GraniteConstruction.com provides granite and other construction materials.
Granite Construction
Description
Granite Construction is a construction company that provides construction materials and functions under the motto: “We make rock better”. Since making rock better is certainly not an easy task, it took Granite Construction approximately eight decades to become the most sought after provider on the construction market.
The Granite Construction Services and Products
The exceptional quality products made by Granite Construction come from fifteen ready mix facilities, forty stationary aggregate facilities and fifty hot mix facilities. Aside from the capability to make rock better Granite Construction has an exceptional engineering services department that is prepared to provide any and all customers with products that most of the times exceed the performance standards. The products that the company has to offer are meant to last for years to come; from airport runways to patios, the company can guarantee for the long and hassle free life of the concrete products that they provide. Well known for their high quality products, Granite Construction are also highly regarded for the attention to detail as all the materials they use in the hot mix are first carefully crushed to ensure optimum performance. In order to maintain their place at the top these construction materials providers carefully recruit their staff as well as train and develop employees from within the company. Aside from being at the top of its trade, the company is also committed to preserving the environment; the reduced use of limited resources and increased use of recyclable materials is a constant concern at Granite Construction.
Granite Construction History and Present
Granite Construction Company, a member of Granite Construction Incorporated, is one of the largest construction materials producer as well as heavy civil contractors in the United States of America. Both Granite Construction Company and Granite Construction Incorporated are members of the S&P 400 Index. Incorporated in the parent company in 1922 and traded publicly after 1990, Granite Construction Company serves clients from the private as well as the public sector and is comprised of several teams of professional builders spread across the nation. The projects that the company is best known for include transportation infrastructure projects like highways, roads, tunnels, airports, bridges and mass transit facilities. Among the most sought after construction materials produced by Granite Construction you can find gravel, sand, ready-mix and asphalt concrete and many more. Unlike other large contractors, Granite Construction is also extremely effective in building large jobs like federal projects worth several billion dollars as well as small jobs like small site developments. The two divisions of Granite Construction are Granite West and Granite East. Granite West, located in the western United States of America is the division that handles the short term projects and serves mainly the local markets. In their relationship with the division that handles the large projects, Granite West draws on resources that are otherwise unavailable to small local competitors and in return provides important information about larger projects that may take place in that area. Granite East is the division that handles the large multi billion dollar projects and is located in the Eastern United States of America. The home markets of this division are mainly New York, Florida and Texas but they also cover some of the surrounding areas. Whenever a project exceeds the capabilities of one division, the two divisions will work together sharing resources and expertise to provide the best quality result for the Granite Construction client.
Achievements and Future Plans
The aspiration of the Granite Construction company is to become “Master Builders” in preparation for which they are spending considerable energy and time in training and developing the work force that will be the foundation of Granite Construction in the future. The great achievement at Granite Construction is on the one hand the high quality products and services they have to offer to the clients and on the other the rewarding careers they have to offer to the employees. The company owns 58 construction materials processing plants where they process asphalt, rock and concrete, a large heavy construction contractor equipment fleet and also leases aggregate like sand, gravel and rock. Aside from the concrete materials, the company also has strong partnerships with insurance companies, banks, suppliers, subcontractors and last but not least with the customers, thus ensuring that all operations run as smoothly as possible and the only point of focus is the outcome of the project. The vote of confidence of Granite Construction Incorporated’s employees has brought the company to the 56th place in the “100 Best Companies to Work for in America” list of Fortune magazine published in the January 22nd 2007 issue.
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Additional Information
- http://www.co.pima.az.us
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- http://www.lexdon.com
- http://www.graniteconstruction.com
