Pit & Quarry, February 2011
Specialists for the job An East Coast company works closely with quarries to produce and supply riprap and armor stone By Brian richesson T wenty five years ago Virginia based Chesapeake Materials was faced with a decision that would ultimately shape its future and identity Just what type of company would it become Its founder Bill Blanton owned a marine construction business working on jobs that required a high specification of rock owing to the natural forces it faces along the water A couple of quarries even allowed him to make his own material ensuring the quality that he needed All of a sudden some other construction companies on the Chesapeake Bay said That rock really looks good can we buy it from you explains Randy Blanton Bills younger brother and the companys current president He started selling it to his competition That competition came back to him and that side of his business grew After a while however those companies grew tired of competing with Chesapeake Materials while using Chesapeake made material and Bill Blanton was forced to decide his companys fate Would it be a rock producer or a marine contractor My brother decided he was a rock producer and got out of the marine construction end Randy Blanton says Foundation Today Chesapeake Materials bases its business model on that history using its background as RIPRAP Last year Chesapeake Materials worked in quarries operated by APAC Mid South Independence Construction Materials Lafarge Luck Stone Martin Marietta and Vulcan and it wont exclude mom andpop operations 30 PIT QUARRY February 2011 www pitandquarry com
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