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Working Together: Two-man team crushes San Jose recycling business

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Fri, June 3rd, 2016, 9:22 am

SAN JOSE – More than 100 trucks funnel through Graniterock’s recycling facility in San Jose on a solid day, dropping off concrete and asphalt rubble from a job site or picking up recycled material for a project from one of the mountainous stockpiles.A busy day can see 140, sometimes 160 trucks.Taking care of the customers, directing traffic, administering tags, inspecting trucks, loading trucks and managing stockpiles is all done by two guys who’ve worked together at ... Read More

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The guy you want on your next concrete project

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Mon, May 16th, 2016, 3:22 pm

SEASIDE – Willie Diaz is a salt-of-the-earth kind of guy you’d like to share a beer with or invite on a fishing trip.A true guy’s guy – down to the camouflage seat covers in his Ford F-250 and the room at his Monterey home dedicated to all the ducks he’s shot and stuffed himself.He’s also the guy you want on your concrete project, whether it’s a driveway or runway.Willie, 54, is a seasoned expert in how ... Read More

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Rock Star: Billy Issa chases the American dream from Lebanon to Monterey

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Thu, April 7th, 2016, 3:09 pm

SALINAS – Billy Issa landed in Monterey from the Middle East in 1989 pretty much broke and speaking little English, but he carried with him the kind of determination that can only lead to success.While today Billy is celebrating 18 years as one of the most respected engineers at theMonterey County Public Works Department, the path was certainly not straight or easy.To start, his mother hid his passport when he announced he was leaving his hometown ... Read More

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Graniterock helps extend the life of Santa Cruz County's landfill

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Tue, April 5th, 2016, 2:06 pm

Santa Cruz County leaders Bruce McPherson, Zach Friend and Greg Caput, along with members of the local media, watched Tuesday as the first load of garbage was delivered to the county's new cell at the Buena Vista Landfill, which Graniterock Construction crews worked on for more than a year.Graniterock crews built the landfill's second trash cell by excavating a giant pit 7 acres wide with 250,000 square feet of floor space that will allow the dump ... Read More

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BART extension project starts strong

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Fri, March 25th, 2016, 5:25 pm

SAN JOSE – Dirt is a huge issue on the Construction Division project to help build the final stop on a 10-mile BART extension in San Jose.Graniterock is off hauling roughly 18,000 yards of dirt from the 20-acre site to make room for the new BART police station, parking lot, bus transfer center and Station Concourse Plaza.The station includes a street level concourse and above-ground boarding platform.Located between Berryessa and Mabury roads, adjacent to the San ... Read More

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Tina Cutter keeps Redwood City asphalt business thriving

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Fri, March 4th, 2016, 1:19 pm

REDWOOD CITY – With San Francisco Bay Areaconstructionbooming in recent years, Graniterock’s asphalt plant in Redwood City has beena busy place.High demand for hot mix asphaltand other road materials means the Blomquist Street plant will sometimes run 24 hours a day to meet customers’ needs.Aggregates to feed the plant are delivered by rail from Aromas six or seven days a week, and asphalt customer trucks stream in and out the plant with increasing frequency. To keep ... Read More

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Safety top of mind for Southside team

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Fri, February 19th, 2016, 10:36 am

HOLLISTER – The Southside sand and gravel team doesn’t grab the spotlight very often, but they’re a shining example of great team work.In a rural outpost on the outskirts of Hollister, the five-person Southside team mines rock and sand from the banks of the Tres Pinos Creek, delivering consistent quality to Graniterock customers despite an ongoing battle with the raw material.“We’re always fighting the clay,” said Bill Damm, who joined the Company in 1979 and has ... Read More

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Who's going to the Superbowl?!

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Thu, February 4th, 2016, 2:37 pm

The Construction Division is helping Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara preparefor the mass of footballfans expected forSunday's showdown between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.The work for Noel Lesley Events Services waswon by estimatorBryan Jones.Graniterock has installeda security perimeterwithk-rail around the stadium and builttemporary driveways to access the various sports fields.Thanks goes to Field SupervisorFred Simpson, Travis Sakamoto, Kenneth JermonandAngela Flores. Read More

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Smoothness & intelligent compaction on Hwy 25

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Thu, February 4th, 2016, 1:51 pm

Graniterock’s Construction team partnered with Caltrans on a partial depth/overlay pilot project on a 6-mile stretch of Highway 25 south of Hollister that produced solid results.The $2.7 million project focused on two aspects: smoothness and intelligent compaction, which is a new spec coming out for Caltrans using GPS technology and computerized compaction technology installed on the rollers.The PDR portion of the project, an emulsion form of PDR, was performed by a subcontractor (Graniterock’s PDR team uses ... Read More

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Graniterock pitches in for new bocce ball court in Santa Cruz

Posted by Shanna McCord Crigger on Wed, January 13th, 2016, 11:42 am

Graniterock teamed up with the Santa Cruz Host Lions Club to build a bocce ball court at Harvey West Park after learning the Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department was stuck without the financial resources to carry out the project.Custom Project ManagerEd Jenkins, a member of the Lions Club, helped form a partnership where donations from the Lions Club and Graniterock allowed the project to move forward and break ground in October.The work involved grading and ... Read More

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