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THE TEXAS AGGREGATES AND CONCRETE ASSOCIATION
Texas Aggregates and
Concrete Association
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Phone: 512 451-5100,
Fax: 512 451-4162
www.tx-taca.org
Richard Szecsy, P.h.D., P.E.
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FEATURES
8 TACA REMAINS STRONG
DURING DIFFICULT YEAR
Farewell to Frank Johnson
9 TACA SHORT COURSE
Outstanding Speakers and
Noteworthy Topics
11 WHAT IS THE CSA?
Compliance, Safety,
Accountability
14 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS,
PART V
Demonstrating Adaptability
and Coping with Stress
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2011-2012 Board of Directors
Earl Ingram, Chairman, Ph. D., P.E.
Ingram Readymix
New Braunfels, TX
Carl Campbell, Director
Trinity Industries
Dallas, TX (2012)
Lee Hunter, Director
Texas Lehigh Cement Co.
Buda, TX (2014)
Kelly McDonald, Director
Ash Grove Cement
Houston, TX (2014)
Larry Roberts, Vice Chairman
Martin Marietta Materials,
San Antonio, TX
Ervin Chavana, Director
Sika Corporation
League City, TX (2012)
Wally Johnson, Director
Redi-Mix (US Concrete)
Houston, TX (2014)
Stacey Meyer, Director
Holcim (US)
Irving, TX (2013)
Roy Kirkpatrick, Treasurer
Knife River Corporation
Bryan, TX
Joel Galassini, Director
Capitol Aggregates, Ltd.
San Antonio, TX (2012)
Terry Koy, Director
Koy Concrete
Sealy, TX (2013)
Weldon Ratliff, Director
Ratliff Ready Mix, L.P.
Waco, TX (2012)
Jamie Rogers, Secretary
TXI
Dallas, TX
Jim Greer, Director
BASF Admixtures, Inc.
Dallas, TX (2014)
Richard Linn, Director
Central Ready Mix Concrete
Company
San Juan, TX (2012)
Bobby Slavinski, Director
Allied Concrete
Thompsons, TX (2014)
Frank Johnson,
Immediate Past Chairman
Hallett Materials
Porter, TX
Bill Heath, Director
Custom-Crete
Austin, TX (2012)
Tommy Abbott, Director
Southern Star Concrete
Irving, TX (2013)
Phillip Holland, Director
Hanson Aggregates
Irving, TX (2014)
David Litteken, Director
OK Concrete Co.
Wichita Falls, TX (2013)
Pat Strader, Director
Cemex, Inc.
Houston, TX (2012)
Kirk Taylor, Director
Alamo Cement Co.
San Antonio, TX (2013)
Jeff Lott, Director
Vulcan Materials
San Antonio, TX (2014)
2011-2012 Allied Board of Directors
Chris Pepper, Chairman
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle
& Townsend, P.C.
Austin, TX
John Musslewhite, Secretary
CBMW/Continental
Manufacturing Company
Dallas, TX
Fred Mead, Vice Chairman
Mead Equipment, Inc.
Conroe, TX
Frank Beck,
Immediate Past Chairman
Beck Industrial
Converse, TX
Terry Anderson, Director
Grande Truck Center
San Antonio, TX
Jeremy Sandusky, Director
McQueary Henry Bowles Troy, LLP
Dallas, TX
Clinton Campbell, Director
Bruckner Truck Sales, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Greg Hughes, Director
Cummins Southern Plains, LLP
Houston, TX
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President’s Message
By Richard Szecsy, Ph.D., P.E.
A
s we close the books at the end of our financial year, we have all
heard the great cliché and seen the clarity of hindsight. Having only
been here for six months, and in the middle of a legislative session,
the last six months do not appear clear at all, but rather a blur similar to
looking out the window of a car doing 60 miles per hour and trying to read
the license plate of a car going the opposite direction. A blur to say the very
least. But that does not mean we have not been focused on our mission here
Richard Szecsy, Ph.D., P.E.
at TACA. In just these past six months we have accomplished a tremendous
amount of work and managed to create and begin to implement a strategy to
move TACA forward.
Part of the effort focused on making TACA’s message about our industry more
available. We have as an industry continued to pat ourselves on the back and promote
ourselves to each other. We have not done such a good job of letting those outside our
industry understand how important our industry is to the Texas economy. We employ
hundreds of thousands of Texans, contribute enormous amounts of sales tax revenues
to the local and state economies, and are quite literally the foundation of the
construction segment of the economy. We need to get that message focused on the
external audience, rather than the internal. To that end, we have launched multiple
separate initiatives to do just that:
• A complete overhaul of the www.tx-taca.org website. The website will be upgraded
to be more compatible with smart phones, less cluttered with noise and more
focused on delivering the message about who TACA is, our industry, and our
legislative agenda. The Industry Promotion and Marketing Committee will be an
integral part in the revision that will take 90 days to complete.
• A marketing map of the s tate with all permitted aggregate, concrete, cement, and
supporting businesses with a discrete location, so that any zip code, county, or
more importantly legislative district can clearly see how many of our industry’s
businesses are located in specific geographic regions.
• Our first ever marketing survey to capture ground level data on individual market
segments and geographic regions for the state so that we can have a baseline in
which to monitor improvements or trends from a ground level perspective.
• The formation of a Sustainability Committee to show that aggregates and concrete
are the sustainable material of choice for the construction industry and to make
sure that TACA is promoting that message within our local communities.
These are just a few of the changes that are ongoing and will continue to
develop as we move forward. We are glad to see that the participation within TACA
is increasing, despite the condition of the economy. I think members at all levels
recognize the importance of membership and more importantly participation within
the organization to maximize their investment, as well as continue to communicate
outwards about this industry.
In just these past six months
we have accomplished a tremendous amount of work and
managed to create and begin
to implement a strategy to
move TACA forward.
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TACA Remains Strong
During Difficult Year
By Mary Lou Jay
L
ast June, in his initial address as chairman of
TACA, Frank Johnson compared the strength of
the association to the strength of concrete.
Concrete is the strongest material known to mankind, and we
represent the gravel, the rock, the sand and the fly ash that make
that concrete. Invariably we’re going to be stronger if we stick
together,” said Johnson, vice president of Hallett Materials, Texas.
Johnson has relied upon that inherent strength of TACA and
its members during a challenging year as TACA chairman.
A native of Iowa, Johnson began working for Hallett in that
state in 1963. He moved to Texas in 1981 as superintendent and
division manager and became involved in TACA a few years later.
“It has been a tremendous honor to be Chairman of the Board
of TACA for a year,” he says.
“TACA has always been a strong association; in 2008, we won
the Association of the Year from the National Ready Mix Concrete
Association. We have tremendously good members, and they’re
strong. But in these times, it’s tough,” Johnson said.
One of his biggest responsibilities during his 2010-2011 term
was to keep TACA going during a bad economy. “We pay our dues
based on sales, and if what we’re selling is cut in half, we have
only half the dues. So we had to cut down on our expenses in
the TACA office. We laid off staff, got rid of office space, cut
programs and events like the truck rodeo and golf tournaments.
Anything that didn’t make money, we had to cut.
“But TACA is doing well now, and we’re keeping up with
expenses,” he says.
The resignation of Michael Stewart, longtime president, CEO and
lobbyist of TACA, was the low point of the year, Johnson said. “But
we did have a tremendous executive committee to fall back on. We
were having meetings every other day and interviewing people. One
day, when I was up in Dallas testifying at an EPA hearing, I saw
Rich Szecsy and asked him, ‘Why don’t you apply for president of
TACA?’ He said no, but I went and asked him again. Finally, I put my
hand on his shoulder and said, “‘We need you’.”
The day that Szecsy accepted the job as TACA president was
one of the happiest of his life, Johnson said. “He is highly, highly
intelligent in concrete, and he’s a workaholic. He never stays in
the office; he says what pays the bills is going out and calling on
customers. He’s the type of guy who has to have something to do
all the time. His very high energy has helped re-energize the TACA
staff.” Szecsy has proved that he can talk to people at every level,
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and has been successful in recruiting several new members who are
expected to join the association in the near future.
One goal of Johnson’s during his year as chair was to
achieve a better relationship with the AGC of Texas. “Over the
years, there have been some bad things that have happened
and there has been great animosity and distrust between our
organizations. But we’re the materials providers and they’re the
pavers, so I wanted to try and get along with them because
we’re all after the same goal,” Johnson said.
The presidents of the AGC of TEXAS and TACA held several
meetings over the year. “We have agreed that we may disagree at
times, but we still need to work together; at least we’re talking,”
Johnson added.
In the political arena, Johnson worked to support the passage
of the Texas Equal Enforcement Equity Act (HB 571 and SB 160),
which would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
to enforce equally the regulations on discharging water into rivers.
TACA also lobbied federal legislators in Washington D.C., opposing
the EPA proposal to regulate fly ash as hazardous waste.
EPA activities will continue to be a challenge in the year
ahead, Johnson says. “The EPA plans to shut down over 30
cement plants in the U.S. because they’re not in compliance
with EPA rules,” he says. TACA will help fight against such rules,
Johnson adds. “Environmental cleanup is supposed to be going
on globally, but Mexico is not doing this; China is not doing it.
When things are going well, we bring in about one-third of our
cement from Korea or other foreign countries. That tells me we’re
getting handcuffed in a way that nobody else is.”
Johnson says TACA member companies have survived these
competitive and economic challenges by tightening their belts.
“My dad lived through the depression, and he had a banker tell
him, ‘Before you buy anything think; if you can live without it,
don’t buy it.’ I think that is good advice.”
He doesn’t expect the good times in the industry to return
immediately, but Texas’ continued growth will help bring about a
slow recovery. “I don’t think things will be back to the way they
were in 2007 and 2008—we won’t see that until at least 2013 or
2014 anywhere in the U.S.
“It’s just like the price of our products; you can cut $2 a ton from
the price in a second, but it takes you years to get things built back
up. The economy, too, is going to take a long time to get back up.”
It will take the strength of TACA and all of its members
working together to help ensure that the industry is in a good
position when that growth does occur.
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TACA 53 Annual Short Course
Outstanding Speakers and Noteworthy Topics
S
hort Course was held in downtown Austin this past February 2011. Students involved in the Concrete
Industry Management (CIM) program at Texas State University participated in the Short Course reception
the first day of the seminar. The CIM students were interested in meeting members of TACA and finding a
summer internship with one of the member companies.
A wide range of topics were presented this year: From governmental – TACA Legislative Update by Wallace Henderson, Partners with
TRPSA Strategy Partners; to operational – Managing Electricity Cost in Regulated Market and Deregulated Market by P.R. Talluri, Energy
Consultant with ENERGY One; to safety – MSHA’s Most Cited Standards by Scott Horner, Attorney with Alan Ritchey, Inc. These are essential
topics for every one of your employees.
The much anticipated EPA and
the Future of Coal Ash Regulation
was presented by Mr. Tom
Adams, Executive Director of the
American Coal Ash Association.
TACA President Rich Szecsy
(right) and Education
Committee Chairman John
Van Til with CEMEX, Inc. (left)
thanked attendees for coming
and gave an overview of the
outstanding speakers and topics
that were presented during the
seminar.
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Lionel Lemay, Senior VP
Sustainability with National
Ready Mixed Concrete
Association, gave an
introduction and a post-seminar,
in-depth presentation on
NRMCA’s Sustainable Concrete
Plant Certification.
Texas State
Representative
Larry Phillips, House
Transportation
Committee Chairman,
kicked off the seminar
as the luncheon
speaker.
Lisa Lukefahr, Concrete/Cement
Materials Engineer for Texas
Department of Transportation,
updated attendees regarding
revisions of the TxDOT
specification book.
Victor Bretting, VP
Operations-Dallas with
TAS Commercial Concrete
Construction, LLC,
discussed mass concrete
from the contractor’s
perspective.
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What is the CSA?
By James Owens,
North Texas Safety Manager
Sunset Logistics, Inc.
W
hat is this C.S.A. everyone is talking about? No, it is not Concrete Strength Analysis or Complete Safety Audit.
It is not another Certified Systems Administrator for your IT Department either. It is the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new way to measure carrier safety. If you had to pause to answer the question,
you have some work to do. CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) is a major FMCSA initiative to improve the effectiveness
of the Agency’s compliance and enforcement programs. The ultimate goal is to achieve a greater reduction in large truck and
bus crashes, injuries, and fatalities, while more efficiently using the resources of FMCSA and its state partners. They plan to
accomplish this by reaching more carriers (earlier and more frequent interventions) and improving efficiency of investigations.
With that being clarified, what does it
mean for you and your company and the
aggregate industry as a whole? Without pages
of algorithms, points, scoring methodology,
and other information that can make your
head spin, I will try to answer it using the
Keep It Super Simple method. Put simply, your
company (all carriers with a US DOT Number)
will now be graded and compared to other
carriers of like size (Safety Event Groups)
in each BASIC (Behavioral Analysis Safety
Improvement Category) and crash indicators.
The BASICS are listed on table 1.
Depending on the violations (scored
differently based on number of violations,
severity, and frequency ) and how your
company rates (Compared to the best in
each BASIC and the worst) you are assigned
Table 1
Unsafe Driving
(Parts 392 & 397)
Fatigued Driving
(Parts 392 & 395)
Driver Fitness
(Parts 383 & 391)
Drugs/Alcohol
(Part 392)
Vehicle Maintenance
(Parts 393 & 396)
Improper Loading/Cargo Issues
(Parts 392, 393, 397 & HM Violations)
Crash Indicator
Table 2
Passenger
Carriers
HM Carriers
All Other
Carriers
Unsafe Driving,
Fatigued Driving (HOS),
Crash
50%
60%
65%
Driver Fitness,
Controlled Substances/Alcohol,
Vehicle Maintenance,
Cargo-Related
65%
75%
80%
BASIC
a percentile that “scores” your carrier and
are compared to an Intervention Threshold.
Obviously you want to be under the listed
thresholds. The thresholds differ by the
likeliness that violations could lead to a
crash. The Intervention Thresholds are
listed on table 2. If your percentage is
over the threshold, you are a candidate for
intervention.
Where do they get the data you ask? This
data is taken from all roadside inspections
(Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3), as well as
the accident reports on DOT Recordable
accidents, and past compliance reviews.
This data is uploaded monthly to the CSA
website (http://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov) and can
be sorted by tractor license plate, driver
name, BASIC, date, and just about every
way you want to look at it. The Driver’s
Roadside Inspection history follows him/her
for three years (36 Months) and five years for
DOT Recordable Accidents on his/her PreEmployment Screening Program (PSP-We’ll
discuss this one in a minute). The carrier is
held accountable for the driver’s Roadside
Inspections for two years (24 Months).
Once you sign up and download
your data, you need to look for Red Flag
Violations found on Table 3. These types of
violations can trigger a compliance review
regardless of where you stand in your
threshold comparison. From there, look for
repeat offenders that might suggest that an
individual needs some education or training
in a particular area that they are getting
violations on. You might also find that many
of your drivers are getting violations in the
same BASIC, and you might need to modify
your New Hire Orientation process or update
your current driver training programs. I’ll refer
to this as the “Train and Retain” process.
Depending on which industry publications
you read, a common topic on many of them is
the “upcoming driver shortage.” I think it is
better phrased as a “qualified driver shortage.”
You might already be experiencing this before
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CSA came along. As you can clearly see with
the majority of the violations discovered on
roadside inspections, the BASIC starts and
ends with the driver. The importance of a
good (or great) pre-trip inspection can save
the carrier money from citations as well as
save both the carrier and driver points under
CSA. What about the driver? Where does he
fit in this CSA process? What do you do with
a driver who has more roadside inspection
violations (citations and warnings count the
same) than anyone else in your driver pool? In
the past you might have terminated him when
you found out how many violations that were
received, however with the fear of a driver
shortage, do you take the chance to “train and
retain” and continue driving, or take a chance
on hiring a new driver to replace him?
Let’s discuss the information available to
you to hire a prospective driver. You can pull
the Motor Vehicle Record to look for moving
violations and accidents, his background, DAC,
and now thanks to CSA you can pull his PSP
(www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov). Once your carrier
signs up, and with the written permission of
the applicant, you can pull his PSP report.
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This report shows the last 36 months of
roadside inspection history as well as the
previous five years DOT Recordable Accident
History for all of the carriers that he drove
for. Your company may be experiencing a
surge in violations in a certain BASIC, is this
driver’s history going to have a positive or
negative impact on your BASIC? How many
violations or points are too many? What
will your insurance company say? Will your
CSA score influence your insurability or your
rates? What if he does not have any moving
violations, DOT Recordable Accidents, and
have been driving for his last carrier for 10
years, however his PSP would have a negative
effect on your current BASIC ranking? Are
you going to have to modify your hiring
guidelines? What about having a second
level review? Did the applicant list all of the
employers on the PSP on your application?
These are questions that you and your
management team will have to address and
find common ground about who is qualified
Table 3
Part
Description
383.21
Operating a CMV with more
than one driver’s license
383.23(a)(2) Operating a CMV without
a valid CDL
383.51(a)
Driving a CMV (CDL) while
disqualified
383.91(a)
Operating a CMV with
improper CDL group
391.11
Unqualified driver
391.11(b)(5) Driver lacking valid
license for type vehicle
being operated
391.11(b)(7) Driver disqualified from
operating CMV
391.15(a)
Driving a CMV while
disqualified
392.4(a)
Driver uses or is in
possession of drugs
392.5(a)
Possession/use/under
influence alcohol-4hrs
prior to duty
395.13(d)
Driving after being
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Operating an Out-OfService (OOS) vehicle
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and who is not qualified. The FMCSA is not
giving any guidance on how many points or
violations are too many.
Did you forget we just discussed a
shrinking qualified driver pool and now we are
entertaining having a more stringent hiring
process? What about the driver who truly
cares about his roadside inspection history
and does a very thorough pre and post-trip
inspection. His Driver’s Vehicle Inspection
Report (DVIR) lists multiple mechanical
defects that need to be repaired. What you
might have let go in the past (3/32 tire
tread depth on a drive axle tire) you now
are going to replace because you do not
want the points for your driver or for your
company. What about those brakes that the
driver wrote up for being to thin (I did say
he did a good pre-trip) and they are just on
the verge of needing to be replaced. You just
read about training your drivers (or more
accurately titled delivery professionals) to
complete a proper DVIR. Are you going to
take the truck out of service to get them
repaired and chance missing loads? Are you
going to start replacing parts before you
would have in the past to avoid violations?
This CSA has just started costing the company
more money. You now have to change your
New Hire Orientations to incorporate CSA,
train your current drivers, Managers, Dispatch,
and Supervisors, and more than likely start
spending more money on Maintenance B.L.T.
(Brakes, Lights, and Tires).
The most important thing you can do is
understand that you are not the only one
that can see your data.
Who can see the data? You can see your
carrier’s full profile when you gain access,
as well as state and federal partners can
see your data when they log in. What may
surprise you is that five of your BASICS
are open for public view (unsafe driving,
fatigued driving, driver fitness, controlled
substances, and vehicle maintenance). You
can also see your most recent MCS-150
update, past compliance reviews, number
of roadside inspections, number of DOT
recordable accidents, as well as accidents
involving a vehicle that was towed or
anyone was injured. This is just anther
reason to make sure that your company has
allocated the resources, time and money
TACA. By getting involved in the different
committees, or just building relationships
with other companies in our industry, we all
get smarter. A wise silver haired man once
told me that, “We are only as good as the
information we can steal or borrow.” I suggest
that you start “borrowing” information
and make sure you educate your delivery
professionals, management, and maintenance
team about how CSA WILL change the
industry for a better and safer industry.
Hopefully I have gotten you thinking
about CSA and the benefits it brings.
to CSA. litigation attorneys might try to use
this public information against you.
Did 2011 bring you a new bigger budget
for maintenance? If not, whose budget is
it going to hit? With the price of fuel being
where it is, are rates going to have to go up
to cover the costs of maintenance, training,
tracking data, and the PSP? Where do you
go from here? At the very least, you should
immerse yourself in the information available
to you. Once you have gone to each of the
web sites listed, I suggest that you make sure
that your safety department is plugged into
For our customers.
For our neighbors.
For our environment.
Southwest Division
1-210-208-4400
It’s not just what we make,
it’s what we make possible.SM
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BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS – PART V
Demonstrating Adaptability and
Coping With Stress
By Kerri A. Todd – TXI Safety & Training Coordinator, Concrete
O
ur industry continues to be impacted with reductions in force,
acquisitions, added responsibilities, and management changes.
Most likely, you have taken on additional responsibilities and are
working with or for others that you have not worked with before. Constant
change increases the need to move quickly, deal with ambiguity, and
accept change.
People who thrive in these times are
comfortable with ambiguity and a fast
pace. In addition, other characteristics
include an established balance between
personal and work-related activities.
Below are some valuable tips from “The
Successful Manager’s Handbook” on
demonstrating adaptability:
• Develop a sense of humor. Learn not
to take yourself too seriously.
• Live in the present. Avoid ‘fueling
stress fires’ by bemoaning the past
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or spinning your wheels about the
future.
Look for two or three quick ways to
relax and escape daily tensions.
Set aside time for vigorous physical
activity and then do it.
If you are overcommitted and expect
to be great at everything, focus
your energy on fewer areas and
allow yourself to be average in less
important matters.
Expect things to turn out well.
HALLETT MATERIALS
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TEXAS DIVISION
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(281) 354-2215
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• Accept and acknowledge your
accomplishments as worthwhile.
• Finish what you start.
• Establish and deepen non-work
friendships. “Let your hair down,”
be yourself, and talk about sensitive
areas without being afraid.
• Decontaminate your leisure time. Set
aside time to have fun and don’t let
work or thoughts about it intrude.
• Be aware of times when you are holding
on to a solution or procedure because
“that’s the way it has always been done”
instead of giving consideration to other
viable alternatives.
• Get organized and manage your time
better to help reduce stress.
• Pay attention to your diet. Learn
more about good nutrition and about
things such as caffeine or nicotine
that can impact your health and sleep
patterns negatively.
• Watch for habits of negative or selfdefeating inner conversations or
self-talk. Work to replace them with
positive inner thoughts.
Remember that much of our stress
comes from our attitudes—what we
say to ourselves about the situations,
trials, and challenges that confront us.
Positive attitudes and positive affirming
ways of approaching situations will
likely lead to positive short-term stress
instead of negative chronic stress. Think
optimistically. Anticipating that things
will not work out well can turn into a
“self-fulfilling prophecy.” Anticipating a
positive outcome, in and of itself, will
increase your chances of success, as well
as your feeling of well-being.
Take care and remember to think
safety “24-7”.
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ConServ is your dealer for CON-E-CO
concrete batch plants and Sysdyne Controls.
ConServ provides sales, erection and
service for new and used concrete
batch plants, controls and equipment.
CON-E-CO builds the best, most
innovative concrete batch plants in the
USA. Sysdyne supplies batching, dispatch and material handling systems.
Houston Sales Office
281-260-3700
Dallas Sales Office
972-723-2301
Dispatch
877-673-7470
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We also represent the fine products of
Liebherr, Durex and VM Fiber Feeders.
We’re small enough to offer personal
service, and we’re ready to answer
your questions at the number below.
ConServ Equipment Corporation
PO Box 6196
Katy, TX 77491
Office: (281) 394-2690
Parts: (800) 466-6469
tmccann@conservequipment.com
www.conservequipment.com
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Fly Ash
Expertise
Lafarge is a leading supplier of concretequality fly ash. Lafarge fly ash can improve
many of the properties of concrete, including
workability, consolidation and strength.
Our rigorous quality control and assurance
program also ensures demanding construction
industry standards are met.
All this is backed by over fifty years of
acquired experience and technical expertise
in the ash business.
To learn more, visit our website at
www.lafarge-na.com
or contact your local representative:
Benoit Cotnoir
4760 Preston Rd, Ste 244 - 221
Frisco, TX 75034
T 913 915 7455
E Benoit.Cotnoir@Lafarge-na.com
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LAND/RESERVES PURCHASE
Natural Resource Partners L.P., a publicly traded master
limited partnership, is interested in purchasing land, surface
and mineral rights and minerals processing infrastructure.
In 2010 NRP acquired aggregate reserves in Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina and Indiana. Some of these recent acquisitions
include industrial silica sand, specialty aggregate reserves, and
infrastructure for the processing and manufacture of fine grind
calcium carbonate. NRP also purchases actively mined aggregate
reserves from landowners, as well as from aggregate producers
through a sale/leaseback for future royalty payments. All cash
purchases, NRP has the ability to close and fund quickly. Funds
may be used for recapitalization, partner buy-out, operating
capital, equipment purchases, plant expansion, etc.
Acquisitions@nrplp.com
Toll Free (Phone/Fax) 866-973-8886
www.nrplp.com
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800-326-1821
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Supplying Your Aggregate, Asphalt, Concrete and Contracting Needs
2901 Marlin Highway 6, Waco, Texas 76705 || Ph: (254) 761-2600 || Fax: (254) 761-2695
6310 Highway 21 West, Bryan, Texas 77807 || Ph: (979) 361-2900 || Fax: (979) 361-2920
14933 State Hwy. 155 South, Tyler, Texas 75703 || Ph: (903) 939-5600 || Fax: (903) 939-5620
4825 Romeda Road, Beaumont, Texas 77707 || Ph: (409) 842-2100 || Fax: (409) 842-9393
Mailing Addresses: P.O. Box 1800, Waco, Texas 76703 || P.O. Box 674, Bryan, Texas 77806
P.O. Box 20257, Beaumont, Texas 77720
www.kniferiver.com
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PROFILE LIST
Eliminate Carryback
Keep carryback off of
your return belts and in
it’s proper place.
AGGREGATES
Alan Ritchey Materials, LC
740 S Interstate 6/13/06
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Valley View, TX 76272
Phone: (940) 726-5360
Fax: (940) 726-5323
E-mail: gsessums@alanritchey.com
Web: www.alanritchey.com
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Efficient operations
don’t need extra clean
up or build up on
components!
Aggregate Sales: Glenn Sessums,
Gary Baker - Production Manager:
Danny Noltkamper - Transportation:
Clark Dishman 2952 Smith Rd. Yuba,
OK Office 877-671-4917 or 580285-2424 Fax 580-285-2193 Family
owned mining, processing and
transportation of small aggregates
serving the north TX and southern
OK area. Source for TX-DOT approved
and C-33 materials.
Let Richwood cleaners
eliminate carryback on
your conveyors!
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Waukesha-Pearce Industries Inc.
P.O. Box 35068
12320 S Main
Houston, TX 77235-5068
Phone: (713) 723-1050
Fax: (713) 551-0798
Web: www.wpi.com
Waukesha-Pearce Industries, Inc.
has served the construction, mining,
oil and gas industries in Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma
for 80 years. Waukesha-Pearce
Industries, Inc. represents Komatsu,
Gradall, Bomag, Sennebogen,
Allied, LaBounty, Esco and others
throughout Texas.
MINING CONSULTANTS
CEMENT
RICHWOOD
Contact: Phil Henson at (304)633-4056
Email: phenson@richwood.com www.richwood.com
EQUIPMENT SALES,
SERVICE & PARTS
Texas EMC Products, Ltd.
2204 Timberloch 2/25/10
Place, Suite
248
2:58:36 PM
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Phone: (281) 419-2422
Fax: (281) 419-2446
E-mail: mbest@texasemc.net
Web: www.texasemc.net
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Texas EMC Products’ plant location
is in Jewett, Texas with corporate
offices in The Woodlands, Texas. We
use a patented process to prepare
pozzolans for use as supplementary
cementitious materials (SCM) that
replace Portland cement at 50 to
60% or higher replacement rate.
Our products qualify for high LEED
points and CO2 credits.
McCalip & Company, Inc.
3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1212
Dallas, TX 75234
Phone: (972) 919-6186
Fax: (972) 919-6173
E-mail: jmccalip@
mccalipandcompany.com
Web: www.mccalipandcompany.com
Aggregate reserve consultants
for the mining industry with
the following services : Geologic
Evaluations, Sand & Gravel testing,
Core Drilling, Reserve Analysis, Site
Selection, Contract Development,
Contract Negotiation, Mine Planning,
Bonded Mine Site Permitting,
Resource Valuations, Property
Management, Acquisitions. 33 years
of experience in the aggregates
business. Our goal is your success.
CRANES & ACCESSORIES
RECYCLING EQUIPMENT &
ACCESSORIES
QMC Hydraulic Cranes
18071 Mt. Washington Street
Waste Crete Systems
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…for the Texas ready mix concrete industry
From innovative products and technical knowledge to local field
service and support, Grace is there, helping you increase the
value you bring to your customers
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Phone: (714) 754-0337
Fax: (714) 966-1829
E-mail: rex@qmccranes.com
Web: www.qmccranes.com
Since 1977, QMC continues to
provide the precast industry with
custom cranes that offer the best
combination of payload and lifting
capacity. Let us custom build your
next crane today!
Houston, TX 77040
Phone: (713) 937-9699
Fax: (713) 937-6011
E-mail:
rabneysr@envirowashout.com
Web: www.envirowashout.com
Waste Crete Systems is happy
to announce that the US Patten
office has approved the Patten
on our unique portable concrete
washout system! The EnviroWash
concrete washout system is cape
able of reducing the fresh water
consumption of cleaning out readymix trucks by up to 95%.
I N D E X O F A D V E R T I S E R S /A D V E R T I S E R . C O M
ADMIXTURES
W.R. Grace .......................................18
www.graceconstruction.com
AGGREGATE EQUIPMENT
CEC Crushers & Screen-its
of Texas, Inc. ....................................15
www.ceccrushers.com
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
AGGREGATES
Alan Ritchey Materials, LC ...............18
www.alanritchey.com
Hallett Materials ...............................14
www.hallett-texas.com
Knife River Corp. ..............................17
www.kniferiver.com
Martin Marietta Materials.................13
www.martinmarietta.com
TXI ...................................................15
www.txi.com
Vulcan Materials Co. ......................... 4
www.vulcanmaterials.com
BATCH PLANTS/CONTROLS, SALES
& SERVICE
Conserv Corp. ..................................16
www.conservequipment.com
Martin Sprocket & Gear ..................... 3
www.martinsprocket.com
BIN LEVEL INDICATORS
Conserv Corp. ..................................16
www.conservequipment.com
BRUSHES/BROOMS
RoMix, Inc ........................................17
www.romixchem.com
BUILDING & PAVING MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials.................13
www.martinmarietta.com
CEMENT
Ash Grove Texas, LP .........................16
www.ashgrove.com
Holcim (USA), Inc. ............................17
www.holcim.com/USA
Knife River Corp. ..............................17
www.kniferiver.com
Texas EMC Products, Ltd. ................18
www.texasemc.net
Texas-Lehigh Cement
Company ................. Inside Back Cover
www.texaslehigh.com
CONCRETE PLANTS & EQUIPMENT
Conserv Corp. ..................................16
www.conservequipment.com
CONCRETE REMOVERS/
BIODEGRADABLE
RoMix, Inc ........................................17
www.romixchem.com
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
QMC Hydraulic Cranes .....................18
www.qmccranes.com
CONSTRUCTION TESTING &
INSPECTION
Raba-Kistner
Consultants, Inc. ..... Inside Back Cover
www.rkci.com
CONSULTANTS - ENVIRONMENTAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
Westward Environmental, Inc............ 6
www.westwardenv.com
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
Raba-Kistner
Consultants, Inc. ..... Inside Back Cover
www.rkci.com
CONVEYOR SYSTEMS & PARTS
CEC Crushers & Screen-its
of Texas, Inc. ....................................15
www.ceccrushers.com
Richwood .........................................18
www.richwood.com
CONVEYORS & ACCESSORIES
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
CRANES & ACCESSORIES
QMC Hydraulic Cranes .....................18
www.qmccranes.com
CRUSHER EQUIPMENT
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
CRUSHERS
C. L. Dews & Sons Foundry & Mach.
Co., Inc. ............................................. 6
www.dewsfoundry.com
EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING/
ENGINEERING
Westward Environmental, Inc............ 6
www.westwardenv.com
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Westward Environmental, Inc............ 6
www.westwardenv.com
EQUIPMENT
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
QMC Hydraulic Cranes .....................18
www.qmccranes.com
EQUIPMENT SALES, SERVICE &
PARTS
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
Southwestern Pneumatic .................. 4
www.se-pneumatic.com
Waukesha-Pearce Industries, Inc. ....18
www.wpi.com
EQUIPMENT SALES, SERVICE,
RENTAL & PARTS
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
FINANCE/ACQUISITIONS &
MERGERS
Natural Resource Partners, L.P. .......17
www.nrplp.com
FLY ASH
Headwaters Resources ..................... 4
www.flyash.com
LaFarge Cement...............................16
www.lafargenorthamerica.com
GEOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL &
SAFETY CONSULTANTS
Westward Environmental, Inc............ 6
www.westwardenv.com
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
HOLT CAT .........................................12
www.holtcat.com
INSURANCE
Texas Mutual Insurance
Company ...............Outside Back Cover
www.texasmutual.com
LOADERS
QMC Hydraulic Cranes .....................18
www.qmccranes.com
MATERIAL HANDLING &
PROCESSING
C. L. Dews & Sons Foundry
& Mach. Co., Inc. ............................... 6
www.dewsfoundry.com
CEC Crushers & Screen-its
of Texas, Inc. ....................................15
www.ceccrushers.com
MINING CONSULTANTS
McCalip &
Company, Inc. ..................................18
www.mccalipandcompany.com
MIX DESIGN SERVICES
Raba-Kistner
Consultants, Inc. ..... Inside Back Cover
www.rkci.com
MIXER TRUCK WASH
RoMix, Inc ........................................17
www.romixchem.com
PORTABLE SCREENS & CONVEYORS
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
PRECAST SUPPLIES &
ACCESSORIES
RoMix, Inc ........................................17
www.romixchem.com
PUMPS & SYSTEMS
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
QUALITY CONTROL EQUIPMENT
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
READY MIXED CONCRETE
Martin Marietta Materials.................13
www.martinmarietta.com
RECYCLING EQUIPMENT &
ACCESSORIES
Waste Crete Systems ...................... 18
www.envirowashout.com
SCREENING EQUIPMENT
Crisp Industries, Inc. ........................16
www.crispindustries.com
TESTING
Raba-Kistner
Consultants, Inc. ..... Inside Back Cover
www.rkci.com
TRUCKS
Mack Trucks, Inc. .... Inside Front Cover
www.macktrucks.com
Performance
Truck. .................. Inside Front Cover
www.performancetruck.com
QMC Hydraulic Cranes .....................18
www.qmccranes.com
WORKERS COMPENSATION
Texas Mutual Insurance
Company ...............Outside Back Cover
www.texasmutual.com
TEXAS LEHIGH
CEMENT COMPANY, LP
www.texaslehigh.com
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