WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tennessee (WJHL) – A local concrete company has won several awards for different accomplishments, including their work at a local high school.
According to a statement from Cemex USA, Ready Mix USA has won five awards from the Tennessee Concrete Association (TCA).
The TCA awarded two Ready Mix USA plants the Emerald Award for Environmental Excellence for their commitment to being environmentally conscious.
Ready Mix USA President Marc Tyson said, “At Ready Mix USA and CEMEX USA, we strive to be good stewards of the environment and seek opportunities to improve our processes and operations to be even more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Ready Mix also won the Best Architectural / Engineering Award and the Grand Champion Concrete Design Award for their work on the Dobyns Bennett Science and Technology Center project in Kingsport.
The Boones Creek Ready Mix USA plant also won a Small Plant Award, which recognizes plants producing 25,000 cubic yards of concrete or less. The Morristown plant won a mid-size plant award which is reserved for plants that produce 25 to 75 cubic meters of concrete.
In addition to these awards, three other awards were given by the TCA for Concrete Design. Ready Mix USA won the Specialty Project Award for its concrete contribution to the Seven Islands State Birding Park Bridge in Kodak Tenn.