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TH42 Proactively Identifying and Planning for Risk in the Aggregate Industry Greg Gold, Brian Buck, Alexander Edstrom, Jared Erickson, Stantec The aggregates and construction industries are highly competitive and time-sensitive industries. Delivering construction materials and projects on time and on budget is hard work without worrying about risks to your operational well-being. Those of us who have spent time in the aggregates industry know that you cannot afford any significant unplanned events and still reach financial and productivity goals. So we cannot afford to ignore risk in hope that it will not affect our day-to-day operations. We will discuss Legal, Environmental, Water Management, Geological/Geotechnical, and Public Relations risk and how to be proactive and plan now for what could go wrong. Preparing for these situations ahead of time and not having to rely on your crisis management skills will reduce your operational risk and save you time and money. TH43 Crushing 201: Attaining The Highest Percentage of Pay Product Ian Pendergrass, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens This presentation will review the different principles of a cone crusher to identify the key elements that encourage attrition crushing and a desirable product shape. Learn how to attain a more cubical product, which helps producers get a higher percentage of pay product on the ground. TH44 Developing a Communications Strategy to Support a Journey to Zero Justin Ganschow, Caterpillar Inc. and Don Rosenbarger, Delta Companies At every level of an organization, the way leaders talk about safety has a direct impact on attitudes, beliefs and behaviors - which influence safety results. A safety improvement journey fueled by accountability and positive recognition requires a communication strategy that leverages a variety of written and active messaging opportunities to inform, involve and inspire. Through words and deeds, leaders must set a sincere and credible "tone from the top," managers must ensure accountability for safety activities and front-line supervisors must champion a culture of zeroincident performance. Delta Companies Inc. committed to an engagement-based approach to safety improvement in 2015 and learned quickly that effective communications at each level deliver the trust, responsibility and openness required for measurable culture change. This case study presentation will focus on a strategy within a strategy - Delta's communication tactics to ensure the success of its safety culture initiatives. TH45 Dissecting Maintenance Wade Lippert, KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens Learn how to perform maintenance of an aggregates operation by separating different aspects of maintenance into quantifiable parts to make them obtainable daily. Discover how proper equipment 34 STONE, 901040_Mellott.indd 1 SAND & GRAVEL REVIEW, March/April 2018 15/01/18 12:30 pm
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