Note 1 - Organization and Description of Business |
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] |
Note 1. Organization and Description of BusinessOrganization Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “Successor”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries including Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings (“Brundage-Bone”), Eco-Pan, Inc. (“Eco-Pan”), and Camfaud Group Limited (“Camfaud”). On December 6, 2018, the Company, formerly known as Concrete Pumping Holdings Acquisition Corp., consummated the previously announced business combination transaction (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to which it acquired (i) the private operating company formerly called Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. (“CPH”) and (ii) the former special purpose acquisition company called Industrea Acquisition Corp (“Industrea”). In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company changed its name to Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc. The financial results described herein for the dates and periods prior to the Business Combination relate to the operations of CPH prior to the consummation of the Business Combination. See Note 4 – Business Combination for further discussion.Nature of business Brundage-Bone and Camfaud are concrete pumping service providers in the United States and United Kingdom (“U.K.”), respectively. Their core business is the provision of concrete pumping services to general contractors and concrete finishing companies in the commercial, infrastructure and residential sectors. Most often equipment returns to a “home base” nightly and neither company contracts to purchase, mix, or deliver concrete. Brundage-Bone has 80 branch locations across 22 states. Camfaud has 28 branch locations throughout the U.K., with its corporate headquarters in Epping (near London), England.Eco-Pan provides industrial cleanup and containment services, primarily to customers in the construction industry. Eco-Pan uses containment pans specifically designed to hold waste products from concrete and other industrial cleanup operations. Eco-Pan has
14 operating locations across the United States with its corporate headquarters in Denver, Colorado. |