As The Drum Turns…

Chandler Concrete Company’s Mill St plant in Greensboro has earned the Green-Star Certification from the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA). They are the 120^th ready mixed concrete plant across the country to earn the certification to date.

The NRMCA’s Green-Star Certification is a plant-specific certification that utilizes an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on a model of continuous improvement.  Qualification for this certification requires a rigorous review of the plant’s environmental management systems to ensure there is a structured program in place to minimize/reduce possible pollution and to make the most efficient use of natural resources such as water and air and must include a process for continual monitoring and continuous improvement.

Chandler Concrete Company’s Burlington Worth St plant recently earned the Green-Star Certification from the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA), one of less than 120 ready mixed concrete plants across the country to earn the certification to date.

The NRMCA’s Green-Star Certification is a plant-specific certification that utilizes an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on a model of continuous improvement.  Qualification for this certification requires a rigorous review of the plant’s environmental management systems to ensure there is a structured program in place to minimize/reduce possible pollution and to make the most efficient use of natural resources such as water and air and must include a process for continual monitoring and continuous improvement.

Brian Marsh Named 2009 Driver of the Year

Charles Gray and Derek Boswell are also honored

While business conditions dictated a change in format, the Safe Driver of the Year competition once again recognized the top individual efforts from 2009.

With nearly 100 employees attending the June 1^st event, the nominees from the three award categories were recognized as well as other individual and group accomplishments in the areas of safety, productivity and company service.

The event featured an outdoor venue including a catered dinner under a large festival tent at the newly completed landscape/hardscape display at the corporate office in Burlington, NC.

Brian Marsh, Siler City Mixer Driver was recognized for the top honor as the company’s Safe Mixer Driver of the Year having been selected from 32 very deserving nominees. The finalists included Rudy Coleman, Reidsville, Calvin Cowan, Salisbury, and Eddie Thompson, Greensboro.

Derek Boswell, Hillsborough Mixer Driver was recognized as the Level I “Rookie” Safe Driver of the Year winner from 20 nominees. The other finalist was Wayne Carner, Christiansburg Mixer Driver

Charles Gray, Danville Tanker Driver was recognized as the Safe Delivery Driver winner from seven nominees. The other finalist was Stanley Linkous, Christiansburg Block Delivery Driver.

Congratulations to the winners and to all those nominated. We are very fortunate to have some of the best driving professionals in our industry

In addition to the Driver of the Year winners, other recognition included our top safe yardage haulers for 2009, cumulative safe working/driving milestones, driver championship participants, plant safety awards and the newest members of our Quarter Century club recognizing 25 years of service to the company.

Our top safe yardage haulers were recognized in 5 different levels based on the total yardage produced at their location and included;

Group     Driver                     Location    Cubic Yds Hauled

I               Bobby Gerringer   Pittsboro,               4,637

II             Wayne Carner      Christiansburg,    5,960

III            Lyndon Jeffers      Roxboro                  3,611

IV            Dennis Robinson  Wytheville             3,401

V             Jimmy Jones         West Jefferson      2,749

There were over 340 employees recognized for achieving various levels of cumulative years working and driving safely since being employed with the company.

Employees achieving cumulative safe working and driving milestones achieved at 5, 10, 15 and 20 years were also recognized with a belt buckle, engraved watch or custom jacket (respectively).

In addition to individual recognition, dozens of plants were recognized for achieving safety awards from state and national agencies.

Nine employees were added to the Quarter Century Club in 2009. This group recognizes employees who have invested at least 25 years of continuous service with the company. The newest members include;

Terry Kesler, Salisbury Truck Mechanic

James Ferrell, Roanoke Mixer Driver

Mike Pullen, Roanoke Dispatcher

Steve Morgan, Asheboro Dispatch/Production

Jimmy Dillon, Roanoke Mixer Driver

Dan Canada, New River and Roanoke Valley General Manager

Junious Harris, East Division Tanker Driver

Raymond Yellock, Haw River Plant Manager

In addition to these newest members, there were two employees who reached 50 years of continuous service who received custom hand carved replicas of the vehicles they are currently driving. They were,

Ray Griffin, Salisbury Building Supply Driver

Charles Tucker, West Division Tanker Driver

These are certainly impressive achievements and we thank each of these individuals for their service and loyalty.

It has long been a focus of our company to provide quality products to our customers in a responsible way. This means paying close attention to the way we produce our products and ensuring that we take the necessary and required steps to preserve our environment.

Producing a quality product has always been a focus from selecting the highest quality raw materials, employing the most qualified people and establishing processes and programs that ensure our products are reliable and meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.

Protecting and preserving our environment while producing our products has also been a focus. We meet and often exceed the regulatory requirements for protecting the natural resources required to make our product and minimizing the impact of our processes on our surroundings.

While we view these as our basic responsibilities of conducting business, it is always gratifying when our efforts are recognized by external organizations.

 2009 Environmental Excellence Awards

Our Salisbury plant along with the Madison plant recently received the 2009 Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards for their outstanding contributions to protect the environment and maintain sound environmental management practices in their operation. 

The awards were announced at the recent Concrete Works conference held in Indianapolis with over 300 people in attendance.  Madison was recognized as an Honorable Mention winner in Category A for plants producing < 25, 000 cu yds while Salisbury was a winner in Category B for plants producing 25,000 – 50,000 cu yds. 

The plants were 2 of only 24 plants recognized for these awards nationally.

NRMCA Producer Excellence in Quality Award

For the third time in 4 years the company received this award that recognizes producers from across the country who maintain some of the highest quality standards in the industry.

With results measured in seven categories including Management Commitment, Customer Focus, Human Resources, Production Facilities and Equipment, Materials Management and Testing, Specification Review and Mix Design and Measurement Analysis, awards are given to entries that score 75% or higher.

We were one of only two companies to receive this honor in Category B (production between 250,000 and 1million cu yds) and one of only eleven companies to be recognized nationally. Many thanks to Eric Misenheimer, Corporate Technical Services Manager for coordinating the application process and for helping us establish the standards to achieve such high recognition.

All of these awards are the result of the collective efforts of many people and are further proof that we have some of the best people in the ready mixed concrete business.