Private company
CMI Roadbuilding / Autograde
CMI Roadbuilding, Inc. of Oklahoma City began in 1961, when engineers headed by Bill Swisher started looking for new methods in the road building industry. Little had changed since the early 1900s in the methods of building roads, however, labor costs were skyrocketing and inflation meant taxpayers dollars were buying less and less. In the same period Society was becoming increasingly more mobile creating demand for better roads and highways.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Websitecmi-roadbuilding.com
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CMI Roadbuilding, Inc. of Oklahoma City began in 1961, when engineers headed by Bill Swisher started looking for new methods in the road building industry. Little had changed since the early 1900s in the methods of building roads, however, labor costs were skyrocketing and inflation meant taxpayers dollars were buying less and less. In the same period Society was becoming increasingly more mobile creating demand for better roads and highways. The CMI group believed that many road failures were due to poor riding surface which was mainly caused by inaccuracies in the subgrade.2
Acquisitions
CMI acquired two concrete batch plant manufacturers, Ross Co. in Texas and C.S. Johnson in Illinois.
From Wikipedia’s article on CMI Roadbuilding, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Links
- Websitecmi-roadbuilding.com1
- WikipediaCMI Roadbuilding
- WikidataQ5012893
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