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恩斯特混凝土将亚特兰大的市场报道与桃州最大的混合植物之一一起覆盖
在亚特兰大南端工作的承包商，旅行285号州际公路或在Hartsfield-Jackson亚特兰大国际机场（Atlanta International Airport）降落的承包商正在注意到一个现成的混合混凝土品牌与该市东北部和西北地区更加相关。
佐治亚州的恩斯特企业（Inc。）（恩斯特混凝土)最新开业准备混合装置,轻松rated above 300 yd./hour, in mid-2018. The twin wet/dry alley facility is on the top plateau of a quarry in College Park, bordering the airport periphery and—with bold graphics strategically positioned on 105-ft. twin silos—easily spotted from I-285. The site bridges a market area恩斯特C爆炸偶尔从Cobb，Gwinnett和Dekalb县的过境混合植物服役，并扩大了生产商在Clayton和Fulton县的前景，后者涵盖了亚特兰大市。
“College Park fills a void. It allows us to supply a growing number of customers from the northern Atlanta market who are now performing work on the south end, and brings us closer to paving and vertical jobs around the airport and into central Atlanta,” says Ernst Sales Representative Tripp Rogers. “With high volume,central mixed concrete能力，我们可以根据承包商的要求锁定低迷控制，尤其是在铺路工作中。使用一条湿和一辆干卡车小巷，我们可以在需要时满足大量需求，并在时间和温度规格内保持订单。”
Rear discharge mixers—the first in Georgia for a producer that brought front discharge models to the Atlanta market more than 30 years ago—prepare Ernst Concrete for paving and city site deliveries on the College Park schedule. The operation is the base for 10 new 10.5-yd. Beck Industrial mixers mounted on Kenworth T880 SBA or Mack Granite models. Eight Terex front discharge mixers complete the plant fleet.
Past orders dispatched from sister现成的混合植物to the northeast and northwest could reach toward the south end of the market, Rogers adds, but would stretch slump and 90-minute delivery targets. In a nod to sales prospects among paving contractors and jobs toward central Atlanta, College Park is the first Ernst Concrete plant in Georgia with central mixed equipment—a Vince Hagan TM12 tilt drum anchoring the wet alley—and a fleet of rear discharge mixer trucks. In addition to its Hartsfield-Jackson and I-285 proximity, the new operation positions the producer to deliver loads farther south, into other Fulton County growth areas.
允许twin alley plantwas routine, entailing merely the addition of equipment to a quarry well shielded from residential development. The dispatch building exterior design was subject to review by Clayton County, which has moved to require stone or comparable hard veneer in most commercial development.
The College Park plant has covered existing accounts, developed new business, and occasionally supplied jobs requiring up to 20 trucks per hour throughout its first year. “Atlanta market contractors typically assemble finishing crews to handle up to 120 yards per hour,” notes Operations Manager Scott Ovenshire. “We can easily handle those types of jobs and load up separate, smaller orders at the same time from College Park.”
他补充说，植物和舰队的可见性正在刺激命令。北部的恩斯特混凝土植物的一位知名客户不知道大学公园的位置，直到他从哈茨菲尔德 - 杰克逊（Hartsfield-Jackson）的商业飞行中看到了五英亩的植物广阔和熟悉的绿色舰队图形。“我们每周都会收集商机，” Ovenshire确认。
Georgia Flourish
恩斯特混凝土在格温内特县的劳伦斯维尔总部工厂的交通混合能力翻了一番。那里的数量和整个亚特兰大市场的机会继续攀升。生产商所做的五个县的大部分数量是记录年度人口增长5,000-12,000。他们占每年80,000至90,000的一半，到佐治亚州，到2025年，他们的人口预计将以1100万。
Residential and commercial building have paced economic development activity indicated in Georgia’s lofty positioning on annual Area Development and Site Selection state business climate surveys since 2012. National Ready Mixed Concrete Association production estimates likewise show demand justifying Ernst Concrete’s capacity and efficiency investments, as annual Peach State volume has soared from a 6.2-million-yd. trough in 2010 to 11.5 million yd. in 2018.
允许双巷植物的允许是常规的，仅需要将设备添加到避免住宅开发的采石场中。188足彩外围克莱顿县（Clayton County）的调度建筑外部设计需要进行审查，克莱顿县（Clayton County）在大多数商业开发中都需要石头或可比的硬饰面。
恩斯特混凝土oriented silo graphics for Interstate 285 and Georgia Highway 85 visibility. The silos rise 105 feet above ground level, but are on a quarry plateau below local roads and nearby highways. The producer set up shop at College Park after an invitation from longtime owner John D. Stephens, who in turn picked a buyer for his prized quarry. The Stephens brand equity is not lost on Luck Companies (top, opposite page).
Pivotal Relationships
恩斯特混凝土以声音管理计划，客户关系和公司文化的实力到达南亚特兰大市场。大学公园工厂位于Luck Stone Atlanta-Stephens Quarry的租赁地块上，该采石场的来源是Sand Plus＃57，＃67和＃89 Rock。生产者将该工厂置于前采石场老板约翰·D·斯蒂芬斯（John D.
“We have had a good relationship with Stephens Industries LP,” explains Scott Ovenshire. “John D. Stephens approached us because he wanted a family-run business like ours to operate in his quarry. He prepared the College Park site near a good entry point for mixers and haulers, and turned it over to us in March 2018. We were running four months later.”
Stephens, whose family had transferred the underground-construction flagship business to an Employee Ownership Stock Plan, was not done dealing after Ernst Concrete started loading concrete at College Park. He saw 2108 as an appropriate time to exit crushed stone, his favored side business, and approached an admired peer— and the industry’s top independent producer—about expanding its footprint in the South. The College Park quarry became the largest investment to date for Richmond, Va.-based Luck Companies, which has rebranded the site while maintaining the Stephens link.
Luck Stone将信息技术带入了压碎的石材运营中，并为其现成的混合生产商租户配备了改善库存补充，质量控制和后台办公室功能的工具。“他们将采石场提升到了另一个层次，” Ovenshire确认。
Observing efficiency and safety at Georgia installations prior to College Park, Ernst Concrete has standardized the加载并进行自动卡车清洗系统。Shumaker Industries计划和服装机架，因此操作员可以根据卡车类型自定义洗涤周期和喷雾图案。
恩斯特混凝土handles transfer of the four fine and coarse grades from its neighbor. Natural sand, required on certain orders, is trucked from outside the market. Dump and tanker trucks entering the College Park property share a wide, common entry with concrete mixers, but see their paths diverge past the gate—materials right, concrete trucks left. “We laid the yard out to eliminate mixer traffic crossing or intertwining with tankers and haulers,” Ovenshire explains. “Mixer trucks have ample staging and parking areas, and the alleys have large digital signs to alert drivers when it’s time to load.”
Vince Hagan Co. customized thetwin alley plant在一个五校区的垃圾箱中有250吨的骨料存储，由四个30英寸喂养。x 125英尺。输送机。一种特殊的材料料斗可以直接充电到汇总批次，并为从普通混合设计中提供了灵活性，从而充当第六箱。双筒仓 - 一置50/50，其他60/40分别为1,200-BBL。Lehigh Hanson和其他供应商的容量和固定材料。
Vince Hagan engineers detailed College Park stairways, platforms and catwalks for navigating and maintenance ease, and confined caged ladders to a single silo. The wet alley’sTM-12倾斜搅拌机can deliver up to 12 yd. in a single batch. A uniqueholding hopper designwith integral aggregate, cement and water compartments allows a full 12 yards of material to charge transit mix trucks at the same time the TM-12 is loading a truck. The Command Alkon batching system will weigh up the next load for either the wet or the dry side of the plant, whichever is available in the job stack. This allows for increased production by having three complete batches in the cue, and enables operators to maintain high output with a range of mix designs.
“This is one of the biggest plants in Georgia,” says Plant Manager Admir Mijkic, who joined Ernst after operating concrete pumps and worked in central dispatch prior to being elevated to plant manager. “We are primarily running the dry alley, but can move into high production with central mixed. We have complete production back up for small to large orders.”
The College Park plant is tied into a central dispatch center at Lawrenceville headquarters. One-time driver Shameko McCants is among charter College Park plant team members and covers order scheduling and verification. Ernst Concrete tracks mixers across nine plants with the GPS-enabled Digital Fleet program. A Command Alkon CB200 panel controls the twin alley plant and provides manual back up.
