What Quadrel does

Quadrel (Quadrel LLC) is a Pittsburgh-based, family-owned SaaS company that provides a unified quality control platform for concrete and building materials producers. Founded in the 1990s by Dr. Farrokh "Farro" Radjy, the company has accumulated a 25+ year operating history in concrete QC, with its platform currently deployed across 3,000+ plants and 110M+ cubic yards of production. Its customer base spans the full spectrum of the concrete industry, from single-plant operators to multi-region enterprises, addressing pain points around material variability, batching consistency, overdesign costs, and QC workflow automation.

The product is a web-native cloud platform built on AWS, with 11+ U.S. patents underpinning its capabilities and 25+ years of domain specialization. The signature innovation is CLI® (Closed Loop Interface), a patented system that enforces QC-approved mixes through the production lifecycle, syncing production to QC targets in real time and flagging out-of-tolerance loads before delivery. The platform is modular, with components covering dynamic mix management, robust QC and labs, aggregate solutions, cost and carbon (GWP) tracking, practical AI-based predictive QC, mobile field testing, AHS® calorimetry, and business workflows for quoting and incidents. An Enterprise Integration Layer connects Quadrel to ERP, CRM, BI, telematics, dispatch/plant systems, and EPD providers via APIs and supports SSO (SAML/OIDC) authentication.

Quadrel operates on a subscription-based SaaS revenue model and is sold through an enterprise direct sales motion, with demo request and specialist contact pathways on its website. The company positions its value proposition at $2+ per cubic yard of recovered value, anchored on the fact that materials represent over 50% of producer costs and a 1% material cost shift can swing margins by approximately 10%. The firm is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors and has recently rebuilt its platform for the modern web. Sustainability mandates affecting the concrete industry are addressed through the Cost + Carbon module and EPD provider integrations.

Name

Quadrel

Legal name

Quadrel LLC

Website

https://iquadrel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quadrel provides a cloud-based SaaS QC platform for concrete and building materials producers, unifying mix design, production execution, and field testing through its patented CLI® closed-loop control. The subscription platform serves single-plant operators and multi-region enterprises across 3,000+ plants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Concrete Quality Control Software

NAICS

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing (3273), Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing (32732)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Rules & Decision Management Platforms (BRMS/DMN) (HDAEAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ), Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI), Concrete Equipment (Mixers, Pumps, Batching) (IMAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Concrete quality control
• Mix design management
• Production execution software
• Building materials QC
• Construction QC platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: Cloud-based QC platform delivered as subscription service. Platform unifies mix design, materials, batching, field tests, cost, carbon, and business workflows. Enterprise IT features include SSO, role-based permissions, audit trails, and integration APIs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Quadrel is a unified web-based Quality Control (QC) platform for concrete and building materials producers that connects dynamic mix management, production execution, and QC results. Its patented CLI® (Closed Loop Interface) enforces QC-approved mixes through batching and delivery, while integrated modules handle materials, field tests, cost, carbon (GWP), quoting, and incidents. The cloud platform serves concrete producers ranging from single-plant operations to multi-region enterprises, with enterprise IT features including SSO, role-based permissions, audit trails, and integration APIs.

Product overview

Quadrel is a unified web-based QC platform for concrete and building materials that connects dynamic mix management, production execution, and QC results. The platform operates as a core system with integrated modules including Dynamic Mix & Materials (system of record for mix design and materials management), CLI® Production Control (patented closed-loop interface for production enforcement), Robust QC & Labs (test data and workflow management), Instant Submittals (documentation generation), Aggregate Solutions (plant-specific material localization), Cost + Carbon/GWP tracking, Practical AI & Predictive QC (AI strength prediction and continuous improvement), Business workflows for Quoting and Incidents, Mobile Field Tests & QC (field data collection), and AHS® Calorimetry (heat measurement). The platform enables producers to drive lifecycle performance in real time across quality, cost, and carbon dimensions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quadrel QC Platform Unified web-based QC platform for concrete and building materials producers that connects dynamic mix management, production execution, and QC results, enabling producers to drive lifecycle performance in real time across quality, cost, and carbon dimensions. Delivered as a cloud-based SaaS subscription with enterprise IT features (SSO, role-based permissions, audit trails) and integration APIs for ERP, CRM, BI, Telematics, Dispatch/Plant, and EPD systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2+ per cubic yard recovery through reduced batching wastage and overdesign
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon Heavy Construction (B2W Software / Trimble Civil): Hexagon (incorporating the former B2W Software and Trimble Heavy Civil assets) sells operations, estimating, and asset performance suites to aggregate, asphalt, and concrete producers, competing for plant-level production workflow budgets alongside Quadrel.
• Bentley iTwin / SYNCHRO: Bentley provides infrastructure digital twin and construction delivery software to engineering and asset owners; its push into construction-phase analytics makes it an adjacent incumbent competing for analytics and lifecycle visibility dollars.
• Honeywell Forge / Experion: Honeywell's industrial software and process-control suites (Forge, Experion) target heavy-process and building materials producers and could natively extend into plant-level QC, making Honeywell an adjacent incumbent.
• Procore: Procore is the dominant project management and field operations SaaS for commercial and heavy construction; while it does not own QC for ready-mix, its reach into the same GC/base ecosystem makes it a credible adjacency and adjacent M&A candidate.
• Oracle Aconex / Primavera Unifier: Oracle's construction and engineering suite bundles document control, project controls, and supply-chain workflows, and competes for the same enterprise IT budget as Quadrel's ERP-integrated QC platform.
• Trimble Viewpoint / Trimble Construction: Trimble's construction and materials portfolio addresses aggregate production, mix design, and project delivery for contractors and materials producers, overlapping Quadrel's mix-to-production scope at a much larger enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• Command Alkon: Command Alkon sells batch/ticket management, dispatch, and quality software to ready-mix and concrete producers — directly overlapping Quadrel's product surface in mix design, batching integration, and QC workflows for the same vertical customer.
• HCSS: HCSS provides estimating, field operations, and fleet/maintenance software for heavy civil and infrastructure contractors and material producers; its production and quality modules compete for the same buyer (multi-plant concrete/building materials operations) as Quadrel.

Others

• Forney (ForneyVault): Forney provides materials-testing instruments and the ForneyVault LIMS platform used by concrete labs; it is named in Quadrel's own integrations, positioning it as an ecosystem partner rather than a direct QC platform competitor.

Emerging players

• CarbonCure Technologies: CarbonCure sells carbon-injected concrete technologies and digital reporting tools to ready-mix producers; it overlaps with Quadrel's Cost + Carbon (GWP) and EPD modules around sustainability documentation and low-carbon mix design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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