Pit & Quarry, June 2012

EQUIPMENT FOCUS HAULING On April 8 1958 Elam Construction purchased its first piece of equipment That 1950 Caterpillar Model 212 motor grader still exists and is on display at the Grand Junction corporate office Elam Construction purchased the grader for 5884 1344 came from savings and the rest had to be financed The payments 252 for 18 months seemed enormous at the time but the growing business needed equipment Sometimes everyone got paid except Robert and Mildred Just one more piece of equipment was a phrase heard throughout the years but the philosophy of continuing to slowly grow their business paid off In 1975 Robert and Mildred sold the business to sons Harold and Earl and long time employee Arnold Ridder Today Elam Construction is owned by Summit Materials and is under the leadership of Todd Bauer Accolades The company has received many awards over the years The most recent was in 2010 when Elam Construction received the 2009 Best in Colorado Quality in Production Award from the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association That same year Elam Construction of Grand Junction and CDOT Region 5 were awarded the 2009 Best in Colorado Asphalt Pavement Quality Award in the Smoothest Pavement Resurfacing category The award was in recognition for road improvements on U S Highway 160 in Rio Grande County Since 1956 Elam Construction has made its corporate home in Grand Junction near the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers The corporate office houses the companys Grand Junction and Highway Construction divisions along with main equipment maintenance facilities and supporting staff Elam Construction also has sites in Craig Durango and Edwards using three crushing plants to mine at 12 different gravel pits Corporate staff provides support for outlying regional offices Services at the corporate office include human resources accounting property management materials equipment maintenance safety quality control compliance and information technology Summit Materials purchased Elam Construction in March 2011 Summit was formed in 2009 to acquire and grow companies in the aggregate asphalt paving cement construction and ready mix concrete industries Summit also operates companies in Kansas Kentucky Missouri Texas and Utah PQ Loretta Sorensen is a freelance writer in Yankton S D who produces material about a variety of topics serves as a ghostwriter and has authored her own books YOU NEED TO 2ESIST BLINDING AINTAIN ACCURATE SIZING ET MAXIMUM THROUGHPUT THE UNIFIED ANSWER 3UPER LOW SCREEN MEDIA If you want better performance from your screens talk to Unified We design and manufacture screens to meet actual customer needs No compromises No short term fixes Like our SuperFlow screens Customers wanted greater throughput with proper sizing and blinding resistance We engineered and manufactured a hybrid of vibrating wire for a lively screen surface plus open cast polyurethane cross strips for increased wear life Field reports show that SuperFlow screens can improve throughput by 30 percent or more without blinding problems Unified screening crushing and sizing products perform better on the job because they are inspired by the job You get commitment and experience every time you place an order Call us at 866 968 3697 or go online at unifiedscreening com Were Unified for you s INFO UNIlEDSCREENING COM WWW UNIlEDSCREENING COM 7IRE LOTH s 0OLYURETHANE s 2UBBER s ANGANESE www pitandquarry com June 2012 PIT QUARRY 15