Quarry Faces: November 2023

Mapistry, a software company providing a cloud-based platform for industrial and manufacturing facilities to centralize, standardize and analyze their sites’ environmental compliance, named its Environmental Team of the Year award winners at the seventh annual Mapistry Environmental Summit in San Diego. Among those to receive the honor was the environmental team at Graniterock. On hand to celebrate with Mapistry at the summit were, from left, Graniterock’s Nikhita Collins, Amy Nama and Reed Carter.

Mapistry also recognized leaders at CalPortland with an Environmental Team of the Year award. Several representatives from CalPortland joined Mapistry’s Selene Jones, pictured at center, to accept the award on behalf of their environmental team. Pictured with Jones, from left, are CalPortland’s Meghan Way, Catalina Elias, Alison Everhart and Olivia Fisher.

The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) annual Legislative & Policy Forum at the end of September drew a record 330 attendees to Washington. Many of those in attendance participated in the Hill Day component of the event, with NSSGA members meeting with members of Congress about pressing industry issues. A small group paid a visit to Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana), pictured at center. Surrounding Tester in this photo, from left, are Tina Mudd of Granite Construction Co., Emily Coyner of NSSGA, Elliot Archibald of Supreme Manufacturing and Tom Herschbach of Teichert Materials.

A sizable group representing Ohio also stormed Capitol Hill during the Legislative & Policy Forum. Those pictured in the Buckeye State contingent, from left, are Libra Industries’ Christopher Beatty, Q4 Impact Group’s Maggie Archibald, Pit & Quarry’s Dino Vitanza and Rob Fulop, Cenovus Energy’s Guy Sisler, Pit & Quarry’s Kevin Yanik, Stedman Machine Co.’s, Julie and Chris Nawalaniec, Cenovus Energy’s Danielle Arasin, Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Pat Jacomet of the Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association and Martin Marietta’s Chris Gross.

Among those P&Q caught up with at the Legislative & Policy Forum were Scott Dickson of Heidelberg Materials, left, and Jeff Wansley of the Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA). Dickson serves as president of Heidelberg Materials’ Southeast Region while Wansley is GCAA’s executive director.

Also in Washington, Rogers Group’s Kristy Robertson accepted the Platinum Award in NSSGA’s Community Relations Excellence Award program on behalf of the company’s Reostone Quarry. According to NSSGA, its Community Relations Excellence Awards recognize producers for their contributions to the communities in which they operate. The Reostone Quarry is located in Nashville, Tennessee.

CRH’s John Hay, left, presented a Rock Star Award to Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) on the last day of the Legislative & Policy Forum. As NSSGA describes, Balderson has advanced policies that help the aggregate industry since he was elected to Congress in 2018. He helped to lead the passage of the ROCKS Act, which was ultimately included in the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act. Balderson also regularly aligns with the industry to push back on new regulation and “red tape.” NSSGA’s Rock Star Awards are given annually to members of Congress who go above and beyond for the industry.

Yet another recipient of an NSSGA Rock Star Award this year is Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Arizona). As a longtime member of the House Transportation Committee and the former mayor of Phoenix, NSSGA says Stanton knows the value of infrastructure investments in terms of continuing success for local communities and the economy.

At the end of the summer, Kraemer Mining & Minerals leaders gave P&Q editor-in-chief Kevin Yanik a tour of the Burnsville Quarry in Burnsville, Minnesota. Among those to visit with P&Q were plant manager Mike Hoffman, left, and COO Cody Ladd. Find out more about on Kraemer and the Burnsville Quarry.