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Hear from Vice President of Operations, Chris Williams, and three other aggregate producers share their experience of late adopting cutting-edge technology during a panel discussion at the 2024 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference.

On the latest episode of “Drilling Deeper,” Kevin Yanik and Jack Kopanski bring you a trio of interviews from companies based out of the Midwest. First, hear from Chris Williams and Jamie Jones of Capital Aggregates (Jefferson City, Missouri) as they discuss what is driving construction materials demand in their region. The duo also hits on the…

A Missouri-based company is putting a new spin on its educational outreach program and getting positive feedback from its school partners. The program, Kids Rock, is run by Capital Aggregates, which includes Capital Materials, Capital Quarries and Capital Sand.

Capital Sand Company was incorporated in Jefferson City, Mo., on August 8, 1973. On August 9, 2023, the company celebrated its 50th anniversary with luncheons for employees at all of its plants and a ribbon cutting with the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce.

Ericka Baxter of Capital Materials shared an enthusiasm for all the components of her career in the construction industry.

Several large Missouri aggregate operations combine as one new company

On January 23, 2023, Chris Williams, of Carl Junction, was appointed to the Missouri Mining Commission.

The Missouri Limestone Producers Association (MLPA) recognized dozens of operations throughout the state of Missouri for achieving extended periods without lost-time accidents.

More than 440 attendees and 41 exhibitors made their way to Osage Beach, Missouri, for the 2022 Missouri Limestone Producers Association (MLPA) Annual Convention.

A Missouri aggregate producer recently launched a new safety program. According to the Missouri Limestone Producers Association, Capital Quarries, a division of Farmer Holding Co., developed a program called Target Zero to prevent workplace complacency and remind employees that they have choices to make when ensuring their own safety and the safety of others.

The Land Reclamation Program of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has approved a permit for Capital Quarries to expand its mining activities north of Rolla.

Twelve years after fundraising began, a Jefferson City training center for Special Olympics athletes is beginning to take shape.

With no time for downtime, Ken Richter and his John Deere 944K Wheel Loaders are steady crushing rocks and goals.

Capital Sand Co. is rebuilding a sand dredge for its Jefferson City location to replace a dredge that capsized in the Missouri River in July 2015.

A group of high school students stood at the edge of a limestone quarry last month as three air horn blasts warned that something big was about to go boom.

Capital Quarries Co. Inc. in Jefferson City, MO, started 25 years ago and has since grown to a fully integrated group of companies involved in markets from block brick, ready-mix asphalt and cement to heavy highway construction.