NSSGA names Community Relations Excellence Award winners

Cemex’s Balcones Quarry received a gold Community Relations Excellence Award from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, and also received the Stars of Excellence award. Photo: P&Q Staff

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) named the recipients of the NSSGA Community Relations Excellence Award.

The awards recognize producers’ achievements through involvement in their community to enhance the public’s perception of their business, facility and the industry. This year, NSSGA recognized a total of eight gold, eight silver and 44 bronze winners.

“All our members are valuable contributors to their communities,” says NSSGA president & CEO Michael Johnson. “From sponsorships, to volunteer time, to community events and school engagements, our members are known for their strong Community Relations programs. The awards help us to highlight those that stand out in a particular year, and I congratulate all of them.”

The 2022 gold Community Relations Excellence Award winners were recognized during the advocacy prep session on the first day of NSSGA’s Legislative & Policy Forum. The top-scoring Gold award winner, Danville Quarry of Caldwell Stone Co., also received the platinum award.

NSSGA also awarded a National Stars of Excellence Award, which is presented to an operation with multiple Gold Awards in safety, community relations or environmental excellence within a five-year period. In 2022, Cemex’s Balcones Quarry won the Stars of Excellence for its 2022 Community Relations Excellence and 2019 Environmental Excellence Awards.

Award winners

Along with Caldwell Stone Co.’s Danville Quarry receiving the platinum award and a gold award, seven other operations received gold awards.

Three Rogers Group operations were recognized as gold: Gallatin Quarry, Hopkinsville Aggregate and Rutherford Quarry. Cemex’s Balcones Quarry, Peckham Materials Corp.’s Pleasant Valley and Washington Rock Quarries’ Kapowsin Quarry also received gold awards. Snyder Associated Companies’ Slippery Rock Quarry, a part of Allegheny Mineral Corp., received gold as well.

Several companies had multiple operations receive the silver award.

CRH’s Marble Cliff, Stoneco Maumee and Stoneco Scott, all part of The Shelly Co., received the award. Martin Marietta’s Churchville Quarry and Hunter Stone both got silver as well, and Rogers Group’s silver winners were Bullitt County Stone and Jefferson County Stone.

Vulcan Materials Co.’s SAC-TUN operation rounded out the eight silver winners.

Martin Marietta led the way in bronze recipients with 24 operations recognized, followed by CRH with 11 and Granite Construction and Rogers Group each with three bronze recipients. Vulcan, Holcim and Wendling Quarries each had a bronze winner as well.