Aaron Witt has built an international influence in the construction and mining world, and this week he visited Stillwater and took time to sit down with me and give his thoughts on"The DIrt World".  Safety & Training Director Adam Kasprzak sits down for some safety talk; Shout-outs; Price is Right!

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In this episode with former VP Ops Dick Martin and Business Development Manager Steve Perry we talk about how they got noticed and what they did next to advance their careers (plus a few old "war stories"), a brief safety topic or two; shout-outs; and finally, the Price is Right winner!

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I asked who you wanted on the podcast, you told me, so here they are: Excavator operator Ken Thurlow, dozer operator James Burnette, and equipment service master Bob Neilander.  We round the show out with Bid Calendar update, 7:1 Initiative as a safety topic, Shout-outs, and The Price is Right.

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Longtime superintendent and operations manager-turned Workforce Advancement Director Kevin Gordon sits down with me today to discuss how he finds his advancement targets, what they need to show, and how he pivoted from Sargent Construction Academy to evolve our approach to advancing our employee-owners.

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This week VP Ops NE Eric Ritchie and I sit down with Sargent Materials General Manager Josh Shaw, who explains some of the major changes and focuses of Sargent Materials, whose impact last year on the company's overall financials and stock price was phenomenal.  We follow up with the 7:1 Initiative as a safety topic, and wrap up with shout-outs and The Price is Right Winner for a Cat 988K Loader.

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This week I sat down with VP Ops NE Eric Ritchie and Ops Manager Tim LePage to get an update on Northern Maine operations.  We gave calls to superintendents Chris Lynch in Rumford and Peter Broberg in Caribou, hit a couple safety topics, rolled in some shout-outs, announced a winner for the Price is Right on an L90 loader, and issued a THANK YOU to the families of our employee-owners.

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After a quick review of the Bid Calendar, I introduce a part of the equipment department with interviews of Tim Richards, Eric Gifford, and Will Belanger.  We move on to a quick safety report, a TON of shout-outs, and end with the guessing game! 

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Tasha Gardner, Eric Ritchie and Jim Braley (Bangor Area Manager) join me for as we swing back north to New England.  Eric updates on the bid calendar, New England baacklog; Tasha gives an ESOP update; Jim updates on work around Bangor, and we give Doug Barnes a phone call at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town.  Puncutated by a quick safety report and a few dozen shout-outs!

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Unable to travel to our Mid-Atlantic operation, I decided to change up the format (again!) and catch up with several of Regional Manager Justin Porter's crew by phone, including a bidding report with Estimator Aaron Tidd, field reports from Superintendents Ricky Powell and Dale Louk, and a report from HR/Safety Specialist Justin Embrey.  Many shout-outs from the field are included as well!

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In this episode we announce the Cat 336 price winner, touch lightly on this past week's brutal bidding results (we were second on FOUR projects!), touch on safety, and cover a few great shout-outs, or what I now call "Rainmakers".

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