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Construction Group, Our construction season has started, and summer is here. Each one of our areas is in full swing now. The weatherman has been just OK so far, but we have had some rain that is impacting our schedules somewhat. Be patient as the rains will stop soon. We are very blessed to have plentiful work, and we see a big year coming! In terms of safety, we are off to a good start. Remember to use spotters and look out for yourself as well as for your teammates. Be sure each jobsite has designated parking areas and park our vehicles away from the action. You are important to us, and we care about your well- being… so be sure each one of us is being very sharp and remains focused on safety. Our consolidation effort is going very well. We are making amazing progress as each one of our areas and divisions gets set up on the same electronic systems and unifying processes and practices. As each month passes, I can see where we are working more and more as one united company and how we will be able to see the benefits down the road. For example, a tremendous effort has been made in our equipment division as far as reporting our equipment numbers and hours into the system.
We are designing a first-class data system that will help us make better decisions on equipment leasing, buying, selling etc. You all are helping to drive that system. Very good work by all. I am also seeing improved communication happening through various meetings and initiatives. Communication has always been one of the top elements that everyone needs and wants more of. Throughout our company today, we have several areas and divisions that support each other. It takes a very proactive approach to ensure our people have all the information to do their job. I do look forward to seeing many of you in the field this summer. Stay safe at home and at work. Enjoy the great outdoors with your family as often as you can. Let’s have a great 2021 construction season! MARK THOMPSON M I L E S TON E C ON T R AC TO R S R E GIONA L P R E SI D E N T, I N D I A NA SOU T H
Area Highlights 2021 Q2 NEWSLETTER
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100,000 Hour Safety Milestone In 2020, Chad Ryle reached this significant milestone.
Supervising 100,000 injury free labor hours is a remarkable achievement. This number means Zero Recordables spanning 12 years running or more than 4,500 calendar days. Chad has achieved this with a mindset where preparation to perform work safely is a foundational value and his intentional focus on development of his employees is second to none. Chad continues to set the bar for all of us and this recognition is well deserved. Keep up the great work!
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VP/Area Manager of South Bend
Jogging for Jefferson is a big deal in the Turpin household. This fundraiser is a jogging event which benefits Jefferson Elementary School. 6-year-old LT, son of Amy Turpin, is autistic, and running is one of the main group activities that he enjoys. Needless to say, this event is special for the family. The Jefferson Elementary PTO runs several events throughout the year to help provide updated playground equipment and water bottles for the all of the students to use in school. Running for LT is a bonus. This year, the class was given only THREE business days to collect the money – and the South Bend team came together to help LT collect the largest donation for the Jogging for Jefferson event. Look at that smile! Our people are what matters most, and we demonstrated that by supporting one of our own. Afterwards, Amy Turpin, Project Accountant, sent a touching email to the South Bend Office. “I just wanted to say thank you to everyone. My son was able to donate $1,075 to his school and he was the #1 donator for the entire school. Yesterday, he got to ride in a fire truck and participate in the run for all of the grades. He ran his happy little heart out. He also gets to be Principal for the Day next week and gets a summer prize box, and his class gets an ice cream party today. It was an absolutely wonderful day, and it wouldn’t have happened without you guys. Again, thank you so, so, so much!”
A big shout out to all of the South Bend team members that helped LT have a great day.
On April 28th, a group of volunteers from the South Bend office participated in the packing of over 700 meals. This was done at an organization called Cultivate. The mission of Cultivate is to take left over food from events like Notre Dame football games or catered events. This effort was hindered by the pandemic. So instead of giving up on their mission, Cultivate adapted to take unprepared food from restaurants and cooked it then packaged it. The food that is packaged is frozen and then it is given out at area schools for the food insecure children to have over the weekend. I would like to thank the team members that participated in the event. From left to right Amy Turpin, Derek Allen, Lynn Bauer, Alisha Young, Todd Fawver and Jared Heiser. We all agreed that we would be back again to help out this worthy cause. If you ever get the chance browse their website, Cultivateculinary.com.
MCNI would like to congratulate Derek Allen on his appearance on Jeopardy on June 7, 2021. It is an amazing feat to be on the show. The process to get on the show is quite difficult. Each year approximately 100,000 people take Jeopardy’s online test. From the online test, only about 2500 people get a regional audition. If you get through the audition you are one of the 400 to 500 annual contestants – those are some odds! That day, the South Bend office hosted Derek and his family at the local American Legion for a viewing party. Congratulations, Derek!
Richmond SCOTT HESTER,
Director of Estimating
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Asphalt Resurface, Concrete Ramp Replacement & Bridge Deck Overlays on SR1 & SR44
This project located in Fayette and Wayne County is worth approximately $9.6 million. Milestone will be replacing 170 concrete ramps, partial and full depth asphalt patching, overlaying two bridge decks and installing scour protection. There is a total of approximately 32,000 tons of asphalt on the entire project with an early November completion date.
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Pedestrian Channelizers utilized in Dublin.
Asphalt Resurface, Concrete Ramp Replacement & Bridge Deck Overlays on SR1 & SR44
This project located in Wayne County is approximately $6 million. Milestone is removing 25,500 sy of full depth concrete pavement and replacing with full depth asphalt pavement, extending US40 eastbound to I-70 westbound and SR227 northbound to I-70 westbound auxiliary lanes with some structure and pipe work. A 280‘ pipe will be lined with a CIPP liner and another 195’ of trenchless pipe will be installed, both crossing under I-70. There is a total of approximately 23,000 tons of asphalt on the entire project with a late October completion date.
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Asphalt Resurface, Concrete Ramp Replacement & Small Structure Replacement on SR121 & US35
This project located in Wayne County is approximately $2 million. There are a handful of concrete ramps that get replaced, partial and full depth asphalt patching and two small structure replacements on SR121 and US35. The asphalt resurfacing on SR121 runs by our very own Plant 35! There is a total of approximately 7,000 tons of asphalt on the entire project with a midSeptember completion date.
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Asphalt Resurface & Concrete Ramp Replacement on US40 in Centerville
This project located in Wayne County is approximately $6 million. Milestone US40 Project 214004 Dig out Crew for curb and ramps in Dublin. will be replacing concrete ramps, full depth asphalt patching, inter-urban rail removal, and asphalt overlay. There is a total of approximately 23,700 tons of asphalt on the entire project with a late October completion date.
US 40 Project
Ramps without required channelizers in Dublin.
RS-40597-A is a resurface project in Henry and Wayne Counties on US40. It is a little over $7 million project that includes interurban railroad track removal thru the town of Dublin, Curbs in East Germantown: replacing many concrete curb ramps, and over 42,000 tons of new asphalt. Milestone also was awarded a project of very similar nature that connects to this project and runs to the west all the way into Richmond with interurban track removal in Centerville. Between the two jobs we will be paving the majority of US40 between Richmond and Spiceland.
Asphalt between Dunreith and Lewisville.
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Graduations E T H A N B R O C K , son of Bloomington Estimator, Shannon and Kyla, graduated from Bedford North Lawrence High School on June 4th. He will be attending Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in the fall to study Computer Science. Congratulations, Ethan! # 1 B A R Y N C L I N E , proud Kindergarten graduate, stepped into Elementary status on May 21st. Great job, buddy! Baryn will attend Orleans Elementary this fall. His dad, Dwight, is a Project Manager in our Bloomington office. # 2
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Engagement “On April 2nd, a group of about 20 of our friends all went bowling in Columbus. I turned around from going my turn Cody was down on one knee and asked me to marry him. He chose to propose there because that was our first date over two years ago.” – K AY L A T R U E S D E L L , a Milestone Intern, is engaged to our own C O DY S T. J O H N , Assistant Project Manager. Congrats, you two!
K A T E B A U G H , daughter of Corey Baugh, VP/Area Manager Columbus, graduated from Columbus East High School on Saturday, May 29th. Congratulations, Kate! # 3
Also on May 29th, S H E L B Y M O R R O W graduated from Columbus East High School. Shelby is the daughter of Sharon Morrow, Estimating Administration in Columbus. Way to go, Shelby! # 4 6
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A M E L I A N O L T I N G , daughter of Justin and Niki Nolting, graduated from preschool at St. Paul Lutheran Early Childhood Ministry where she has attended the last two years. She received the preschool musical award on graduation day for all of the solo performances she loved to do on the playground. She’ll be starting kindergarten this fall at St Peter’s Lutheran School. She plans to be a mermaid when she grows up. “Just keep swimming,” Amelia! # 5
A big congratulations to T R A V I S E L Y , son of Kevin Ely, Sr. Estimator in Columbus! Travis graduated from Brown County High School on Friday, May 28th. # 6 M A L K I A W I L L A R D , daughter of Randy Willard, Superintendent, graduated from Edinburgh High School on Saturday, June 5th. Great work, Malkia! # 7 A L Y S E P A R D U E , step-daughter of Natasha Pardue, Project Manager, graduated from Columbus North High School on Saturday, May 29th. Congratulations, Alyse! # 8
What a big month for the Hester household! L O G A N J A C K S O N , daughter of Scott Hester, graduated from IU Bloomington on May 8th. She’s currently working in Richmond for a small recruiting company but plans on relocating to Indianapolis soon. Scott Hester is a Director of Estimating in Richmond. # 9 Also a daughter of Scott Hester is D R E W H E S T E R . On June 6th, Drew graduated from Centerville High School with honors and is attending IU East for her first year of college. Congratulations, Hester family! # 1 0 Derek Merida’s, middle daughter, D R . K I E R S T E N M E R I D A , graduated from Purdue with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree on May 15th, 2021. Congrats Merida family! # 1 1
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New Arrivals S I M O N H O L Z E R , Project Superintendent in Lafayette, and his wife Maranda got to meet their first child on the evening of Saturday, April 4th. Say hello to Payton Lee Holzer, all 7 lbs 8 oz, and 20.25” of her. Congratulations to Simon and Maranda! # 1 2
Meet Chloe, a pretty little English Labrador. L I S A T E U M E R , our Payroll Specialist in Griffith, adopted her on April 3rd. Enjoy puppy snuggles, Lisa! # 1 3 Milestone would like to congratulate C O L T O N A N D C A R L I B U S H O N G on the birth of their daughter Rylee Nicole. Rylee was born on April 24, 2021 weighing 6 lbs and 15 oz. Colton is in Asphalt Paving for the South Bend area. He has worked for the company since 2011. # 1 4 On May 24, 2021, J O H N A N D R A C H E L M A T H I N E welcomed their daughter Ellie Denise. She weighed 7 Ibs. 10oz, and was 19.25” long. Rachel is a controller for Open Road Asphalt in Champaign, IL. Ellie joins the world with big brother Oliver. # 1 5
Retirements A L L A N F R A N S O N has retired from the Operators Union Local 150. He has been a member of the Operators Union for 28 years. He worked for MCNI for the past five years in the South Bend area. Not only was he an excellent operator, but he also was a great teacher for the apprentices he imparted his knowledge upon. We wish Allan a restful and enjoyable retirement. Your skills will be missed.
About as long as he’s been with Milestone, so has he been married. A big congratulations to B U C K A N D N E A R I T Z on their 50th Wedding Anniversary! Buck and Nea were married on May 22, 1971 at First United Methodist Church in Columbus. The reception was then held at the home of Nea’s parents. Mrs. Ritz is now retired, but Buck still keeps us on our toes in Business Development! They plan to celebrate their anniversary this summer in Hawaii with their children and grandchildren. What a beautiful accomplishment to celebrate. From your Milestone family to you, congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Ritz!
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Mark Thompson James Snedeker
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Randall Hodson Phillip Tapp
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John Hannah Joe L. Hicks
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Michael Trenkamp Scott Keen Douglas Rogers Jeffery Johnson Martin Jackson Rocky McGarigle Rob Summers Anthony Davis Tracy Sanders
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Corey Baugh Jason Noah Keith Aveline Eric Stephens John Faulds Mitchell Runyon Dan Wolstenholme Troy Bunn
Thank you for your years of service!
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Kevin Boynton John Logan Jonathan Nolting Mark Walker James Kennedy
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Jeff Wagner Darren Lucas Tony Hobbs Randall Wilkinson Jeffrey Baker Todd Kirk Thomas Mitchum Cesar Caldera Sifuentes Farrell Edwards James Partlow Antonio Batres John Gabbard Colton Bushong Steve Janes Meredith Mills Jeffrey Kern
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“We’re everywhere right now”
—Dana Doss, Marketing Associate
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United Way Day of Service
BLOOMINGTON
The Milestone Orioles The Milestone Orioles are a 6 and under team based in the city of Ellettsville. Pictured is Will Rood who is coached by his dad, Rob Rood, an Area Asphalt Manager for Milestones’ Bloomington Office. Milestone supported the Orioles by donating $500 to help the boys get the gear they would need for the season. Rob says, “Milestone being able to get involved in the community we work in is really special; it shows citizens what kind of company we are and is a great way to build connections.” Will and his team went undefeated this season. Way to go Milestone Orioles! C H A M PA I G N
Forest Preserve Volunteers from our Columbus office got involved in multiple ways for the United Way of Bartholomew County. On Thursday, May 20th, Jon Nolting, Forrest Plumlee, Morgan Jones, John Megel and Kevin Ely spent the afternoon clearing a ditch at the Columbus Youth Camp. The next day, May 21st, volunteers from General Superintendent, Dave Nobbe’s team prepared a lot in Columbus for Thrive Alliance build an energy efficient house. (See newspaper article from The Republic) On Friday, May 21st, another group from Columbus tackled a different project in town. Karen Kelley, Sharon Morrow, Autumn Lee, Kayla Truesdell, Casey Loweth and Lori Boas spent the afternoon placing soil in the raised beds, mulching and repairing the garden bench at the Foundation for Youth Gardens.
To read more about this endeavor and view more photos, check out The Republic online or scan here:
Champaign Asphalt Company donated $7,500 to the Champaign County Forest Preserve for Earth Day 2021. Joe Lamb and Meredith Mills are on the board of the Forest Preserve Friends Foundation. Champaign Asphalt celebrates 75 years of recycling more than a million tons of asphalt in Champaign County.
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Local Men’s Shelter Champaign Asphalt continued to support CU at home – Champaign-Urbana’s local men’s shelter. CU at Home’s Executive Director, Rob Dalhaus, recognized us with a certificate of appreciation for helping them complete their fundraising goal.
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Abby & Libby Memorial Park DOUG PIERCE
VP/Area Manager, Lafayette
Milestone North sent a concrete crew to the Abby & Libby Memorial Park again on April 23rd to form and pour concrete aprons around their two concession buildings. Lafayette has been staying in touch with Libby’s grandfather, Mike Patty, and offering help as often as possible. It worked out that we could spare Chris Shepard’s crew for the day to get 50 cyds placed and finished for Mike.
IMI has been another gracious contributor to the park during its development, having donated several loads of concrete in the past and today providing it at a discounted rate. While this concrete project was being coordinated, Rick Yates found out that the park was going to have to pay for the concrete materials and generously offered to pay for it himself. Now that’s a man with a huge heart! Thank you Rick. You are a shining example of all the great, caring, and giving people we have in our Milestone Family. The park is getting very close to completion and expects to start holding baseball/softball games and other events by the end of May and throughout the summer. Congratulations to the families, their friends, and the community for their hard work and the realization of this dream!
All in all, it is very difficult to put into words how humbling the amount of support and help Milestone and IMI have provided in building the memorial park for Abby and Libby. This has been a campaign driven and supported from the community along with the outstanding companies stepping up to the plate, far exceeding what I could have ever envisioned. I was able to meet Zach Funk during the pour. He wanted to see the park and provided a level of assurance that IMI was there and was another contributing factor on the support to make this project a success. When Doug informed me that Rick was personally stepping up to cover the cost of the concrete for the two main restroom and concession buildings, it was another moment that made us realize how many great people are willing to support this effort. It was an honor to meet him there during the pour. I also would like to recognize Josh Coles with Milestone who has been willing to make several trips to the park helping out with various projects. And to Doug, his willingness to help us coordinate and provide guidance when hurdles come before us. He even gave up a few weekends in Nov. and Dec. making trips to the park to help us build the picnic shelters. Those were some cold days, and he was a huge help in getting those constructed. Again, thanks to everyone who has helped make this park come to life.” Thanks,
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Ron Hoyne aqua-bike competition C O M M U N I T Y I N V O LV E M E N T
Champaign Asphalt’s CFO, Ron Hoyne, recently competed in the U.S National Aqua-Bike competition in Sebring, Florida. As one of the top finishers in his age group (65-69), Ron qualifies for the World Championships for 2022. More importantly, Ron has been a key
ingredient to the success of Champaign Asphalt. Since the late 1980’s, Ron’s accounting acumen and thoughtful planning has allowed for tremendous growth and success for all the divisions of Champaign Asphalt. In addition, Ron has been responsible for the expanded wellness program for all our year-round employees. Ron lives in Champaign with his wife Pam. They have 3 grown children and 2 grandkids who reside outside Milwaukee.
COLUMBUS
BLOOMINGTON
On May 12th, Morgan Jones, Autumn Lee, Lori Boas, Karen Kelley, Sharon Morrow, Jon Nolting and Corey Baugh distributed food at the Love Chapel Mobile Food Pantry at Candlelight Mobile Home Park.
The Cement City Stingers are a travel baseball team based out of Mitchell, Indiana. This is their inauguration season. The boys have worked hard since March practicing and preparing for several tournaments throughout the summer. The team’s philosophy is: Winning is not everything, learning is. We will win with respect and integrity, we will lose with respect and integrity. Our baseball team will be a brotherhood based on friendships, hard work, determination, life lessons, and family. We will continue to work hard, be smart, and pay it forward as we move along our journey of learning the sport of baseball. Have fun and learn, always try hard and do your best!! The team is grateful to have Milestone as one of their sponsors this year. Joe Maddox, a Superintendent in Bloomington, is father of Stinger Zeke who plays 3rd base!
Love Chapel Food Pantry
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CWC Garden
When Wheeler Mission’s raised garden boxes fell into disrepair, this Indy crew restored and rebuilt them for the Center for Women and Children. The Indianapolis crew consisted of Chad Ryle, Doug Haskamp, Ed Snyder, and Chris Potts. Thanks for your hard work and dedication, guys! MILESTONE NORTH
Crown Point Parks
On Wednesday, May 19th, 2021, the City of Crown Point hosted a city-wide cleanup of local Crown Point parks. Milestone North donated supplies, and employees helped clean up the city. Pictured Left to right: Ashley Henningfield, Tracy Bevil, Kurt Husmann
The Cement City Stingers
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Panthers Baseball Team
The Jennings County Panther Baseball team won the The Slumpbuster tournament on May 14th at Lincoln Park in Columbus. The team is associated with Indiana USSSA Baseball. There were 18 teams in their division. Coaches are Doug Hudson, Clint McCullough and Matt McNew. Team players are Braxton Parker, Austin Hodge, Justin Terrill, Chancie Volz, Carter Hudson, Bret Sanders, Colten McCullough, Alex Brooks, Noah Morgan, Trevor Castner, Stephen Hall, and Mason McNew. The team was presented a trophy and each player received a championship ring. Milestone was one of the sponsors. Congratulations!
Intern Spotlight
Milestone would like to introduce our 2021 interns.
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Surveying, Lafayette
Construction, Columbus
JESSICA OSTERKAMP
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Bridge Project Management, Indianapolis
CALEB MADDEN
Estimating, Indianapolis
BRANDON
JUSTIN OWENS
Estimating, Bloomington
MICHAEL SCAGGS
Accounting, Indianapolis
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This year we have 30 interns! We cannot wait to see how each individual will learn and grow, not only as a professional, but how they will be an asset to Milestone. Thank you, interns, for all your hard work and good luck this summer!
J O N AT H A N C O L L I E R
W YAT T J E S T E R
K AY L A T R U E S D E L L
JACOB RAMSEY
KYLEIGH O’NEAL
JENIFFER
Project Management, Bloomington
Saftey Rep, Indianapolis
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MIA BAUER
JAMES FERRIS
Bridge, Indianapolis
HENNINGFIELD
Estimating, Griffith
Project Management, Richmond
HR, South Bend
Estimating, Columbus
Field, Lafayette
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What is the value of an intern?
Milestone asked those who are working closely with interns what value does an intern bring to a company. Here is what they had to say:
“Every intern comes from a different background with a unique mindset and skillset, which always brings a fresh perspective to the work that we do. Their questions, curiosity, and ideas challenge us in our own knowledge, processes, and how we think about work and the way we do it. Additionally, internships allow us to test the interns’ capabilities as we build our talent pipeline and at the same time allow them to try us on as a potential future employer.”
“Interns bring a fresh, new perspective to the table each summer when they join our teams. They come to The Heritage Group (Milestone) to continue their education through hands-on learning and experience, but they often also end up introducing us to new ideas and points of view. Interns are the next generation of problem solvers and innovative thinkers and their time with us allows us to continue to build our bench.”
— B R I A N AY E R S ,
- TAY L O R C O R N E L I U S ,
Regulatory Compliance Manager, The Heritage Group
Experience Coordinator, The Heritage Group
JOHN ALESSIA
ANDREW MCDONALD
CAMDEN CHAPMAN
T H A D D E U S H O RVAT H
ANDREW HICKMAN
SAMUEL MEZGEBO
JACOB YURACK
A S H LY N H A L S T E A D
M I K AY L A T H O M P S O N
JOSIAH FOSTER
LUKAS MILLER
J AY L E N G I L B E R T
LUKE JOHNSON
T R AV I S E LY
NICK BERGER
Layout Crew, Griffith
Project Superintendent, Indianapolis
Project Manager, Indianapolis
Field, South Bend
Concrete, Indianapolis
Surveying, Lafayette
Project Management, Griffith
Marketing, Bloomington
Estimating, Columbus
Field, South Bend
Accounting, Office/Accounting
Bridge, Columbus
HR, Indianapolis
Field, Columbus
Bridge, Bloomington
National Safety Month J U N E I S N A T I O N A L S A F E T Y M O N T H . S A F E T Y I S – A N D H A S A L W AY S B E E N – T H E N U M B E R O N E P R I O R I T Y AT M I L E S T O N E . W E A S K E D O U R E X E C U T I V E A N D S A F E T Y T E A M S W H AT S A F E T Y M E A N T T O T H E M – A N D H E R E W E R E T H E I R R E S P O N S E S .
Safety training for the job site & home!
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WITH THE 20/20/20 RULE
“Complacency can happen on a day to day basis, for example you have made the same turn or swing 101 times during the shift. As your making the same movements the environment is constantly changing around you. Every 20 minutes take 20 seconds to observe your work area for 20 feet. This will also help you watch out for your coworkers safety which is just as important as your own.” —J A S O N M U L L I N S
Lafayette Craft Safety Committee
20 / 20 /20 Every 20 minutes...
While you are on a job site it can help you achieve your safety objectives when you set up regular time intervals to review/scan your surroundings. Set a discrete alarm/timer on your watch or phone for every 20 minutes if that helps you remember.
Take 20 seconds...
Take 20 seconds to just be aware of your surroundings with safety in mind. This doesn’t have to be exactly 20 seconds, and you don’t want to get too elaborate with alarms on your phone or watch, but approximately 20 seconds is all you need for this rule.
Look 20 feet around you...
Scan about 20 feet around you to see if there are any safety hazards that need to be addressed. If you see something that needs attention make sure it is addressed by yourself, your supervisor, or another crew member.
What does safety mean to you?
“Safety to me means more than just Osha standards and regulations. Safety is having genuine care for yourself and people around you. Understanding and respecting the dangers that we face every day. Safety can be mental or physical.” —S H A Q U I L L E B R E E D I N G ,
Safety Representative
“Safety is providing the appropriate resources, training and tools to provide a safe and healthy work environment for our employees and the surrounding public.”
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Regional President, Indiana North
—AMY BIN GHAM ,
“Safety brings first aid to the uninjured. Prepare and prevent, don’t repair and repent.”
“Safety means protection. Safety means family: we work to live; we don’t live to work. Safety means that we are people focused. Safety means always doing the right thing. Safety means we care. Safety means making lives better. Safety means saving lives. Safety means EVERYTHING!!!”
—BRAD MCCALL,
Sr. Safety Representative
—CJ POTTS,
COO
“Safety is quite simply the Number One focal point in all that we do. It is imperative that our entire workforce return safely to their family and friends at the end of every shift. Furthermore, their belief and knowledge of Safety being the collective primary goal of management is critical to a Best-in-Class safety program.” — J O E L A M B , P R E S I D E N T,
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“Safety to me is doing everything possible to assure that a culture is provided, driven and understood. It is important that safety is and always will be the number one priority. With safety as number one, every employee returns home in the same physical and mental condition that they came to work with that morning. As well as individuals within our jobsites and the public that are passing through our jobsites. ”
Champaign Asphalt
VP/Estimating
“What safety means to me is when one takes away hazards before starting any project. Just the other day, I walked into a house being remodeled. I noticed two boards that had nails in it faced up. After seeing this I immediately disposed the boards. I could have walked around the boards, but I decided to take away that hazard right then before others step on a nail. Safety must come first, and one must take immediate steps before we do anything else if there is a hazard. If each one of us would do this, our jobsites, our homes, and our churches would all be much safer places for all of us.” —MARK THOMPSON,
Regional President, Indiana South
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MILESTONE & AMI
BRICKYARD CROSSING
Milestone received the contract to rehabilitate the Brickyard Crossing golf cart paths, parking lots, and other miscellaneous areas adjacent to the facility. Work included asphalt paving using AMI liquid, concrete curbs and concrete walks. They began in late 2020 and were substantially complete by the May 1st opening date. BET ON
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WELCOME INTERNS THG Interns 52
The Heritage Group has 54 interns this summer. Of those, 37 are working within 17 our HC+M OTHER HC+M team. We are excited to have this next generation of leaders working alongside us and look forward to a great year together.
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• John Alessia, Field, Milestone • Mia Bauer, HR, Milestone • Nick Berger, Bridge, Milestone • Emma Capuano, HR, AMI • Jeniffer Casas-Mendez, Field, Milestone • Camden Cahapmas, Field, Milestone • Wyatt Clevenger, QC, US Agg • Jonathan Collier, Bridge, Milestone • Travis Ely, Bridge, Milestone • Nathan Fairchild, Lab, Milestone • James Ferris, Lab, Milestone • Josiah Foster, Field, Milestone • Jaylin Gilbert, Field, Milestone • Brandon Granderson, Bridge, Milestone • Ashlyn Halstead, Marketing, Milestone • Ashley Henningfield, Estimating, Milestone • Andrew Hickman, HR, Milestone • Thaddeus Horvath, Field, Milestone • Wyatt Jester, Field, Milestone • Luke Johnson, Estimating, Milestone • Christine Lawrence, EHS, US Agg • Caleb Madden, Field, Milestone • Andrew McDonald, Field, Milestone • Samuel Mezgebo, GC, Milestone • Lukas Miller, Field, Milestone • Pethuel N’Zi, Plant Ops, AMI • Kyleigh O’Neal, Safety, Milestone • Jessica Osterkamp, Estimating, Milestone • Justin Owens, Estimating, Milestone • Jacob Ramsey, Field, Milestone • Angeles Sanchez, Marketing, AMI • Michael Scaggs, PC, Milestone • Mikayla Thompson, Accounting, Milestone • Kayla Truesdell, PC, Milestone • Fergus Washington, Supply Chain, AMI • Mason Wilhelmy, Plant Ops, AMI • Jacob Yurack, Concrete, Milestone
The quality met Indianapolis Motor Speedway expectations, and we are proud of what our crews accomplished with this aggressive schedule.
BUILD LONG-TERM
Our HC+M teams spent time with customers, vendors, and each other at the track throughtout the month of May. A special thank you to Milestone Contractors for their hospitality and suite access.
Caleb Brown
Adam Redman
Relationships AND MUTUAL TRUST
Supporting women in the construction industry is a priority for HC+M. That is why we are proud to be a supporter of Women of Asphalt (WOA). This year, WOA’s Indy Chapter held a speed networking event at Milestone’s suite at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Indy Grand Prix qualifications.
Steve Friess
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EMULSICOAT & CHAMPAIGN ASPHALT PROJECT PARTNERSHIP Emulsicoat has contracted Champaign Asphalt to complete site grading work, underground civil sewer work, pavement, and landscaping at its Saline Ct location in Urbana, IL. The prep work will ready the site for improvements that include erecting two (2) – 1.5MM gallon asphalt storage tanks and three (3) – 300K gallon polymer modified asphalt (PMA) tanks.
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