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Rob Mineo

Managing Director, Construction Materials Investment Banking at FMI Corp

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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Why they matter

A sitting sell-side banker on nearly every major western-U.S. construction materials deal, he sees platform and add-on opportunities before they're broadly shopped.

Background

Rob Mineo (Robert A. Mineo II, PE) is Managing Director and head of Construction Materials investment banking at FMI Capital Advisors, FMI Corp's registered broker-dealer subsidiary, where he runs sell-side M&A advisory for aggregates, hot-mix asphalt, and ready-mix concrete producers, with a primary focus on the western U.S. He began his career as a mechanical design engineer at Gresham Smith & Partners before moving into finance at Houlihan Lokey's Chicago office (sell-side advisory and valuations), then joined FMI. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Notre Dame, an MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, a Professional Engineer (PE) license, and a LEED AP credential.

Notable deals

  • 2023
    Exclusive sell-side advisor to Folsom Ready Mix, Inc. in its sale to Farmer Companies
  • 2024
    Advised Geofortis (natural pozzolan producer) on its sale to Ash Grove Cement, a CRH company
  • 2025
    Led the FMI deal team as exclusive financial advisor to Omni Materials in its sale to Mintek Resources, a Carmeuse North America subsidiary
  • 2026
    Exclusive financial advisor to Russell Standard in its sale to Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions

Call-prep brief

Background

  • MD and de facto head of FMI Capital Advisors' Construction Materials practice (aggregates, hot-mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete), based in Raleigh, NC, with a western-U.S. deal focus.
  • Engineer-turned-banker: PE license, LEED AP, prior stint at Houlihan Lokey (Chicago) before FMI.

Current focus

  • Has run sell-side processes on four disclosed deals in the last ~3 years (Folsom Ready Mix, Geofortis, Omni Materials, Russell Standard) — a strong signal of live deal flow and founder relationships across independent aggregates/asphalt/ready-mix operators.
  • Regular market commentator for Pit & Quarry on M&A conditions and buyer behavior in construction materials.

What he cares about

  • Maximizing outcomes for founder-owned/family businesses; repeatedly credited by sellers for guiding them through first-time sale processes.
  • Consolidation dynamics — strategic buyers (Ash Grove/CRH, Ergon, Carmeuse) vs. financial sponsors bidding for aggregates and specialty materials platforms.

Sensitivities

  • He represents sellers, not buyers — approach as a source on market activity/comps, not as someone who will share confidential seller information.
  • FMI likely views him as a repeat-business relationship banker; avoid anything that reads as poaching his client relationships.

Questions to ask

  1. Which independent aggregates/asphalt/ready-mix owners in the west are actively weighing a sale or recap right now, even if not formally engaged?
  2. How are strategic buyers (CRH/Ash Grove, Vulcan, Ergon) pricing platforms vs. financial sponsors in the current cycle?
  3. What deal structures or terms have been sticking points in his recent processes (earnouts, management rollover, etc.)?

Outreach draft

Subject
Construction materials M&A — quick intro
Hi Rob, I've been following FMI Capital Advisors' recent construction materials transactions — the Russell Standard/Ergon and Omni Materials/Carmeuse deals in particular caught our attention given our firm's interest in aggregates and specialty materials platforms. We're actively evaluating buy-and-build opportunities in the space and would value your read on where consolidation is heading, especially among independent western-U.S. operators. Would you have 20 minutes in the next couple of weeks for an introductory call? Happy to work around your schedule. Best, [Placeholder Name]

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