digital technology

Command Alkon acquires Digital Fleet product suite, team

Jack Kopanski Published Jun 26, 2025

Command Alkon says the combination of its Command Cloud ecosystem and Digital Fleet’s platform will benefit producers and suppliers. Keep Reading

Digital solutions to enhance quarry operations

P&Q Staff Published Apr 25, 2025

Check out digital technology designed to support aggregate production from Doran Manufacturing and John Deere. Keep Reading

Says Luck Stone’s Raymond Slaughter: “You can have the safest site, but if [employees are] not aware then it’s hard to make the right decision.” Photo: Pit & Quarry

Working to improve safety on jobsites (Part 1)

P&Q Staff Published Apr 24, 2025

Although technology plays a role in making worksites safer, many producers say they’re intensifying training efforts to impart the basics on new employees. Keep Reading

Says Trux’s Kent Masden: “People are going to start to use [AI] to automate the simple stuff so you can get that off your plate. That’s what we’re all looking for.” Photo: Pit & Quarry

Evolving tech for the aggregate industry (Part 1)

P&Q Staff Published Apr 17, 2025

Producers and manufacturers share their views on the plethora of new technologies available at their fingertips. Keep Reading

Pennsylvania State University’s William Rothwell says periodic conversations with employees will reveal issues about their working conditions. Photo: izusek/E+/Getty Images

How industry companies are working to preserve tribal knowledge

Kevin Yanik Published Mar 7, 2025

Producers, manufacturers and dealers have experienced a generation of employees retiring from the aggregate industry. Now, companies are turning to technology and education to preserve this operational knowledge. Keep Reading

A producer panel at the 2025 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference was comprised of Duff Quarry’s Ross Duff (left), Luck Stone’s Raymond Slaughter (center) and US Aggregates’ Kristin Sweeney. Photo: P&Q Staff

Roundtable panel explores transformative aggregate tech

P&Q Staff Published Mar 6, 2025

Leaders from Luck Stone, US Aggregates and Duff Quarry share their experience of late with modern technologies that are making a difference. Keep Reading

Richard Luck (right) currently serves Luck Companies as president while his father, Charlie Luck IV, is chairman and CEO. Photo: Luck Companies

Luck Companies president details what’s next for the company

Kevin Yanik Published Feb 28, 2025

Richard Luck explores the road ahead for the company, as well as the company‘s plans to ‘ignite human potential’ in a technology-driven world. Keep Reading