Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Silvi Group Companies Receives Trade Association Award for Excellence in Community Relations
The Silvi Group Companies received an award for ‘Excellence in Community Relations’ from the national trade association of the construction materials industry, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association located in suburban Washington, D.C. The award will be handed out to Silvi representatives at the upcoming construction aggregates trade show in Las Vegas on March 16.
The Silvi Group Companies, headquartered in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, consists of Sahara Sand, Silvi Concrete Products, Riverside Construction Materials, and Gibraltar Rock, Inc. Together, the Silvi Group operates from 14 locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
For details on the award, please click on the following web site:
http://www.nssga.org/communications/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?whichrel=126
The Silvi Group Companies, headquartered in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, consists of Sahara Sand, Silvi Concrete Products, Riverside Construction Materials, and Gibraltar Rock, Inc. Together, the Silvi Group operates from 14 locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
For details on the award, please click on the following web site:
http://www.nssga.org/communications/pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?whichrel=126
Assemblyman Mayer's Visit to Sahara Sand Mine
N.J. Assemblyman David R Mayer (Legislative District 4) was welcomed December 17th to Sahara Sand’s mine in Franklin, NJ by Larry Silvi, co-owner. The legislator wanted to learn about an important site of economic activity in his legislative district, and his visit to the mine was arranged through the New Jersey Concrete & Aggregates Association (NJCAA), the trade association representing the mining industry in New Jersey.
The mine produces sand which is used as an ingredient in the manufacture of ready-mix concrete and asphalt pavement for the construction industry. The sand mine operates under permits from Franklin & Monroe Townships (since the mining property straddles the two townships), a Pinelands permit, as well as an NJDEP water allocation permit, and employs a dredge to excavate the sand. The raw mineral is further beneficiated at the processing plant before size-segregated sand is stockpiled for trucking to customer locations.
“It is remarkable that this entire operation, which adds significantly to the local economy, is operated without the use of any chemicals in the process, and in an environmentally acceptable manner”, Assemblyman Mayer observed, as Larry Silvi described how the mine site will be reclaimed for future land use in accordance with the permits.
Sahara Sand is a unit of the Silvi Group Companies, a construction materials provider with facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The mine produces sand which is used as an ingredient in the manufacture of ready-mix concrete and asphalt pavement for the construction industry. The sand mine operates under permits from Franklin & Monroe Townships (since the mining property straddles the two townships), a Pinelands permit, as well as an NJDEP water allocation permit, and employs a dredge to excavate the sand. The raw mineral is further beneficiated at the processing plant before size-segregated sand is stockpiled for trucking to customer locations.
“It is remarkable that this entire operation, which adds significantly to the local economy, is operated without the use of any chemicals in the process, and in an environmentally acceptable manner”, Assemblyman Mayer observed, as Larry Silvi described how the mine site will be reclaimed for future land use in accordance with the permits.
Sahara Sand is a unit of the Silvi Group Companies, a construction materials provider with facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Assemblyman David Mayer tours the Sahara Sand Plant (from left: Bill Layton, Executive Director, NJCAA, Larry Silvi, Assemblyman David Mayer, and Rick Parton, Saharas Mining Manager)
Gibraltar Rock Celebrates the Season of Giving
New Hanover Township Fire Company’s firehouse on Swamp Road was the venue on Tuesday evening (December 14) for Gibraltar Rock to present a holiday turkey to each of the 68 volunteer fire fighters in appreciation of their hard work throughout the year.
Uday Patankar, Gibraltar Rock’s Vice President of Environmental & Public Affairs, commented that the Silvi Group Companies (of which Gibraltar Rock is a part) values the community spirit of the volunteers. “Last year, we made an abandoned farmhouse on Gibraltar Rock property available to the Fire Company and the police for training”, said Mr. Patankar, adding that the Fire Company plans to use the farmhouse again next Spring.
To celebrate the season of giving, Gibraltar Rock also donated 12 boxes (48 birds) each to the Salvation Army of Boyertown and Boyertown Multi-Service. Freed’s Supermarket of Gilbertsville supplied the turkeys.
Uday Patankar, Gibraltar Rock’s Vice President of Environmental & Public Affairs, commented that the Silvi Group Companies (of which Gibraltar Rock is a part) values the community spirit of the volunteers. “Last year, we made an abandoned farmhouse on Gibraltar Rock property available to the Fire Company and the police for training”, said Mr. Patankar, adding that the Fire Company plans to use the farmhouse again next Spring.
To celebrate the season of giving, Gibraltar Rock also donated 12 boxes (48 birds) each to the Salvation Army of Boyertown and Boyertown Multi-Service. Freed’s Supermarket of Gilbertsville supplied the turkeys.
Chief Moyer, New Hanover Fire Co., Uday Patankar, Gibraltar Rock Vice President, and Chief Strickland, Sassamansville Fire Co.
