Pit & Quarry, February 2011
RIPRAP both a rock producer and marine contractor to become a preferred producer and supplier of riprap and armor stone for the East Coast without actually operating its own quarry That knowledge is one of our greatest attributes We understand what those marine contractors need and what they are going through Randy Blanton says The quarries and salesmen know the average road contractor and DOT very well but they dont know what these marine contractors need and dont have relationships with marine contractors like we do Chesapeake Materials can supply large 500000 ton jobs it works extensively with the U S Army Corps of Engineers or single truckload projects It produced about 1 million tons of material in 2010 Randy Blanton estimates Utilizing about 30 employees the company works with quarries in three ways It produces riprap and armor stone from a quarrys unwanted space consuming boulders and sells it directly to its customers Chesapeake generally classifies armor stone as material with a mean weight of more than 1750 lbs It produces riprap and armor stone within a quarry building inventory for that quarry to sell It provides breaking services within a quarry reducing boulders to smaller sizes for use in the primary crusher the logistics of delivering rock to the job site can be the most expensive part of the process but chesapeake materials uses its vast resources and finds the most efficient method Building relationships Randy Blanton calls Chesapeake Materials specialists at their work for several reasons starting with its relationship with quarry operations The company works with an extensive list of quarries including almost all major aggregate producers Last year it worked in quarries operated by APAC Mid South Independence Construction Materials Lafarge Luck Stone Martin Marietta and Vulcan and it wont exclude mom and pop operations One of the things that helps our customers because we dont own a quarry but have relationships with all major quarry chains when we typically find out about a job we look to see if we have a quarry nearby that represents the best combination of rock and also the ability to deliver at a reasonable price to that job Randy Blanton says The logistics of delivering rock to the PitHog MudCat LTXLG DVWH 7HFKQRORJ DREDGES ZZZ lZWSLWKRJ FRP LWT LLC 32 PIT QUARRY February 2011 www pitandquarry com
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