Author: Allison Barwacz
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Charles S. Luck III Original
What is the measure of a man’s success in life? Is it how much money he earned? How great his business grew? How many possessions he accumulated? Charlie Luck IV, president and CEO of Luck Companies, explores this age-old question while reflecting on his father, Charles Luck III. To Luck IV, the makeup of a…
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Industry ambassadors enter Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame
Four inductees were enshrined March 6 into the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame as members of the 2017 class. The induction of Robert G. Bartlett (National Stone Association), Paul Detwiler Jr. (New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co.), Kim Snyder (Eastern Industries) and Mark Towe (Oldcastle Inc.) took place at the Encore Las Vegas ahead…
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Mark Towe Original
The grandparents were schoolteachers. So were the parents and a sister. But Mark Towe did not follow in the family footsteps. At least not in the occupational sense. Towe, who currently serves CRH Americas as chairman, took an interest in the aggregate industry 46 years ago after spending a summer as a scale operator at…
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Kim Snyder Original
Vision and determination. These are two characteristics Kim Snyder has continuously embodied throughout his career in the aggregate industry. Snyder, the former president of Eastern Industries who today serves on the board of directors at three companies, was the National Stone Association’s (NSA) chairman in 2000 when the association was deciding whether to merge with…
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Paul Detwiler Jr. Original
The conversations typically lasted only five or 10 minutes, but George Sidney came to expect them from time to time when Paul Detwiler Jr. was in the area. “He (Detwiler) would be driving around, and he would call me to ask if I was in the office,” says Sidney, president and COO of McLanahan Corp.,…
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Bob Bartlett Original
Paul Mellott Jr. stood in awe as Bob Bartlett, National Stone Association (NSA) president, walked the line and greeted NSA committee members as they arrived for a summer meeting at a hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. The line to check in for this meeting sometime in the mid 1990s probably grew to 30, giving Bartlett the…
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Feltes, James and Zelnak enshrined into Hall of Fame
Aggregates industry leaders gathered March 20, 2016, for the fourth annual Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner in Nashville, Tenn., where Rick Feltes (Feltes Sand & Gravel), Don James (Vulcan Materials) and Steve Zelnak (Martin Marietta) were enshrined as the 2016 class. More than 100 people were in attendance at the…
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Steve Zelnak Original
Steve Zelnak had a vision, one that would reshape the distribution dynamics of construction materials at Martin Marietta Materials Inc. Unfortunately for Zelnak, few others, if any, initially shared his vision. “I was the only person in our company and in the industry at the time who appeared to have a global view of distribution,”…
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Don James Original
A number of great leaders have guided Vulcan Materials Co. over the years. Leaders such as Charles Ireland, John Lambert, Barney Monaghan, Houston Blount and Herb Skelnar. Count Don James, a longtime Vulcan chairman and CEO, among that group of company greats. “Don led Vulcan Materials as the largest aggregates supplier in the U.S. for…
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Rick Feltes Original
Rick Feltes has always felt the need to give back to the aggregates industry. Mike Johnson, the president and CEO of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, can attest to that notion. According to Johnson, Feltes was one of the first people to reach out to him when he joined the aggregates industry in…