About Bonded Concrete

Our history is the embodiment of the American Dream, which began on May 14th, 1903 when Carmine Antonio Clemente arrived at Ellis Island on the Princess Irene with his 15 year old son, Salvatore Clemente.

Carmine embarked on his fateful decision to leave his hometown in Cervinara, Italy at 44 years of age as a married man with six children. While most men during that period would have considered 44 years a full life, Carmine was just beginning to pursue his American Dream.

Carmine and Salvatore planted roots in New York State, where they secured manual labor roles in preparation for the arrival of the rest of their immediate family from Italy.

By 1915, Carmine and his sons, Salvatore and Orazio, saved enough money from working in various truck driving positions to purchase an existing sand and gravel mine at the top of Hoosick Street in Troy, New York adjoining Frear Park, to launch Clemente Bros. On this property, Carmine built a multi-family home for himself and his spouse, and for his sons and their spouses and children, which continued to serve as his residence for the remainder of his life and as an active mine until the 1960’s.

In the 1930s, Clemente Bros. expanded into the ready-mix concrete business, which was located on River Street along the Hudson River, just south of Troy’s downtown area.

In 1957, Carmine’s grandsons, Anthony and Salvatore (Tory) Clemente, founded Troy Sand and Gravel in West Sand Lake, New York

In 1964 Anthony and Tory founded Bonded Concrete in Colonie, New York.

We expanded our operations with the opening of our first asphalt plant in West Sand Lake, New York, marking an important milestone in the growth of our construction materials capabilities.

We marked another milestone with the acquisition of Palumbo Concrete Products, expanding into the concrete products market and enhancing our ability to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Today, Carmine’s great grandchildren and great great-grandchildren continue to build upon his American Dream with the on-going expansion of a construction materials supplier, spanning a market from Utica, New York in the west to Springfield, Massachusetts in the east; from Lake George in the north to New York City in the south.