"W. C. Newman Company, Inc. is committed to being both, good neighbors in our community, and careful stewards of our environment. To that end, we have implemented multiple practices and procedures to meet this goal. "  Robert Atkinson

Raw Materials:

Type 1L Portland cement supplied by Roanoke Cement: the use of Type IL cement reduces cement’s carbon footprint up to 10% compared to standard Type I/II. By sourcing cement from Roanoke cement we are obtaining our cement from the closest possible cement producer to our facility .

Coarse aggregate obtained from Luck Stone’s Prince Edward Quarry 1 mile away from our facility.

Fly ash and Newcem (Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag), both recycled materials are used when possible.

Site and Facilities:

The site and facilities were built to enable no discharge of process water and minimize pollutants due to the runoff of storm water.

Process water is stored in open concrete pits and two steel storage tank for reuse in the manufacture of concrete.

Clarified process water is used for dust suppression on site.

Site perimeter surrounded by grass lined shallow ditches and stone berms.

Storm water is contained in a large settlement pond prior to discharge.

Storm water is visually examined quarterly and laboratory analyzed annually.

Air quality is maintained by use of a central dust collector during mixer loading and silo top dust collectors during cement offloading.

Delivery:

Radio dispatched trucks with GPS tracking enables efficient delivery routing.

The use of full synthetic lube oil combined with oil sampling and analysis has allowed the increase of oil change intervals by up to 260%.

Waste oil recycled for shop heat.

Regular preventive maintenance and refurbishment ensures efficient operation of delivery vehicles.

Washup/Returned Concrete:

Larger quantities of returned concrete are used for site paving and the production of interlocking retaining wall blocks whenever possible.


Concrete Washout Bags available for containment of chute and concrete tool washdown water.

Truck washout and returned concrete that cannot be utilized for paving or retaining wall blocks is reprocessed in a concrete reclaimer or discharged in washout pits.

Both the solids that are discharged from the reclaimer and cleanout of the washout pits are combined and dewatered to be used or be sold as road base.

Gray water retained in the reclaimer is reused for the production of concrete.

Clarified water retained in the washout pits is reused to thin out the reclaimer tanks and for dust suppression.