Skaw® was founded by Jack Skaw with the help of his father Edmund in 1973. The company was started on the family dairy farm and consisted of one tank mold, one riser mold, one boom truck, and a cement mixer mounted on the back of a Ford tractor. The first tank was poured on June 24, 1973, on the edge of an alfalfa field; it was a 1,250-gallon septic tank.

After the seventh tank was poured, production was stopped; a long wait began for the phone to ring. The phone finally rang on a Saturday in late July. More than 40 years and thousands of tanks later, we are still here. The one commitment that was established decades ago still remains today – manufacture concrete products that are high in quality, delivered on time, fast and efficiently, and at a competitive price.