Producer Profiles

It all started with a single truck more than 50 years ago. Sanders Brothers Construction Company, Charleston, South Carolina, got its start in the mid-60s when Jimmy and Elliot Sanders started hauling with their single axle dump truck. Then, in the early ’70s, the brothers acquired their first asphalt plant in North Charleston and acquired […]

When Sean Bulmann moved from the Midwest to Arizona in 2012, he had to adjust to a whole lot more than just the change in landscape. As asphalt operations manager for J. Banicki Construction Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, Bulmann faced unfamiliar weather, different mix preferences offering unique challenges, a new approach to traffic management in work […]

Since the California Legislature approved the Road and Repair Accountability Act in April of 2017, California Commercial Asphalt in San Diego has been busy. Also known as SB1, the bill is expected to increase state revenues for California’s transportation system by an average of $5.2 billion each year over the next decade through gas and […]

Whether it’s a two-lane highway, work along I-70, a college track or a parking lot, if it’s asphalt and it’s in west central Indiana, Wabash Valley Asphalt Company, Terre Haute, Ind., is after it. Although the company does some light excavation and its own stone work, its true focus is–and has always been–asphalt. “We were […]

When Phil Foley moved from Maine to Buda, Texas, 1.5 years ago to work for Austin Materials and Industrial Asphalt and Aggregates as their VP of operations, he already knew a thing or two about spray paving. In fact, he’d even worked with a 1986 Midland spray paver, “one of the original spray pavers.” Spray […]

When Louisiana began to allow asphalt producers to blend polymers in-line, Diamond B Construction quickly jumped on board. “Essentially when we add the polymer and your PG64 becomes better than a PG70,” he said. “Instead of buying PG70 straight from a supplier, we create our own.” To truly benefit from this new opportunity, Diamond B […]

Ever since its formation in the 1950s, Coastal Bridge has focused on expansion and improvement. As the name would imply, Coastal Bridge got its start building bridges in the 1950s before expanding to soil work in the ’70s and asphalt in the late ’80s. Today, Coastal Bridge employs between 350 and 400 people in the […]

The benefits of the asphalt industry to today’s world are endless. As a cost-effective solution for many construction and design needs, asphalt recycling in particular allows businesses to save on materials while allowing citizens to save billions of tax dollars. The team at Southwind RAS LLC, with headquarters in Bartlett, Illinois, and 22 locations in […]