Tag: Wisconsin

RB Scott opens facility in Minnesota

November 5, 2021 By Kevin Yanik

RB Scott president John Mickelson gave P&Q an exclusive tour of the company’s brand-new branch location in Clearwater, Minnesota.

Payne & Dolan managers can now see what their crushing operations are doing in real time through the Trimble Insight dashboard. Photo: Trimble

Payne & Dolan quarries utilizing cloud-connected belt scales

September 13, 2021 By Edited by Kevin Yanik

Cloud-connected belt scales bring fresh insights, better throughput and new levels of efficiency to three Payne & Dolan quarries.

Rock Machinery adds service manager

July 20, 2021 By Kevin Yanik

Darrin Bush will cover northern Wisconsin and Minnesota for Rock Machinery.

New head of sales, marketing at Case

January 27, 2021 By Kevin Yanik

Case Construction Equipment is turning to Terry Dolan, a longtime construction industry exec, to fill the role voided by the retiring George Preocanin.

With more quarries going offline and fewer coming online, geologist Donald Mikulic argues the industry should intensify how it conducts local and regional geologic studies. Photo: guvendemir/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Mikulic: Today’s geological info lagging prior decades

January 20, 2021 By Donald Mikulic

Key geological information that helps produce high-quality stone is generally no longer available, writes career geologist Don Mikulic. It’s a very real problem, he says, that must be addressed.

Could stone still be sourced from plentiful reserves within the city of Chicago if a few events throughout history went differently? Photo: tifonimages/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

History rewrite: What if Chicago’s reserves had been managed differently?

January 19, 2021 By Kevin Yanik

A longtime Chicago-area geologist with a passion for the industry’s history argues that the city’s challenging supply scene would be vastly different had reserves been better utilized over two centuries.

Says Rock Machinery’s Bryant Fazer: “We see a significant need to maintain inventory levels to be responsive to our customer base.” Photo: Rock Machinery

Doing more with less the 2020 recipe for success

December 16, 2020 By Bryant Fazer

In a year that presented numerous obstacles, aggregate producers found quick cost-saving measures in existing operations and ran lean to bring down their cost per ton, writes Rock Machinery’s Bryant Fazer.

Superior’s Sentry is designed with a fully-fabricated open-style rotor. Photo courtesy of Superior Industries

Rock Machinery named Superior crushing dealer in parts of Midwest

September 29, 2020 By Kevin Yanik

Rock Machinery will sell, service and support Superior’s Liberty jaw crusher, Patriot cone crusher, Sentry horizontal shaft impactor and Valor vertical shaft impactor.

Smart Sand acquires Eagle Materials’ oil, gas proppants segment

September 22, 2020 By Zach Mentz

According to Smart Sand, the segment’s primary assets include frac sand mines and related processing facilities in Utica, Illinois, and New Auburn, Wisconsin.