Cemex subsidiary Ready Mix USA has earned five awards from the Tennessee Concrete Association (TCA), including awards for contributions to projects across the state.
Ready Mix USA‘s Boone’s Creek Plant in Johnson City earnedTCAEmerald Award for Environmental Excellence in the small plant category, which applies to plants that produce 25,000 cubic yards or fewer of concrete annually.
The company’s Morristown Plant received the same award in the mid plant category, which relates to plants with annual production between 25,000 and 75,000 cubic yards.
The awards are presented each year to member plants that make outstanding contributions to preserve and protect the environment, exhibit environmental leadership, maintain sound environmental management practices and install equipment or implement environmentally friendly plant procedures.
Marc Tyson, president of Ready Mix USA, says: “At Ready Mix USA andCemex USA, we strive to be good environmental stewards and look for opportunities to improve our processes and operations to be even more sustainable and environmentally friendly.”
Additionally, Ready Mix USA earned three TCA Concrete Design Awards, including Best Specialty Project Award for supplying the Seven Islands State Birding Park Bridge Project in Kodak. The company also received the Best Architectural/Engineering Award for contributing to the Dobyns-Bennett High School Science and Technology Center Project in Kingsport and the Grand Champion Concrete Design Award which recognises the best overall concrete project in the state for the Dobyns-Bennett Project.
The awards are presented each year to member plants that make outstanding contributions to preserve and protect the environment.
