AMRIZE ACM PNW INC

DBA: COWDEN GRAVEL & READY MIX

DOT# 3766565 MC# 1342996 Bellingham, WA Authorized For-Hire
(360) 592-4200 thomas.horsmon@lafargeholcim. 3463 Cedarville Road, Bellingham WA 98226
72 power units · all owned 74 drivers 1.9M mi/yr · ~26k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Low confidence
5 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
72
Drivers · CDL
74 · 74
Annual miles
1.9M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 72 0 0 72
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 55 0 0 55

Registration

Registered
11-17-2021 (5 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-08-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
BRAD KOHL
Officer
LINCOLN KYNE

Cargo

53.8
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Other: SAND, GRAVEL, CEMENT Construction
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.57× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 72 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 17 units seen in 24 months, 0.12 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.57×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
1.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 1 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.68× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Apr 2025 – Aug 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 17 of the 72 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (19 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 72 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated May 2024).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 79% of inspections found no violations.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Oct 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
79% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.5%
2 of 19
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
3 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Washington (about 87 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25
vs 4,136 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.026
Inspections 0.17 0.97
Violations 0.04 0.57
Critical violations 0.02 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$10,000,000 · ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jun 23, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2021
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 14, 2025)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Washington (HQ) 19