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Riverdale Batch Plant - Convenience for our Smaller and Medium-Sized Customers
Riverdale Batch plant is open for the season, Monday through Friday 7.00am to 3.30pm and Saturdays 7.00am to 12.00 noon. Riverdale Batch is Tilcon New Jersey's only batch asphalt plant and is particularly convenient for small and medium-sized customers working on smaller projects. The minimum order size is one ton. This gives flexibility for customers working with a preferred mix on a project.
The plant is a 1968 Barber Green five ton batch plant with five hot bins which will store 70 tons of dry aggregate for mixing. It can make numerous mixes however the main products sold are usually commercial driveway top, I-5, I-2, I-4, ¼ mix, sand mix.
The plant is very conveniently located just off Highway 287 (Exit 53, Bloomingdale/Pompton Lakes) giving very easy access to many interstates and highways in Central and Northern New Jersey.
Or order or for any questions, please call our Order Entry team on 1-800-789-7625 press 2 for asphalt orders. Order Entry Season hours are Monday to Friday 6.00am to 5.00pm. While we prefer customers to call ahead to Order Entry, drive-up orders are also welcome.
Questions? Please speak to your Sales Rep or call Order Entry.
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Memorial Weekend 2014
In observance of Memorial Day, all Tilcon quarries, terminals and asphalt plants will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday May 26, 2014.
In New York - all facilities will also be closed on Saturday May 24, 2014.
In New Jersey - Mount Hope Quarry and Kearny Recycle will operate regular hours on Saturday May 24, 2014. Mount Hope Quarry will close at 12 noon and Kearny will operate 7am to 12 noon.
We wish all of our employees, customers and business partners a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend as we remember those men and women who paid the ultimate price to keep our country safe.
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Tilcon Builds New Parking Lot for Poughkeepsie Babe Ruth
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On Friday May 9, 2014 Tilcon donated approximately 450 tons of Item 4 stone to install a Little League parking lot in Poughkeepsie, home of our Clinton Point Quarry. The field will be used by the Poughkeepsie Mid Hudson Babe Ruth organization.
Stone for the parking lot was transported by Tilcon hired haulers Corrao Trucking and K & A Trucking who donated their time to the project. Tilcon New York Construction provided a dozer and operator to grade the new parking lot.
'Tilcon Field' opened on Saturday May 10.
Poughkeepsie Mid Hudson Babe Ruth Baseball (PBR) operates a baseball league for approximately 400 local young players aged 4-18, who live mostly in the town of Poughkeepsie. They play in New York State South District.
The league's season starts with Opening Day on April 3 and continues until the end of June. Towards the end of the season, All Star tournament teams are formed to play against other teams in the District.
Tilcon Field is the first new field to be built in the town since 1999 and will be enjoyed by many young players over the years to come.
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American Road and Transportation Builders Association Honors Tilcon
ARTBA, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association honored two private sector organizations for Excellence in Community Relations and Public Relations for 2014 at their PRIDE Awards lunch in on June 10. Tilcon New York was one of the honorees.
According to ARTBA's Press Release 'Transportation design and construction firms and public agencies from Oregon to New York were recognized for "excellence in community relations and public education" during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) 2014 PRIDE Awards lunch, held June 10 in the Nation's Capital during the association's Federal Issues Program.Established in 1999, the PRIDE Awards honor outstanding programs that enhance the image of the transportation design and construction industry. An independent panel of public relations professionals and industry journalists reviewed nominations and selected the winners in these categories:
Community Relations: Honors programs which demonstrate positive involvement with the community in which a public agency, firm or association is located.
Public-Media Relations/Education: Recognizes activities that educate the public and opinion leaders about the significant contributions the industry makes to the economy and/or quality of life.
Community Relations: Private Sector
Second Place: Tilcon New York Inc.: "Tilcon's Community Relations Program"
Commitment to the community is part of a year-round corporate culture at Tilcon New York, Inc., a division of Oldcastle Materials, Inc. The firm donates to a New Jersey pantry, Marine Toys for Tots, The American Heart Association and numerous local museums and schools. It donated heavy construction equipment for a local elementary school's Christmas Parade, provided arts and crafts to another school in celebration of Earth Day, and participated in trash clean-up days along the Hudson River. Tilcon also holds open houses and plant tours for more than 3,000 visitors at a time, educating the public, students and the media about the important role aggregates miming plays in today's society.
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Happy 4th July Weekend
All Tilcon offices, quarries, asphalt plants, recycle facilities and terminals will be closed on Friday, July 4th and Saturday, July 5th, 2014 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.
All facilities will re-open as normal on Monday, July 7th.
We wish all our customers, suppliers, business associates and members of our local communities a very Happy and Safe 4th July Weekend.
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Boy Scout Tours in New York and New Jersey
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Tilcon New York and New Jersey both hosted Scout tours during the month of June.
Both Scout packs were preparing to earn their geology badges and it was important for them to see a working quarry and the different formations and the geology of the land.
New Jersey Hosts Scouts from Long Valley, New Jersey at the Mt. Hope Quarry
On Friday June 20, Brad Carroll, General Manager of Aggregates, treated the Scout group from Long Valley, New Jersey to a bus tour of the quarry which included visiting Mt. Hope's new asphalt plant, quality control lab, scalehouse, recycling and mining areas. They learned about the history and geology of the land and about the crushing and blasting process and how stone is made in various different sizes to be transported to our customers. The Scouts asked great questions and were very inquisitive about the whole production process.
The final stop was the heavy equipment garage that was home of Tilcon's newly purchased 777 haul truck that was spiffed and shined up by Billy Paul, Superintendant of Equipment and Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Jim Martin and Scott Helbing. The Scouts and their families loved it and took group photos on the haul truck to take home with them.
Liz Saranglao, Engineering Intern, helped out to make sure that the Scouts safely climbed up on the equipment and on the bus and that everybody got goody bags with informational material at the end of the tour.
New York Host Scouts from Fairfield, Connecticut at the West Nyack Quarry
The Scouts from Fairfield, Connecticut were planning a road trip to the Sterling Mine Museum in New Jersey on June 27 and were interested in doing a tour of the West Nyack Quarry beforehand as part of the geology background portion of their Scout badge requirements. Quarry employees were more than happy to assist with the Scouts' request.
John Rufer, Plant Manager prepared the facility and made sure that everything was ready for the Scouts' arrival. Jeremy Vandermark, Quarry Foreman and Kelly Tribble, Operations Manager lead the tour and explained to the group what happens at the quarry on a day to day basis and how we produce aggregates/crushed stone. They also learned about the history and geology of the quarry and its many different land formations. The Scouts were able to view the crushing and mining pit areas and were able to observe the heavy equipment that we use on site.
Kris Latham, Performance Manager, was on-hand for a Q&A session after the tour and explained to the Scouts and their family members the production and blasting process. Plant Assistant Sue Kopek made arrangements for the bus rental for the tour and helped to make sure that the Scouts were safe boarding and exiting the bus and made everyone feel at home.
Thanks to all Tilcon employees volunteers for their assistance in making the tours at both locations a huge success!
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Tilcon Wins Four Major National Asphalt Pavement Association Awards
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced this week that Tilcon New York Inc had won four major awards. The awards were presented this week at NAPA's Midyear Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
' Through the creation of five Operational Excellence Award Categories; Asphalt Operations Safety Innovation, Community Involvement, Ecological, Outstanding Brochure and Outstanding Website; the Awards Committee established a blueprint for excellence – detailing the aspects that make for a successful business' stated Jim Mitchell, Chairman of NAPA's awards committee.
For 2013, Tilcon won awards in the Community Involvement, Ecological and Asphalt Operations Safety Innovation categories.
Tilcon's Community Involvement Awardwas based on the company's community relations program as a whole. The company has a community relations goal for each employee – 24 to 48 hours volunteer time per year, with a focus on being a good neighbor. Tilcon has hosted open houses for local residents at locations in New Jersey and New York in recent years. In New Jersey, a team of employees work with a local elementary school to celebrate Earth Day with a live animal show and crafts each year. This year the event focused on Native American culture and native New Jersey animals.
In New York, a crew of Tilcon volunteers has worked for several years with local non-profit Keep Rockland Beautiful to organize an Annual Clean-Up, part of the Great American Clean-Up. In 2013, the team cleared the Tomkins Cove Dock which borders the Hudson River in Tomkins Cove, NY.
Each year cadets from the West Point Military Academy tour Haverstraw and Tomkins Cove quarries. Other facilities host tours from colleges, schools and boy scout troops across the region.
Tilcon's Ecological Award honors Mount Hope Asphalt plant. The plant is a new high-efficiency asphalt plant that replaes three inefficient plants. As the largest plant in the state, it is capable of 600 tons per hour and storing 2,700 tons in nine storage silos. The plant uses technology that makes it the most fuel-efficient and environmentally clean design in the hot mix industry.
The two remaining awards, for Safety Innovation, will be the subject of a separate article.
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