄🎅🏼
Big thank you to our INCREDIBLE crew for everything that they do, without you we couldn’t have made it to our 20th year in business. We are grateful for each and every one of you.

2025! Here we come! 🐾🐾

In celebration of Steve’s 30 years at Strand Concrete and 20 years at Big Dog Drilling:

When I was a little girl I didn’t really understand what my dad did for a job, I just knew “daddy does dirt”.
For years I rolled my eyes in annoyance everytime we had to stop “to check a job” on the way home from a dinner out or anytime he pointed out a job we did the concrete on. I never wanted to work for the family business and when I started here as a teenager I saw what my dad did every day and thought all he did was pick up checks and go to lunch.

Now I’m on the other side and unfortunately people just don’t get it. No one on the outside really knows what it’s like to run a family business. Every holiday, every family dinner is a business meeting. It never ends. There’s no such thing as vacations, holidays or weekends. There’s no explaining to outsiders what this dream job actually entails. Yes, there is flexibility and freedom but there is a lot of sacrifice. No one sees when he wakes up in the middle of the night to check the bank account or transfer money out of his retirement account to cover payroll. But that’s the sacrifice we made when my father started TWO family businesses.

It’s in his blood, he can’t help it. His family is made up of entrepreneurs and business owners. His grandfather started Dearborn Stove Company in the 1950s and later founded Strand Corporation a manufacturing company based in Garland, TX. Then Steve’s mother ran the company in the 80s. Pretty incredible feat for a single woman at that time. Both of his sisters were successful realtors and many of his nieces and nephews went on to become business owners as well. Maybe it’s the Swedish influence on our genetics.

As you know Steve has a special personality, you either love him or you don’t. There’s no middle ground. He paves his own way and makes his own rules so naturally working for other people wasn’t a good fit. As a young family man in the 80s after his family business sold he began working in construction. Somewhere around the mid 90s he found himself where many employees find themselves. Broke and unhappy he thought “this isn’t rocket science, I can make my own concrete company”.

Around 1995 Strand and Associates was born and the Steve and Dena Jones family embarked on a new adventure. Over the years changes came, from humble beginnings doing engineering inspections with only two people, to residential concrete projects, then a name change to Strand Concrete and growing the company to tackle multimillion commercial projects. Through it all, the heart of the business has remained the same. “Small enough to listen, big enough to deliver.

My father has taught me many lessons throughout my 40 years of being his daughter and now business partner. He’s taught me the value of hard work, he’s taught me to care about people and be generous with what God has given us but mostly he’s taught me to never back down from a challenge. Be afraid and do it anyways. No matter what tough things life and business has thrown at us I know we can figure it out and I know we have each others backs.
I love you dad and I’m so happy you finally got your fairy tale ending in the mountains. Texas will miss you! Thank you for everything you have taught us all about this industry and about life. You can hang your hard hat up now, Big Dog.

Please help us congratulate Mama Dog, Kailah Jones Creed and Blake Creed on their marriage this past weekend! We wish you both a lifetime of happiness together❤️

Great night celebrating Noe Montelongo and Ruben Montelongo’s 10 year anniversary with Strand Concrete. We are blessed to have them representing us in the field every day!

163 piers finished with 11 foot columns.
📍Lubbock, TX

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with gratitude for his strides towards equality. Just as Dr. King inspired change, our team is dedicated to breaking new ground in our industry. Wishing everyone a day filled with unity and progress!