Cemstone, the Upper Midwest’s leader in high-performance concrete, decorative and pervious concrete and engineering services, has been chosen as winner of the Category B 1 award by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards competition.
The Category B competition, for which Cemstone’s Columbus, Minnesota, facility received the award, is for those producers with an annual production between 25,001 and 50,000 cubic yards annually at those facilities.
“Because of the Columbus plant’s proximity to Crossways Lake, it is important to be innovative in how we address environmental issues at the site,” said Alex Olin, Cemstone’s environmental and safety coordinator. “We continually strive to improve our environmental performance not only at the Columbus location, but at all of our locations."
Through the Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards competition, the NRMCA’s Operations, Environment and Safety committee salutes companies that have not only met, but surpassed governmental compliance measures and demonstrated a commitment to environmental excellence through plant and staff investment. The competition was judged on 11 separate criteria that demonstrated the company’s commitment to the environment through innovative management.
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association was established in 1930 and operates through a partnership agreement with state associations. Its mission is to responsibly represent and serve the entire ready mixed concrete industry through leadership, promotion and education.
Founded in 1927, Cemstone operates ready-mix concrete plants in Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa. The company operates a fleet of blue Cemstone ready mix trucks and offers a complete line of concrete pumping capabilities, aggregates, engineering services, concrete block and masonry products used in the construction of concrete structures.
Following is a complete list of the winners of the 2015 National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards competition.
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Category A: Less than 25,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:
1st Place Winner – Idaho Materials & Construction Ketchum Plant; Ketchum, Idaho
Runner-up – Chandler Concrete Company, Inc. Moneta Plant; Moneta, Virginia
Category B: Greater than 25,001 but less than 50,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:
1st Place Winner – Cemstone Products Company Columbus Plant; Columbus, Minnesota
Runner-up – CEMEX Coolidge Plant; Coolidge, Arizona
Honorable Mention – Dolese Bros. Co. Ardmore Plant; Ardmore, Oklahoma
Category C: Greater than 50,001 but less than 100,000 cubic yards of concrete produced:
1st Place Winner – Dolese Bros. Co. South Norman Plant; Norman, Oklahoma
Runner-up – Preferred Materials, Inc. Odessa Plant; Odessa, Florida
Honorable Mention – Maschmeyer Concrete Company, Inc. Lake Park Plant; Lake Park, Florida
Honorable Mention – Martin Marietta Valmont Plant; Boulder, Colorado
Honorable Mention –Ready Mix Concrete Lincoln College View Plant; Lincoln, Nebraska
Category D: Greater than 100,001 cubic yards of concrete produced:
1st Place Winner – CalPortland – Front Avenue Plant; Portland, Oregon
Runner-up – Dolese Bros. Co. – Yukon Plant; Yukon, Oklahoma
Honorable Mention – Campbell Concrete & Materials LLC – Conroe Plant; Conroe, Texas
Honorable Mention – Eastern Concrete Materials Inc. , a division of U.S. Concrete Inc. – Bogota Plant; Bogota, New Jersey
Honorable Mention – GCC Mid-Continent Concrete Co. – Tulsa Plant; Tulsa, Oklahoma
