Pit & Quarry, January 2011

www pitandquarry com Green is the new black Y es Green is the new black Black as in in the black Black as in profit Black as in money Black as in well green Green is more than a catchword its more than a trend and its certainly not going away Its all about making the best use of our resources and the aggregates industry has been doing that for a long time Youre going to see much more of it The marketing firm BMG does a lot of work for the aggregates and construction industries and it has a new initiative called BMG Green The company says Today all levels of government and private construction projects are requiring and funding more environmentally sustainable and energy efficient approaches to design material reuse and technologies At the same time infrastructure funding at all levels is requiring more recycle reuse and new technologies to reduce costs environmental damage and landfill waste BMG is right Being green is more than about being a responsible company It is now going to affect permits bids and even your bottom line On page 40 of this issue read about the Green Roads Summit at this years ConExpo Con Agg The daylong event will teach readyto apply green construction techniques Roundtable return For more than a decade Pit Quarry has hosted an industry roundtable and after a two year hiatus we brought the event back this past fall Representatives from equipment manufacturers aggregate producers and industry associations covered everything from the economy and highway bill to ConExpo and MSHA Part one of the transcript ran in Pit Quarry last month and an abbreviated version of part two is on page 22 of this issue For full length copies of parts one and two please visit www pitandquarry com and click on Web Exclusives Politically incorrect My October editorial on TARP received a good deal of feedback both negative and positive but it was my November opinion on politics that prompted a call from Joy Wilson president and CEO of the National Stone Sand Gravel Association She expressed her disapproval of my implication that NSSGAs political action committee ROCKPAC is in any way attempting to influence votes when it makes contributions Wilson says the PACs goal is rather to support candidates with like minded views My apologies to the association On page 4 of this issue is NSSGAs unedited response to my November editorial Darren Constantino Editor in ChiEf dconstantino@ questex com 600 Superior Ave East Suite 1100 Cleveland oh 44114 216 706 3700 fax 216 706 3710 E Mail info@ pitandquarry com Editor in ChiEf Darren Constantino 216 706 3747 dconstantino@ questex com SEnior Editor Brian Richesson 216 706 3748 brichesson@ questex com SAfEtY Editor Carl R Metzgar cmetz46840@ aol com LAW Editor Michael T Heenan michael heenan@ odnss com WEStErn U S CorrESPondEnt Bill Elverman elvermanwrites@ yahoo com ViCE PrESidEnt i S GroUP Kevin Stoltman 800 669 1668 ext 3740 kstoltman@ questex com Print ELECtroniC AdVErtiSinG PUBLiShEr Rob Fulop 216 706 3741 rfulop@ questex com SALES MAnAGEr Dino Vitanza 216 706 3744 dvitanza@ questex com CLASSifiEd AdVErtiSinG SALES MAnAGEr Dino Vitanza 216 706 3744 dvitanza@ questex com Art dirECtor Kim Traum ProdUCtion MAnAGEr Krystal Lund 218 279 8841 klund@ questex com dirECtorY ProdUCtion MAnAGEr Angela Dumonson 218 279 8845 adumonson@ questex com ProdUCtion dirECtor Rhonda Sande MAnAGEr AUdiEnCE dEVELoPMEnt Debbie Gullian LiStS Ilene Schwartz Kroll direct 216 371 1667 fax 216 371 1669 ilene@ krolldirect com rEPrintS 800 290 5460 ext 100 pitandquarry@ theygsgroup com SUBSCriPtionS BACK iSSUES CUStoMEr SErViCE Phone 866 344 1315 or 847 763 9594 if outside the U S Fax 847 763 9694 Web www pitandquarry com subscriptions President Chief Executive officer Kerry C Gumas Executive Vice President Chief financial officer Tom Caridi Executive Vice President Tony DAvino Executive Vice President Gideon Dean Being green is more than aBout Being a responsiBle company it is now going to affect permits Bids and even your Bottom line 2 Pit QUArrY January 2011 www pitandquarry com