View from the top: the 20 largest recycled aggregates producers in the U.S.The widespread crushing of concrete for on-site reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. or for offsite resale in construction and road building projects is a relatively new phenomenon, especially when compared to the re-melting of metals, which goes back to biblical times. This comparatively new practice, however, has grown tremendously in the past 15 years. Asphalt asphalt (ăs`fôlt, –fălt), brownish-black substance used commonly in road making, roofing, and waterproofing. Chemically, it is a natural mixture of hydrocarbons. surfacing is routinely recycled and re-used on site in highway and street applications, while crushed concrete can take one of several different paths. Contractors have quickly become familiar with how to use Recycled aggregates, and some of them (demolition contractors in particular) have even entered into the recycled aggregates business. This sudden growth of aggregates recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. has offered opportunities for all involved, but has also caught researchers by surprise. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) and others have attempted to determine just how widespread the practice is, with estimates ranging from 100 million to 300 million tons recycled annually. The range of what is not yet known about the industry has made the exercise of identifying the 20 Largest Recycled Aggregates Producers in the U.S. a difficult one. Defining which recycled aggregates processes should be considered presented the first challenge. For purposes of this list, the recycling of concrete was weighted more heavily, as this material involves not only road builders Noun 1. road builder - someone whose business is to build roads constructor, builder - someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) , but also the demolition segment. Figures for asphalt that is not recycled by specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. in-place paving machinery were included, as many concrete recycling When structures made of concrete are to be demolished, concrete recycling is an increasingly common method of disposing of the rubble. Concrete debris was once routinely shipped to landfills for disposal, but recycling has a number of benefits that have made it a more attractive firms also accept this material. Identifying who is actually crushing the most material was the next challenge. Concrete crushing firms come from a variety of backgrounds, including paving materials companies, highway contractors, quarrying firms, demolition contractors and the entrepreneurs who have entered the business with the production of recycled aggregates as their main business focus. Surveying these various industry segments to determine which are the largest and most active in their fields provided a first layer a research, followed then by making contact with the companies determined to be among the candidates. Companies have very different policies concerning the disclosure of their business activities. Some are reluctant to provide information, and in some cases this probably led to their omission omission n. 1) failure to perform an act agreed to, where there is a duty to an individual or the public to act (including omitting to take care) or is required by law. Such an omission may give rise to a lawsuit in the same way as a negligent or improper act. from the list. Our intention in putting together a list like this is purely to recognize the most successful operators in this recycling segment. We hope that owners, managers and employees of companies that are on the list will consider it an honor. It takes hard work by a lot of people to put together winning bids, set up crushing plants, and produce marketable recycled aggregate products. Managers and employees of these largest companies can be proud of the mountains (of debris) that they move. We hope that our recognition of these companies will be viewed as a way to honor leadership in an industry that can provide challenges with each new project that is put on the schedule. The tons of materials these leading companies produce can fluctuate year-to-year, depending upon the number of large projects in which a company is involved in a given calendar year. Most observers of the industry, however, believe the overall trend of recycled aggregates produced should continue upward, as a variety of factors help the market for recycled concrete and asphalt. Quarries located near the center of metropolitan areas are heading toward extinction extinction, in biology, disappearance of species of living organisms. Extinction occurs as a result of changed conditions to which the species is not suited. , meaning the cost to ship quarried aggregates into an urban center continues to increase. The rising cost of truck fuel is a contributing factor in favor of concrete recycling in a number of ways. In addition to reducing the cost of bringing in new aggregate, crushing concrete on site (or at a nearby plant) and using it on site (or in a nearby application) can save the fuel costs associated with hauling the material away. And the cheap disposal option that can provide an alternative to recycling concrete is also becoming rarer. The cost of fuel to haul away Verb 1. haul away - take away by means of a vehicle; "They carted off the old furniture" cart away, cart off, haul off take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" debris has increased, and in many parts of the country so has the cost of tipping concrete rubble into an inert inert /in·ert/ (in-ert´) inactive. in·ert adj. 1. Sluggish in action or motion; lethargic. 2. landfill. Additionally, in some states (such as California and Massachusetts), mandatory landfill diversion Waste diversion or landfill diversion is the process of diverting waste from landfill and is typically measured by weight. Landfill diversion can occur through recycling, regiving, or biological treatment such as anaerobic digestion or composting or also through or recycling laws are providing yet one more incentive to recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. generated building debris as opposed to landfilling. Finally, the corporate and institutional customers that building contractors building contractor n → contratista m/f de obras building contractor n → entrepreneur m (en bâtiment) building contractor serve have increasingly added environmental responsibility to their agendas. Green building initiatives, exemplified by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. (LEED) program, include incentives for contractors and their customers to recycle on site and to use recycled materials. Companies that recycle concrete most assuredly have challenges. The commercial construction segment can be cyclical cyclical Of or relating to a variable, such as housing starts, car sales, or the price of a certain stock, that is subject to regular or irregular up-and-down movements. , and highway repair budgets are facing fiscal restraints. Zoning and regulatory matters can make life difficult for the most conscientious con·sci·en·tious adj. 1. Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled: a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice. 2. of concrete recyclers. But it appears safe to say that the growth of concrete and asphalt recycling during the past 15 years is not a fluke fluke, parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm. Instead of the cilia, external sense organs, and epidermis of the free-living flatworms, adult flukes have sucking disks with which they cling to their hosts and an external cuticle that spawned by Earth Day. The sound financial and operational reasons to recycle concrete and asphalt are proven and in place, and the competition encountered to be one of the 20 Largest Aggregates Recyclers in the U.S. should be even more substantial in 2005 and beyond. C&DR The list was researched by Dan Sandoval, William Turley and Brian Taylor Brian Taylor (born April 10, 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. Playing career The moustachioued Taylor, known as "Barge", "Bristle" or "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at . The text was written by Brian Taylor.
20 LARGEST RECYCLED AGGREGATES PRODUCERS
Company Company or Div. TPY of Recycled
Address CEO or President Aggregates
Vulcan Materials Co.
1200 Urban Ctr. Dr.,
Birmingham, AL 35242 Don James 3.7 million
Independence Recycling
5531 Canal Rd., Valley View,
OH 44125 Vic DiGeronimo 3.0 million (est.)
Intex Crushers
13845 Northdale Blvd.,
Rogers, MN 55374 Greg Buhl 2.7 million
Hanson Aggregates West
6956 Cherry Ave., Long Beach,
CA 90805 Gabe Adnoff 2.3 million
Dan Copp Crushing Corp.
1300 N. Hancock St., Anaheim,
CA 92807 Dan Copp 1.9 million
Mulliniks Recycling Inc.
5937 Soutel Dr., Jackson-
ville, FL 32219 Bill Mulliniks Jr. 1.75 million
Recycled Materials Co. Inc.
6385 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada, CO
80002 Ken Buesing 1.75 million
Big City Crushed Concrete
P.O. Box 59831, Dallas, TX
75229 Trey Brown 1.70 million
Northern Indiana Materials
9331 W. 205th Ave., Lowell,
IN 46356 Bill Critser 1.5 million
Las Vegas Paving Corp.
4420 S. Decatur Blvd., Las
Vegas, NV 89103 Terry Mendenhall 1.3 million
Southern Crushed Concrete
14329 Chrisman Rd., Houston,
TX 77039 Jim Miller 1.3 million (est.)
Weber Sand and Gravel Inc.
1401 E. Silverbell Rd., Lake
Orion, MI 48360 Scott Weber 1.0 million
Bierlein Co.
2000 Bay City Rd., Midland,
MI 48642 Mike Bierlein 1.0 million (est.)
Yannuzzi Group
56 Oakwood Ave., Orange, NJ
07050 John Yannuzzi 840,000
Cherry Crushed Concrete
4601 Holmes Rd., Houston, TX
77033 Leonard Cherry 800,000
Reilley Construction Co. Inc.
1675 NE 51 st Ave., Des
Moines, IA 50313 Robert Reilly 700,000
Seegert Crushing Inc.
585 Waynes Ridge, Camano
Isl., WA 98282 Nick Seegert Jr. 600,000
Kroeker Inc.
4627 S. Chestut Ave., Fresno,
CA 93725 Jeff Kroeker 550,000
Ted Ondrick Construction Co.
58 Industry Rd., Chicopee, MA
01020 Adam Ondrick 520,000
F. S. Lopke Contracting Inc.
3430 St. Rte. 34, Apalachin,
NY 13732 Frank Lopke 500,000
No. of States or Regions
Plants Served
Vulcan Materials Co.
1200 Urban Ctr. Dr.,
Birmingham, AL 35242 19 fixed Five different states
Independence Recycling Ohio; mobile crews
5531 Canal Rd., Valley View, 6 fixed,
OH 44125 8 portable throughout Eastern U.S.
Intex Crushers
13845 Northdale Blvd.,
Rogers, MN 55374 4 portable Minnesota and the Dakotas
Hanson Aggregates West
6956 Cherry Ave., Long Beach,
CA 90805 6 portable California
Dan Copp Crushing Corp. California; Eastern and
1300 N. Hancock St., Anaheim,
CA 92807 5 portable Southern U.S.
Mulliniks Recycling Inc. Florida, Georgia, North
5937 Soutel Dr., Jackson- 1 fixed,
ville, FL 32219 9 portable Carolina, South Carolina
Recycled Materials Co. Inc.
6385 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada, CO 1 fixed,
80002 8 portable Colorado; adjacent states
Big City Crushed Concrete 5 fixed,
P.O. Box 59831, Dallas, TX
75229 1 portable Texas
Northern Indiana Materials
9331 W. 205th Ave., Lowell,
IN 46356 3 fixed Indiana
Las Vegas Paving Corp. Nevada, Arizona, Utah,
4420 S. Decatur Blvd., Las 3 fixed,
Vegas, NV 89103 2 portable California
Southern Crushed Concrete
14329 Chrisman Rd., Houston, 9 recy.
TX 77039 locations Texas
Weber Sand and Gravel Inc.
1401 E. Silverbell Rd., Lake
Orion, MI 48360 3 portable Michigan, Florida
Bierlein Co.
2000 Bay City Rd., Midland,
MI 48642 i.n.a. Michigan, adjacent states
Yannuzzi Group New Jersey, New York,
56 Oakwood Ave., Orange, NJ
07050 3 portable Delaware, Pennsylvania
Cherry Crushed Concrete
4601 Holmes Rd., Houston, TX 2 fixed,
77033 2 portable Texas
Reilley Construction Co. Inc. Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska,
1675 NE 51 st Ave., Des 1 fixed,
Moines, IA 50313 5 portable Missouri, South Dakota
Seegert Crushing Inc.
585 Waynes Ridge, Camano
Isl., WA 98282 1 portable Washington, Oregon, Idaho
Kroeker Inc. California, Arizona,
4627 S. Chestut Ave., Fresno, 1 fixed,
CA 93725 2 portable North Carolina
Ted Ondrick Construction Co.
58 Industry Rd., Chicopee, MA
01020 2 portable The six New England states
F. S. Lopke Contracting Inc. New York, New Jersey,
3430 St. Rte. 34, Apalachin, Kenturcky, Virginia, N.
NY 13732 3 portable Carolina
ESTIMATED FIGURES NOT PROVIDED BY THE COMPANIES THEMSELVES ARE FOLLOWED
BY (EST.); PORTABLE PLANTS INCLUDE BOTH TRAILER-MOUNTED MOBILE AND
TRACKED UNITS
AMONG THE MISSING? Several companies were identified by our researchers or sources within the industry that we worked with as potentially belonging on this list. A few of these companies responded to our inquiries but did not quite make it into the 20 Largest list--some of them just barely missed out. Among those who could make it onto future editions of the list with some corporate growth are: Atlas Aggregates, Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga.; Stavola Contracting, Tinton Falls, N.J.; Cox 8 Floyd Grading, Greer, S.C.; Dykes Paving, Atlanta; Heitsche Bozy Crushing, Norwalk, Ohio Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,238 at the 2000 census. The 2006 population estimate puts Norwalk at 16,576.[1] It is the county seat of Huron CountyGR6. ; Cow Town cow town n. A small town in a cattle-raising area. Noun 1. cow town - a small town in a cattle-raising area of western North America cowtown Excavating, Saginaw, Texas Saginaw is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,374 at the 2000 census. It was named in 1882 after Saginaw, Michigan by Jarvis J. Green. Geography Saginaw is located at (32.861789, -97. ; and Veit Cos., Rogers, Minn. Several companies we attempted to contact did not respond to our inquiries, and for some of these we were not able to make a reliable estimate to place them on the list. Among the companies that may well belong on this list are: Angelo lafrate Cos., Warren, Mich.; RoyWoodruff & Son, Tampa, Fla.; Waterway waterway, natural or artificial navigable inland body of water, or system of interconnected bodies of water, used for transportation, may include a lake, river, canal, or any combination of these. Materials Co., Va.; Granite Construction Granite Construction is a member of the S&P 400 Index, and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Inc., Watsonville, Calif.; Gudelsky Group/Percontee/ Recovermat, Silver Springs, Md.; Tilcon, West Nyack, N.Y.; Winzinger Inc., Mount Holly Mount Holly is the name of several places in the United States of America:
If you work for one of these companies or know of another company that you suspect should be on this list but was not contacted (or did not respond), please let us know and we will make sure to let our readers know. Editor Brian Taylor can be contacted via e-mail at btaylor@gie.net or give him a call at (216) 961-4130. |
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