Boone Quarries-East, our 2004 Producer of the Year, built a completely new plant in its 70-year-old'quarry. hen Billy Sapp and Alan Barnes decided to replace the existing plant at their Boone Quarries-East operation, they knew the job would have to be done quickly. With the help of their equipment distributor, Continental Equipment Co., the team embarked on a wintertime project that resulted in higher production and finished product that meets tight specs. The quarry at Boone Quarries-East, Columbia, Mo., is said to have been around since the time of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, After changing hands through the years, Boone Quarries purchased the site from Gem ex in 1997. Last year, Sapp and Barnes decided that replacing the old plant would give them higher capacity. "We sat down at a table," Barnes says, "we told [Continental Equipment] what we needed, and they put it together for us."
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