Graymont Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Graymont is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023. Founded in 1948, and headquartered in Richmond, B.C., Canada, the company has grown to become a major player worldwide, with operations in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, as well as in Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Chile through its 20-year partnership with Grupo Calidra.

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Van Zee Enterprises Celebrates 100 Years

Oct. 14, 2022 – The business consists of six concrete, excavating, construction, and sand and gravel operations. The company’s Van Zee origins started when founder Conrad H. Van Zee bought a block business in Rock Valley, Iowa. He renamed it Rock Valley Cement Block and Tile and operated the venture until his death in the mid-1940s, according to an article on nwiowa.com.

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TRIP Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Transportation advocates gathered in the nation’s capital in May to celebrate the 50th anniversary of TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit. Delayed by a year due to COVID-19, TRIP is celebrating five decades as the only national organization devoted exclusively to generating news and social media coverage of issues impacting the highway and transportation construction industry.

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Columbia Steel Casting Marks 120th Anniversary

This year marks Columbia Steel Casting’s 120th anniversary. Originally founded in 1901 as Columbia Engineering Works, the company was the first steel foundry west of the Mississippi River and supplied machinery parts for mining and lumber operations throughout the Pacific Northwest and California. Today, the company continues manufacturing steel wear parts for customers worldwide from its headquarters in Portland, Ore.

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Martin Marietta District Achieves Safety Milestone

Martin Marietta’s North Texas/Oklahoma District has been here before. In April, the group celebrated a full year (more than 1 million hours) of work without a reportable incident across all 18 of its operations. It’s the second such achievement in the district’s history and this time, the team is far better positioned to make it endure. 

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Columbia Steel Casting Marks 120th Anniversary

This year marks Columbia Steel Casting’s 120th anniversary. Originally founded in 1901 as Columbia Engineering Works, the company was the first steel foundry west of the Mississippi River and supplied machinery parts for mining and lumber operations throughout the Pacific Northwest and California. Today, the company continues manufacturing steel wear parts for customers worldwide from its headquarters in Portland, Ore. 

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Sandvik Celebrates My Fleet 1,000th Unit Milestone

Purpose-designed to help customers get the very best out of their investment, Sandvik Mobile Crushing and Screening announced it’s now offering a Premium data subscription on new equipment and retrofit packages complimentary for seven years. This marks the celebration of the 1,000th mobile unit to leave the factory with My Fleet connected.   

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