U.S. Concrete Announces Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule.

HOUSTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Concrete, Inc. plans to release second quarter 2005 results on Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time. In conjunction with the release, U.S. Concrete has scheduled an investor conference call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, Thursday, August 4, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Central).

    What:   U.S. Concrete Second Quarter Conference Call     When:   Thursday, August 4, 2005 - 10:00 a.m. eastern time     How:    Live via phone - By dialing 303-262-2052 and asking for the U.S.            Concrete call 10 minutes prior to the start time. - OR - Live            over the Internet - by logging on to U.S. Concrete's website at            the address below     Where:  http://www.us-concrete.com/ on the home page   

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through Thursday, August 11, 2005, and may be accessed by calling 303-590-3000 and using the passcode 11035726#. An archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call on the Company's website at http://www.us-concrete.com/ within the investor relations section of that site.

For more information, please contact U.S. Concrete at 713-499-6222 or email vnewsom@us-concrete.com .

U.S. Concrete provides ready-mixed concrete and related concrete products and services to the construction industry in several major markets in the United States. The Company has 88 fixed and seven portable ready-mixed concrete plants, eight pre-cast concrete plants, three concrete block plants and one aggregates quarry. During 2004, these facilities produced approximately 5.1 million cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete, 5.3 million eight-inch equivalent block units and 1.1 million tons of aggregates. For more information on U.S. Concrete visit http://www.us-concrete.com/

CONTACT: Robert D. Hardy, CFO of U.S. Concrete, Inc., +1-713-499-6222

Web site: http://www.us-concrete.com/