2024 Annual Conference / Presentations

2024 Annual Conference Presentations

A special thank you to all that participated and attended this years annual conference at Firekeeper's Casino & Hotel in Battle Creek. Below are the presentations for this years conference. Please make sure to save the date for next years conference on February 12-14, 2025.

• MDOT Update - Jason Gutting, Director of Bureau of Field Services
  
• Impairment Detection + Workplace Safety - Ken Fichtler, Gaize CEO
• Proper Bearing Lubrication - Dean Burcroff, Bearing Service
• Intro to AASHTOWARE - Dan Burns, MDOT
• Stockpile Management Best Practices for Loader Operators - Keith Childress, Great Lakes Aggregates & Nathan Gates, Verplank
• EGLE Inspection Discoverables - EGLE panel
• New Service Technology - Brian Schulz, Michigan CAT
• Groundwater Modeling - Sylvan Long, Haley & Aldrich
• Safety Roundtable: Taking Safety to the Next Level - Members of the MAA Safety Committee
• MSHA Update - Amy Jackson, Supervisory Mine Safety & Health Inspector
• NSSGA Update - Reid Dagul, Director of Government Affairs
• The Economic Outlook & Impact for Construction Materials - George Reddin, FMI Capital Advisors, Inc.
• Community Engagement Strategies - Naomi Carr, Carr Brothers & Sons/ Emily Bay, Rieth-Riley/ Megan Kansier, MPM/Stoneco
• 3D Scanning from Concept to Reality - Bob Keaton III, Alta Mine Services
• Back to the Basics & Driving Change - Commander Brett Holdiman, Leading Edge Performance

Sponsors

SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS

• AIS Construction Equipment
• Alta Equipment Company
  
• Ohio CAT
  
• Michigan CAT
  

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

• AIS Construction Equipment
• Alta Equipment Company
  
• Carl Schlegel Inc.
  
• Carmeuse Lime & Stone
• Carr Brothers & Sons, Inc.
• CFS, Inc.
• Conviber
• Corrigan Oil Company
• Edw. C. Levy Co.
• Fisher Companies
• Gerken
• Great Lakes Aggregates
• HiPoint Aggregate Equipment
• Holcim
• Kalin Construction Company
• Klett Recycle
• Koenig Materials

GOLD SPONSORS:

• Cadillac Asphalt
• Consumers Concrete
• Fishbeck
• GBM Sand & Gravel
• GZA Geoenvironmental
• Haley and Aldrich
• Natural Resource Management
• Ohio CAT
• Ritchie Bros.
• Soils & Structures

• LJ Inc.
  
• Maverick Environmental Equipment

• MHK Equipment Services
• Michigan CAT
• Michigan Paving & Materials
• Mid Michigan Materials
• Operating Engineers 324
• Rieth-Riley Construction Company
  
• Stoneco of Michigan
• Supreme Manufacturing
• Team Elmer’s
• Thompson Recycle
• Unified Screening & Crushing
• Verplank Dock Co.

SILVER SPONSORS:

• Bearing Service Inc.
• Conveyall Industrial Supply Inc.
• Great Lakes Scale
• Equipment Corporation Of America
• Rock Machinery
• Vibra-Tech Engineering