1947
RAWSON MATERIALS IS FOUNDED BY RICHARD RAWSON
PLANT #1
Original location on Munyan Road in Putnam, CT.
1971
Richard’s son, Allan, graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, MA and began his full-time employment with the company.
1980
Plant #2
Rawson Materials opened its second location on Town Farm Road in Putnam, CT.
1986
Added a fleet of trucks (Rawson Trucking).
1997
PLANT #4
Rawson opened yet another location on Black Hill Road in Plainfield, CT.
2001
3rd GENERATION AND COUNTING
Allan’s son, Jeffrey, graduated from Assumption College in Worcester, MA and began his full-time employment with the company, becoming the 3rd generation to manage Rawson Materials.
2005
PLANT #5
New location opened on Norwich Road in Plainfield, CT.
2012
PLANT #3 & PLANT #6
New locations on Wauregan Road in Canterbury, CT and Reardon Road in Thompson, CT.
2018
Plant #7
Purchased the assets of Cherenzia Excavation on Old Hopkinton Road in Westerly, RI.
2021
EXCITING YEAR!
- • Moved into our new Main Office location at the Lofts at Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, CT.
- • Purchased substantially all of the assets of Rawson Manufacturing & DB Cotton (Putnam, CT).
- • Purchased substantially all of the assets of Bevilacqua Asphalt (Uxbridge, MA)
2022
75th Anniversary
This year we celebrate a milestone: It is our 75th Anniversary!
2023
Plant #9
Acquired the operational rights and assets to the Rampco Construction Co. Inc. quarry located at 123 Oxford Avenue in Dudley, MA – which is now our Plant #9 location.
2024
Sterling Concrete Corp.
Acquired the stock of Sterling Concrete Corp. located in North Oxford, MA and will continue to offer comprehensive commercial and residential ready-mix concrete at (2) facilities. (North Oxford & Sterling, MA)