DIVISION SPOTLIGHT:
A Commitment to Customers and an Adaptable Workforce

At Lemon Springs Quarry, near Sanford, North Carolina, getting aggregates to customers in coastal areas presented a great opportunity for long-term growth. After supplying millions of tons of rock to a growing local market over the past 30 years, we faced the challenge of designing and building a plant that could continue to meet these local needs, while at the same time serving new markets along the coast by rail.

Designing, building and operating a high-tech, automated plant required the coordinated efforts of plant employees, engineers and marketing specialists. A willing and flexible workforce quickly adapted to the practices required to operate and maintain such a plant. As a result of this teamwork and planning, the new Lemon Springs Quarry began production in 2005 with an annual...  read more