White Rock Quarries – Spring 2007 Doral Relay For Life – Slide Show

August 25, 2007

: White Rock Quarries is proud to support the Doral Relay For Life.

: We are also proud to operate one of the Top 2 quarries in the U.S.

: White Rock’s operations help meet Florida’s huge demand for limestone aggregates.

: White Rock’s main Miami location has two processing plants and six outbound scales.

: We use a 105-cubic-yard dragline to efficiently recover fragmented limestone for processing.

: Here is a view from the control room during the Grand Showing tour of the dragline.

: The dragline is so big it took a year to assemble. In the background is another White Rock dragline in action.

: High-capacity loaders bring the recovered limestone to a portable road rock crusher.

: The road rock crusher produces state-certified base rock for road construction.

: Limestone is also processed through the plants, creating various smaller sizes of state-certified aggregates, as well.

: Customers’ orders are filled quickly and efficiently using high-capacity loaders.

: We also ship aggregates by rail throughout the state of Florida.

: Extensive lab testing and monitoring of all operations ensures strict quality control.

: We also operate White Rock South, a few miles from the main location.

: White Rock South operates on the same high-quality production principles.

: At both locations, White Rock provides fast, efficient service to help meet the demand for limestone.

: White Rock also operates a mobile unit recycling thousands of tons of old roadway materials each year.

: Why are limestone aggregates so important to the state of Florida? Let’s take a look!

: Limestone is vital for transportation. It is used for road foundations, asphalt pavement, concrete bridges, even airport runways.

: Limestone provides a stable base material for road construction.

: Limestone aggregates can be spread and compacted, then topped with asphalt pavement.

: Asphalt pavement is made from limestone aggregates mixed with asphaltic cement.

: Asphalt pavement is vital for commercial, residential and transportation construction.

: Asphalt is just one of many products made using limestone aggregates.

: Limestone is also used to make bridge piers, bridge decks and other concrete products.

: You benefit from limestone aggregates virtually every time you cross a concrete bridge in Florida.

: R.E. (Reinforced Earth) walls are another limestone-containing product.

: Concrete pipes, made using limestone materials, are vital for drainage in Florida.

: Concrete pipes are manufactured in a wide range of sizes using limestone materials.

: Pre-cast concrete structures, such as this culvert, are also made using limestone.

: Limestone is also used in concrete blocks, literally the “building blocks” of the construction industry.

: Concrete block construction is a common sight throughout Florida.

: “Ready-mix” concrete is another common construction material made using limestone.

: Ready-mix concrete is poured or pumped into specially-shaped forms.

: Ready-mix concrete is also poured into forms for “tilt-up wall” construction.

: Limestone is also used in making paver bricks, roof tiles, statues, fountains and more.

: White Rock is helping build a sustainable Florida with our vital limestone products!