NRMCA Announces Winners of 2014 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards

NRMCA has announced the winners of the 2014 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards. Entries were reviewed by a panel of judges based on a written narrative covering 11 evaluation criteria and photographs. The Environmental Excellence Awards program is co-sponsored by Concrete Products magazine. The program offers producers national recognition for outstanding contributions to protecting the environment and maintaining sound environmental management practices in their operation. The program salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance requirements and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment.

The program provides awards in five categories based on the plant’s production volume. Eligible plants include NRMCA Producer members located in the U.S., its territories or Canada. "These plants have demonstrated that they are the 'best of the best' when it comes to being good stewards of the environment," said Gary Mullings, NRMCA senior vice president of operations and compliance. "This is another example of the ready mixed concrete industry’s move to environmental excellence" added NRMCA President Robert Garbini. "These winning plants clearly demonstrate the incorporation of environmental management systems into their plant’s operation."

The honored plants are as follows:

Category A: Less than 25,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:

Concrete Supply, Co., LLC Salisbury – Salisbury, NC, First Place

Ready Mix USA, LLC Greenville – Greenville, TN, Second Place

CEMEX Orange Park – Jacksonville, FL, Third Place

Category B: Greater than 25,001 but less than 50,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:

Jack B. Parson Companies (Oldcastle Materials), Smithfield – Smithfield, UT, First Place

Dolese Bros. Co.Ada – Ada, OK, Second Place

Evans Construction Co. (Oldcastle Materials), Jackson – Jackson, WY, Third Place

Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. Ready Mix East – Rapid City, SD, Honorable Mention

Category C: Greater than 50,001 but less than 100,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:

Aggregate Industries Beltsville, Greenbelt, MD, First Place

Dolese Bros. Co.Moore – Moore, OK, Second Place

Dolese Bros. Co.Midwest City – Midwest City, OK, Third Place

CEMEX Leesburg – Okahumpka, FL, Honorable Mention

Aggregate IndustriesSloan – Las Vegas, Honorable Mention

CEMEX Temecula – Temecula, CA, Honorable Mention

Category D:Greater than 100,001 but less than 200,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:

Dolese Bros. Co.Edmond – Edmond, OK, First Place

Jack B. Parson Companies (Oldcastle Materials) Spanish Fork – Spanish Fork, UT, Second Place
LafargeVancouver – Vancouver, BC, Third Place

Eastern Concrete Materials Inc. (A US Concrete Company) Bogota – Bogota, NJ, Honorable Mention

Dolese Bros. Co.Midtown – Oklahoma City, Honorable Mention

Category E:Greater than 200,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:

Vulcan Materials Co.Mission Valley – San Diego, First Place

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Quivas – Denver, Second Place

CalPortland Company Seattle – Seattle, Third Place

Plants receiving awards will be honored during the awards luncheon at the NRMCA’s ConcreteWorks & Board of Directors’ Meeting in Indianapolis this September. Winning facilities will also be featured in an article in an upcoming edition of Concrete Products magazine and are listed on the NRMCA Web site at www.nrmca.org.