Pit & Quarry, April 2017

pitandquarry com North Coast Media LLC 1360 E Ninth St Suite 1070 Cleveland OH 44114 Phone 216 706 3700 Fax 216 706 3711 EDITOR IN CHIEF Darren Constantino 330 533 6804 dconstantino@ northcoastmedia net SENIOR EDITOR Kevin Yanik 216 706 3724 kyanik@ northcoastmedia net ASSOCIATE EDITOR Megan Smalley 216 363 7930 msmalley@ northcoastmedia net DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT EDITOR Allison Barwacz 216 706 3796 abarwacz@ northcoastmedia net MSHA THE LAW COLuMNISTS William Doran william doran@ ogletree com Margo Lopez margaret lopez@ ogletree com AGGREGATE FORECAST COLuMNIST David Chereb david chereb@ sc marketanalytics com MARkET INSIGHTS COLuMNISTS George Reddin greddin@ fminet com Scott Duncan sduncan@ fminet com WESTERN u S CORRESPONDENT Loretta Sorensen GROuP PuBLISHER Rob Fulop 216 706 3741 rfulop@ northcoastmedia net ASSOCIATE PuBLISHER Dino Vitanza 216 706 3744 dvitanza@ northcoastmedia net PRESIDENT CEO Kevin Stoltman 216 706 3740 kstoltman@ northcoastmedia net V P FINANCE OPERATIONS Steve Galperin 216 706 3705 sgalperin@ northcoastmedia net V P GRAPHIC DESIGN PRODuCTION Pete Seltzer 216 706 3737 pseltzer@ northcoastmedia net ART DIRECTOR Kim Traum 216 706 3779 ktraum@ northcoastmedia net GRAPHIC DESIGNER Courtney Townsend 216 363 7931 ctownsend@ northcoastmedia net PRODuCTION SERVICES MANAGER Terri Johnstone 216 978 9622 tjohnstone@ northcoastmedia net SR AuDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Antoinette Sanchez Perkins 216 706 3750 asanchez perkins@ northcoastmedia net MARkETING MANAGER Scott Gebler 855 460 5502 x7932 sgebler@ northcoastmedia net MARkETING SALES MANAGER BuYERS GuIDE INquIRIES Chloe Scoular 216 363 7929 cscoular@ northcoastmedia net DIGITAL OPERATIONS MANAGER Bethany Chambers 216 706 3771 bchambers@ northcoastmedia net WEB DEVELOPER Jesse Malcmacher 216 363 7925 jmalcmacher@ northcoastmedia net LIST RENTAL THE INFORMATION REFINERY INC Brahm Schenkman 800 529 9020 bschenkman@ inforefinery com REPRINTS Brett Petillo Wrights Media 877 652 5295 bpetillo@ wrightsmedia com CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 216 363 7929 cscoular@ northcoastmedia net SuBSCRIPTIONS CuSTOMER SERVICE 847 513 6030 pitandquarry@ omeda com Fax 847 763 9694 Web www pitandquarry com subscribe An Inside Look Racing at Road to Rock W ith all of the political conversation regarding the Trump administration and the happenings in Washington now seems a good time to focus on a more lighthearted topic reclamation We often hear stories of interesting quarry reclamation projects and one of the most interesting of late comes out of Europe It was in Sweden where Volvo Construction Equipment and one of its dealers converted a quarry into an automobile racing arena for the 2017 World Rally Championship WRC The WRC spans 13 races on four continents including North America Rally Sweden the only winter race on the circuit is the largest annual event in the country according to Volvo The three day rally attracts more than 200000 spectators and nearly 100 million television viewers worldwide To provide onlookers with an awe inspiring view of the race there are four arenas located at key points along the route This year Rally Sweden enlisted the help of Volvo Construction Equipment dealer Swecon to construct its headline arena Road to Rock inside a rock quarry When Rally Sweden announced its decision to convert the Torsby quarry into a permanent arena Swecon saw it as an opportunity to integrate the aggregate industry with an impressive sport in an organic way It was too good to pass up according to Fredrik Rigö market communications manager for Swecon In the fall of last year the company began removing shot rock and by this winter it was ready for racing Swecon provided a fleet of Volvo excavators to create the track including an EC160E EC220E EC250E as well as an L150G wheel loader and an A35D articulated hauler to carry away the burden The center of the quarry was transformed into a VIP area The reclaimed quarry is now a permanent stadium Wed love to hear about your interesting reclamation projects so send us a line and a couple of photos In the next issue At press time we had just returned from ConExpo Con Agg 2017 so be sure to check out our May issue for the latest cutting edge equipment introduced at the show P Q Darren Constantino Editor in chiEf in the fall of last year the company began removing shot rock and by this winter it was ready for racing 6 PIT QUARRY April 2017 Photo courtesy of VolVo construction equiPment