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Josh Hogan – Competing With the Best
Fresh off his 2nd place finish at the CRMCA Driver Championship held in Charlotte, Josh Hogan of Randleman represented the company at the NRMCA’s 4th annual National Driver Championship held in Indianapolis Oct 17 – 19.
With his wife Lisa, son Josh Jr and daughter Rebecca cheering him on, Josh competed against 33 other drivers from producers in 19 states across the country. This year marked the first time a female mixer driver competed as a winner of the state competition in Arkansas.
The competition was very spirited as these drivers represent the best of the best within our industry. The event
Josh gets ready to drive the challenge course
involved three parts, each of which earned the participants points toward the overall championship.
The timed pre-trip inspection requires the drivers to find staged deficiencies while the timed written test measures the drivers knowledge about truck safety, product quality, truck maintenance and environmental responsibilities.
The most popular event was the skills driving course which was held in the infield of the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 race.
The course required the participants to go through 8 different stations that measure the driving skill in situations ranging from parallel parking to backing and pulling forward to see how close they could come to a stationary object without hitting it.
Although he did not place in the top 3, Josh represented the company well and showed why he is considered one of the best in the country. Congratulations on a job well done.
Josh, his wife Lisa, son Josh Jr and daughter Rebecca at the awards banquetJosh is recognized with the other drivers
Josh is recognized with the other drivers
Chandler Expands Market Area in Virginia
On October 14 it was announced that the company had officially acquired the assets of Franklin Ready Mix to include 2 concrete plants in Rocky Gap and Rocky Mount VA.
These two plants expand the company’s service area in southwest VA including Bluefield and Princeton WV as well as along the US Hwy 220 corridor south of Roanoke. We are excited about the long term potential of these markets and look forward to servicing the existing customers.
The Rocky Gap, VA plant will be part of the New River Valley operations area while the Rocky Mount plant will become part of the Roanoke Operations area.
We want to welcome the Franklin employees located at the Rocky Gap, VA plant to the company.
The newest additions to the Chandler Concrete Company at Rocky Gap, VA
New Product Line Introduced
After months of planning and preparation, we introduced our newest product line, the Grotto Stone and Architectural Series to an invited group of over 40 customers. The event was held September 16th our Christiansburg location and also included a luncheon and an AIA seminar that we co-sponsored with our supplier Essroc. The lunch was prepared by master chefs Steve Marshall, NRV/Roanoke General Manager, Dan Canada, NRV/Roanoke Operations Manager, and Scott Canada, NRV Area Manager.
We also used the event as an opportunity to promote our other products including a pervious concrete presentation by George Kuhn, Va Technical Services Mgr. The Virginia sales force was also attending to help promote the new product line and answer any questions.
The event was a huge success and we look forward to working with attendees as they place our products in their upcoming projects
