December 2002

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People
Carved in Stone


Management

Predicting Opportunitiesfor Growth.
By influencing internal and external factors, the aggregates industry can continue to grow.

Operations

Emission Standards Impact Engines.
A guide to the new standards.

Quarry Dreams.
Opening their first quarry, partners research options and make non-traditional equipment choices.

Automation Leadership.
Feltes Sand & Gravel shows that reaping benefits from technology depends more on attitude than company size.

Tech Trends: Haul Trucks.
Basic specs for 35- to 100-ton rigid-frame haul trucks.

Maintenance Matters: A Checklist for Safe and Profitable HSI Operation.
Things you can do in a little time each day to minimize the risk of spending a lot of time (and money) in the future.

Marketing

Ohio’s First Perpetual Pavement Draws National Spotlight.
Interstate widening and reconstruction project provides a venue for testing the asphalt industry’s claim of never-failing pavement.

Regulations

Rock Law: Meaningful MSHA/OSHA Conferences?
With quick action and planning, a conference can provide favorable results and avoid future problems.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
Circuit court upholds discrimination finding against company that fired safety informant.

People

Celebrating the Holiday Season!
Vulcan Materials spreads the Christmas spirit to a boys home.

A Community (and its Quarry) Reborn.
Developers plan to turn an abandoned mining town into a unique, multi-use site.

Mind Over Management: Making Resolutions a Reality.
Seven keys to effective goal setting.

Carved in Stone

A Geologist’s Journey.
A look at the life of one of the country’s most famous geologists.


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