Tag: SCAA

Economic development key to South Carolina’s 2024

January 24, 2024 By P&Q Staff

Jessica Palmer of the South Carolina Aggregates Association shared her thoughts on what the aggregate industry might look like in South Carolina during 2024.

Quarry Faces: January 2024

January 19, 2024 By P&Q Staff

P&Q representatives attended Komatsu’s Quarry Days, Sandvik and Dyno Nobel’s Quarry Academy and several state association meetings before the end of 2023. Check out photos from these events.

Companies are using tracking solutions to map the location of trucks in real time, as well as telematics devices to monitor truck performance parameters such as engine speed and coolant temperature. Photo: P&Q Staff

What’s trending in aggregate tech

January 16, 2024 By Kevin Yanik

Digitalization and sustainability are growing trends in the aggregate sector, providing a variety of opportunities for producers to enhance core aspects of their businesses.

From left: Industrial Supply Solutions’ Jeromy Davis, Xylem’s Ken Albaugh, K&R Group’s Vikki Bartlett and Caterpillar’s Joey Pickett took part in a panel on technology in the aggregate industry at the South Carolina Aggregates Association’s Workshop & Exhibition. The panel was moderated by P&Q managing editor Jack Kopanski (far right). Photo: Allen Knight, Four Twenty One Media

How producers are leveraging tech to their benefit (Part 2)

March 30, 2023 By P&Q Staff

The second part of a panel discussion at a South Carolina Aggregates Association meeting touches on safety and how technology is enhancing aggregate operations.

Says Xylem’s Ken Albaugh (center): “Equipment is going to get smarter, but it’s back to the people using the data and the people with their hands on the controls.” Photo: Allen Knight, Four Twenty One Media

How producers are leveraging tech to their advantage (Part 1)

March 29, 2023 By P&Q Staff

A panel discussion at a South Carolina Aggregates Association meeting explores how producers are leveraging tech to the benefit of their operations.

Quarry Faces: February 2023

March 7, 2023 By P&Q Staff

Check out recent photos from around the aggregate industry, including ones from the South Carolina Aggregates Association Workshop & Exhibition, plus a plant tour at Mettler Toledo.

Jessica Palmer, executive director of the South Carolina Aggregates Association, says feedback about the organization’s annual event was largely positive – though the event has more room to grow. Photo: Allen Knight, Four Twenty One Media

Hundreds show for South Carolina aggregate workshop

February 15, 2023 By Jack Kopanski

Aggregate producers, equipment manufacturers and other stakeholders attended the South Carolina Aggregates Association workshop in late 2022.

Quarry Faces: February 2022

February 1, 2022 By P&Q Staff

Check out photos from the South Carolina Aggregates Association Workshop & Exhibit and the Pennsylvania Aggregates & Concrete Association’s annual meeting.

The South Carolina Aggregates Association Safety Award was presented to Martin Marietta’s Old Charleston Sand Plant. Photo: SCAA

Gallery: South Carolina Aggregates Association Workshop

January 7, 2022 By P&Q Staff

Check out photos from the inaugural South Carolina Aggregates Association Workshop & Exhibit, which included more than 250 aggregate producers and equipment suppliers.