CRH plc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes building materials. It operates through three segments: Europe Materials, Americas Materials, and Building Products. The company manufactures and supplies cement, lime, aggregates, readymixed and precast concrete, and asphalt products; and construction accessories, building envelopes, architectural products, and network access products, as well as provides asphalt paving services. It also offers concrete floor elements, pavers and blocks, pipes, and landscape walling products; mortars, coated macadam products, roof tiles, sand-lime bricks and building elements, structural concrete products, utility and infrastructural concrete products, specialty masonry products, hardscape and patio products, utility boxes and trench systems, custom fabricated architectural glass products, pre-stressed planks, and structural elements; and bagged stone, and mulch and stone products. In addition, the company provides building and civil engineering contracting, and contract surfacing services; sells and distributes cement; and supplies access chambers and ducting products, as well as operates logistics and owned railway infrastructure. It serves governments, contractors, homebuilders, homeowners, and sub-contractors. The company operates primarily in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, the United States, and internationally. CRH plc was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.