ASPHALT MANUFACTURING
FROM OUR PLANTS TO OUR 2020
has been a challenging year. Along with the inherent challenges of operating and maintaining a hot plant, we have had to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Even with these challenges we have been able to keep all of our plants open and operating throughout the year. This required operators and employees to work at multiple plants at times to keep them operating.
Photos from the addition of silos at Plant 4. We are excited that having six silos at Plant 4 will allow us to better supply our many customers and their needs.
View from the top of Plant 1 sent in by Safety Manager, Bob Kern
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We have also had some upgrades and personnel changes at some of the plants. Plant 7 in Largo is currently working on the construction of a new control house for the plant. It will be finished in 2021. The silos at plant 4 have been installed and will be fully operational by early January 2021. We also have a new lab building at plant 4 and it should be done in early 2021. In October 2020, we began the site construction for our new plant facility in Lake Wales. Clay Cross, the Area Manager from Area 4 has been instrumental in managing the site construction for the plant. We are excited to open this new area in early 2021 with a new Astec plant. We look forward to working and supplying asphalt in this new market. There have been some personnel changes at the plants and we are excited to see employees within the company taking on new responsibilities.
Myrtis Harrison studying for Asphalt II.
AJAX ANNUAL MAGAZINE • 2020
