RW Sidley - Ashtabula

ROCKtober 2023 -Aggregates in Community
Aggregate materials form the base of a new high school football field, which will later be covered artificial turf.

ROCKtober 2023 -Aggregates in Community
Golf courses use aggregates and specialty mixes throughout the greens and fairways, silica sand is preferred in bunkers.

ROCKtober 2023 -Aggregates in Technology
Aggregates are used to build lots of pieces of technology – from the mobile phone in your pocket to the energy infrastructure that powers the country.

Did you know?
-Aggregates and industrial sand materials are involved with the creation of many of our consumer electronics such as televisions, phones, and tablets.
-Aggregates are used to build and maintain power generation facilities. Limestone is used in the “scrubbers” that help reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide emitted into the atmosphere at electrical power generation plants.
-Aggregate materials form the base for cell towers.

ROCKtober 2023 -Aggregates in Transportation
Denver International Airport used approximately 5 million tons of aggregates to construct the runway.