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Basic Supervisory Training - December 8 - 10, Tampa, FL


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5th Atlantic Alliance Symposium - September 25 – 26, Leesburg VA


NSSGA Business Week - October 6 - 9, Alexandria, VA


Pulverized Minerals Division Annual Meeting - October 8 - 9, Alexandria, VA


Basic Sales Course - October 20 - 23, Austin, TX



Online version of the print buyer's guide
NSSGA is the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association. On Feb. 12, 2001, the merged National Stone Association and National Aggregates Association became the NSSGA. The association represents the crushed stone, sand and gravel-or aggregates-industries. Our member companies produce more than 92 percent of the crushed stone and 75 percent of the sand and gravel consumed annually in the United States. More than three billion tons of aggregates (or 2.56 billion metric tons) were produced in 2007 at a value of approximately $21.5 billion, contributing nearly $40 billion to the GDP of the United States. The aggregates industry workforce is made up of about 118,000 men and women. Every $1 million in aggregate sales creates 19.5 jobs, and every dollar of industry output returns $1.58 to the economy.   more...
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NSSGA MEMBER TESTIFIES FOR INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE HEARINGS
In testimony delivered to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Doug Black, CEO of Oldcastle Materials, Inc., Atlanta, Ga., a vertically integrated supplier of asphalt, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and paving services in the United States, addressed his concerns on infrastructure spending and investment in the nation’s surface transportation system. Oldcastle is a member of the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association....details

NSSGA ANNOUNCES CEO ROUNDTABLE: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association is bringing together a distinguished panel of CEOs to share ideas for and insights into the business challenges in the current economic climate. The first NSSGA CEO Roundtable will take place during the Opening General Session of its Annual Convention on Monday, March 9, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. at the Rosen Convention Center Hotel in Orlando, Fla. NSSGA's Annual Convention will be held in conjunction with its new AGG 1 Aggregates Forum & Expo...details

Joe Casper to Join NSSGA as Vice President for Safety Services
Joseph S. Casper is set to join NSSGA on Oct. 20 as NSSGA’s vice president for Safety Services, becoming the newest member of the association’s Environment, Safety & Health Division...details

VIRGINIA STUDENT NAMED 2008 JENNIFER CURTIS BYLER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association today named Hillary Travis of Powhatan, Va., the recipient of the $2,500 Jennifer Curtis Byler Scholarship for the Study of Public Affairs for the 2008-09 academic year...details

Sustainability
NSSGA is pleased to offer our members several new items from NSSGA that help strengthen our industry’s contribution and commitment to the communities in which we operate.

NSSGA’s Guiding Principles for Sustainability, approved by our Board of Directors in July of 2007, sets the vision for our industry through our commitment to our communities, to environmental stewardship, to social responsibility and to economic prosperity.

The following tools can be ordered via this link for your company’s use in neighborhoods, for luncheon addresses at the local Chamber or Rotary, in your open houses, within your workforce, for helping introduce your company and the industry to local and state government officials, with customer groups, local media and with area schools:
  • A 6-minute video that highlights our industry’s contributions to a safe and healthy workforce, effective community relations, environmental compliance and efficient, productive aggregate operations for a sustainable society.
  • A tri-fold brochure that is a simple check-list to help you track your company’s or your operation’s progress toward sustainability. It is also a great piece to use with your own community relations programs to demonstrate our commitment to improving our industry’s image.
  • A 22-page sustainability booklet is a more in-depth discussion highlighting the activities of NSSGA and the industry’s contributions to sustainability.
Sustainability is not simply a catchword any longer. It is a value of our association. Sustainability means we care about people; we care about our environment; and we care about making products that help build America’s economy.

The members of NSSGA have a good story to tell the American people about the aggregates industry. I hope you will join us in delivering this message!

Please contact John Hayden at NSSGA at 703/526-1065 or jhayden@nssga.org if you have any questions or...order your copy today!



Community Relations Handbook for the Aggregates Industry
Members of NSSGA have a good story to tell the American people about the aggregates industry. Crushed stone, sand and gravel truly are the basic materials in practically everything that makes modern life possible and enjoyable. But many people in communities where aggregate producers operate do not have a clear picture of the economic and societal benefits associated with those operations.

Conveying this information to the communities in which we live and operate, and how we communicate it, is fundamental to our ability to remain in business. NSSGA's newly designed and updated Community Relations Handbook focuses on the "how-to's" of building positive, long-term relationships between operations and the community, and describes successful and tested methods of gaining the good will of neighbors through two-way communications.

The new handbook also includes four supplements: Answering Community Concerns About Blasting, Answering Community Concerns About Dust and Noise, Answering Community Concerns About Truck Traffic, and Hosting and Open House or Operation Tour. A $95 value. For NSSGA members, only $75...order your copy today!



The New NSSGA/USGA Aggregates Atlas, v.2.0
This is the CD-ROM with just about everything you’d ever want to know about aggregates production in the U.S. A joint effort of the NSSGA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the new version 2.0 of the Aggregates Atlas includes:
  • Searchable databases of over 5,000 aggregates producers with locations, mailing addresses, and products.
  • Maps with the aggregates operations and their locations relative to state and county lines, rock formations, roads, railroads, airports, urban areas, schools, congressional districts, and public lands.
  • Automatic distance calculation between any two points on the maps.
  • Capability to search for aerial view of any quarry or pit using the USGS TerraServer.
  • Full print and export capabilities, with search results available in both table and map formats...order your copy today!


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