Editors’ Blog
Safety consultant: Speak up to achieve safety excellence
Zach Knoop, a senior safety consultant at Caterpillar Safety Services, asked two straightforward questions to aggregate producers at the start of an AGG1 Academy educational session he led in Nashville, Tenn. The first: How many of you want your employees… Keep Reading
Considerations to make for your next MSHA inspection
Max Corley, an attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, shared a few strategies aggregate producers can use during a Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) inspection at an AGG1 Academy educational session in Nashville, Tenn. Corley, whose firm is located… Keep Reading
Is an impact inspection coming your way?
Be prepared for impact inspections from the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), even if you don't believe one is coming your way as an aggregate producer. That's one of the messages Max Corley, an attorney at Dinsmore & Shohl… Keep Reading
Pit & Quarry’s redesign roadmap
It’s been a long time coming and a lot of work to make happen, but the new Pit & Quarry is here. From the front cover to the Looking Back page (now called A Look Back), our brand has a… Keep Reading
Pit & Quarry’s 100-year evolution
“Why did you change my Pit & Quarry? It wasn’t broken, why fix it? We liked it.” Most people did, based on our research. We liked it, too. Pit & Quarry has been the leading publication in our industry for… Keep Reading
4 techniques for job interviewers
This is part one of a two-part series on interviews. This part of this series covers conducting an interview, while the second part covers being interviewed – for both a job and an article. Interviewing sources is a regular part… Keep Reading
AGG1 Preview: Must-attend classes
The number of educational sessions at the AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo jumped from 48 sessions last year to 53 sessions for the 2016 show. Catherine Whalen, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) director of education, helped decide… Keep Reading
Report offers presidential candidate breakdown on transportation
Are you curious about where the six remaining presidential candidates stand on transportation infrastructure? The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) offers some useful details about the candidates in a report titled "The Presidential Candidates on Transportation." ARTBA constructed… Keep Reading
Drone enhances producer’s inventory control, safety
Tracking construction material inventories on a widespread aggregate site can be a daunting proposition – and a dangerous one. Just ask Jon Layne, business development manager at Sully-Miller Contracting Co. "[Before], somebody would physically walk the pile with a GPS backpack,"… Keep Reading
