Clifford Miles promoted to chief estimator

by Concrete Products

John Jones, P.E., senior vice president of Nitterhouse Concrete Products, Inc. of Chambersburg, Pa., recently announced the promotion of Clifford Miles to chief estimator. Since he began his career with Nitterhouse in 1984 as an estimator, Miles has served as estimating manager, project manager, and most recently, as a sales representative covering the D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia areas. In his new position, Miles will serve as overall supervisor of the estimating department, providing prompt, competitive project pricing to new and existing clients for the Nitterhouse sales staff.

Herndon, VA.-based Lafarge Building Materials Inc. has acquired certain assets of A Materials Group Inc., which does business as Concrete Inc. at locations in Dothan, Enterprise, Ozark and Brundidge, Ala. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. The acquisition of the four facilities, which employ a total of 30 people, boosts Lafarge's growing Southern ready mixed concrete network beyond its Georgia base. The A Materials deal follow two other bolt-on transactions since Lafarge entered the Alabama ready mixed market by way of Blue Circle America in 2001.

The Utah Safety Council has honored Christopher Kinnersley, safety and health director for Staker and Parson Companies, with the Individual Achievement in Safety Award. Recognized for their "outstanding contributions to safety" were 34 Utah companies and 15 individuals.

Graniterock, a Watsonville, Calif., operator widely regarded in materials production for its management philosophy and innovative operating practices, is celebrating inclusion on the list of Best Bosses by Fortune Small Business magazine. To compile the list, FSB partnered with Winning Workplaces, a not-for-profit organization in Evanston, Ill. The article on Graniterock begins with a photo collage of many company team members titled "The Rock Stars." The piece continues by saying that Graniterock was the only company submitting an application for the Best Bosses list that did not nominate a CEO or president. Instead, the company team members - all 700 employees - were put to the boss test by making the case that all of them perform their duties as bosses, responsible for decision making and results.
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