Shriman Cement & Steel

Shriman Cement & Steel is located right at 159 on New Airport Road. Being in Dasanayakanahalli, we see a lot of changes happening around here with all the new construction. It’s a loud area, mostly because of the traffic going toward the airport, but we’ve gotten used to the noise over time. We handle a lot of heavy stuff, mostly steel rods and bags of cement that get dusty. It’s not the cleanest job in the world. My shirt usually has some grey dust on it by ten in the morning. We don’t have a big team, just a few of us making sure the loads get onto the trucks properly. Sometimes the delivery truck gets stuck in traffic, which throws off the whole afternoon. We don’t have a fancy office with leather chairs. It’s mostly just a desk, a lot of paperwork, and the storage area. People come in looking for specific sizes of steel or a certain amount of cement for a patch job. We just tell them what we have in stock and how much it costs. No big sales pitches here. It’s a straightforward business. We keep the gates open through the day. Sometimes it rains and we have to rush to cover the cement bags so they don’t go hard. That’s always a bit of a scramble. The airport road always has some construction going on, which keeps us on our toes. Sometimes the dust from the road is worse than the dust from our own cement bags. We keep a small radio in the corner, but you can barely hear it over the trucks. We don't spend money on fancy brochures.