Category Archives: News
Future Fueling
This year Geneva Rock Products became the first ready-mix contractor to own and operate a natural gas filling station in the state of Utah. The filling station, housed at our 3900 South facility, provides compressed natural gas (CNG) for our fleet of CNG concrete mixer trucks. It is the first [...]
Jan
In the Spotlight
Since 1985, the Hale Centre Theatre has brought high-quality productions to the Salt Lake City area. With each passing successful show, the company’s reputation grew, eventually making tickets tougher and tougher to come by. In fact, since 2012, each of Hale’s 400 performances a year have sold out. In order [...]
Jan
Sustainable Business
The term sustainability has been thrown around frequently in the past few years, covering everything from green products and services to sustaining the balance of an ever-fragile economy. My experience with this concept and the long-term success of a business focuses on creating a business environment where needs, goals and [...]
Jan
Geneva Rock Employees Recognized with UDOT Silver Barrel Award
In the early morning hours of September 10th, 2015, a Geneva Rock crew was busy working on a five mile mill and fill job in Taylorsville on Interstate 215. As paving crew superintendents Cody Clark and Joel Robertson drove across the project site, checking in on the scheduled work, they [...]
Nov
I-80: Silver Creek to Wanship
On one of the most heavily-traveled highways in Utah, Geneva Rock Products has spent two summers paving roughly 377,521 square yards of concrete in reconstructing a seven-and-a-half-mile stretch of I-80 and replacing a 328-foot bridge. The I-80 Silver Creek to Wanship project was awarded to Geneva Rock Products by UDOT in April 2014. The $35 million job reconstructs the roadway and an [...]
Nov
Geneva Rock on Instagram: October 2015
We love to show off the amazing captures of our employees, customers, partners and community members. To have your photos included in our monthly post, use the hashtag #genevarock in your public Instagram posts. [...]
Nov
Geneva Rock Products Closes on Asset Purchase with Wilkinson Construction Company
Morgan-based Construction Products & Services Now Offered by Geneva Rock Products MORGAN, Utah, Oct. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Geneva Rock Products, Inc. announced today its purchase of the assets of Wilkinson Construction Company, Inc., a civil construction entity specializing in aggregate production, road construction and pavement maintenance. In this asset acquisition, Geneva Rock Products has purchased [...]
What’s the Big (micro) Deal?
WHAT IS MIRCOSURFACING? Microsurfacing is a road maintenance tool that involves laying a mixture of dense-graded aggregate, polymer modified emulsion, additive, mineral filler (cement) and water to correct or prevent certain deficiencies in pavement conditions. (Hein, 2003) In layman’s terms — it’s an advanced slurry-seal. Microsurfacing was developed in Germany [...]
Oct
Doing What They Can
In Utah, vehicle emissions are the primary contributor to poor air quality. These mobile emission sources emit nearly two-thirds of the state’s PM2.5 — a fine particulate matter that poses the greatest health risk to humans and animals. In 2015, Geneva Rock Products, Inc. is taking the state’s challenge to [...]
Oct
In the People Business
People are the core of our business. Be it customers, partners, clients, employees or members of the community, each relationship is vital to the success of our organization. As President of Geneva Rock Products — and with 31 years of experience at this great company — I have learned that [...]
Oct
Housing The Outfitter: Cabela’s Tooele Warehouse
Written By: Greg Bennett GRINDING OUT WORK ON CABELA’S TOOELE WAREHOUSE Tooele, Utah, has a unique blend of convenience and remoteness that makes it ideal for large distribution warehouses. It is only about 30 miles west of downtown Salt Lake City (it’s even closer to the airport) and sits right on I-80, the main east-west thoroughfare through the western [...]
Sep
4100 South Relief Sewer Project Completed in Taylorsville
Geneva Rock crews have completed the 4100 South – Relief Sewer Project in Taylorsville, as commissioned by the project owner, Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District. Work on the project included installation of 2,600 LF of SDR-35 PVC sewer pipe down the center of 4100 South in Taylorsville, Utah. Pipe sizes varied [...]