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Martin Marietta leads NSSGA Awards for 2nd consecutive year
Martin Marietta earned 65 National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) Awards this year, leading all member companies in total awards for the second year in a row. The NSSGA announced the feat in late September during its annual Legislative and Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.
October 1, 2021

Martin Marietta's Benson Quarry in Benson, North Carolina, earned gold status in the NSSGA’s Safety Excellence awards.
Martin Marietta earned 65 National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) Awards this year, leading all member companies in total awards for the second year in a row. The NSSGA announced the feat in late September during its annual Legislative and Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. Recognized in the organization’s awards program are those operations that have earned platinum, gold, silver or bronze status for excellence in the areas of community relations, environmental performance and safety.
In a statement provided to The Conveyor, NSSGA President and CEO Michael Johnson congratulated all of Martin Marietta’s winners. “This accomplishment is outstanding and a true testament to the hard work of the Martin Marietta team, as it is the largest number of total awards won by a member company in 2021,” Johnson said. “We are proud of all of our members for continuing to be leaders in these critically important fields, despite the unconventional year they experienced, as success in these areas is the key to our aggregates industry’s longevity.”
This year’s awards come on the heels of an incredibly successful 2020 campaign during which the company led all NSSGA member companies with 71 awards. This year’s winners include:
Community Relations Excellence
Gold
Granite Canyon Quarry
Silver
North East Quarry
Bronze
Augusta Quarry
Bells Sand & Gravel
Bridgeport Stone
Broken Bow Sand & Gravel
Fuquay Quarry
Garwood Sand & Gravel
Guernsey Quarry
Hugo Quarry
Idabel Quarry
Junction City Quarry
Katy Cement Terminal
Mill Creek Granite
Mill Creek Limestone
Miller Aggregate Terminal
Statesville Quarry
Vance Quarry
Environmental Excellence
Silver
Hatton Quarry
Specification Aggregates Quarry
Bronze
Amelia Quarry
Beckmann Quarry
Bedrock Quarry
Bells Savoy Sand & Gravel
Black Rock
Bridgeport Stone
Broken Bow Sand & Gravel
Chico Quarry
Frederick Quarry
Garfield Sand & Gravel
Garwood Sand & Gravel
Granite Canyon Quarry
Guernsey Quarry
Helotes Quarry
Hondo Quarry
Hugo Quarry
Idabel Quarry
Jones Mill Quarry
Kerrville Sand & Gravel
Lemon Springs Quarry
Loamy Sand & Gravel
Matthews Quarry
Medina Rock & Rail
Mill Creek Granite
Newton Quarry
Parkdale Quarry
Parsons Sand & Gravel
Penrose Ranch
Perry Quarry
Perryville Aggregates
Platte Sand & Gravel
Poteet Sand Plant
Red Canyon Quarry
San Pedro Quarry
Smithson Valley Quarry
Sunflower Quarry
Taft Hill Sand & Gravel
Tin Top Sand & Gravel
Tyler Terminal
Vance Quarry
Woodworth/GCO Aggregates
Safety Excellence
Gold
Benson Quarry (Large Producer)
Bronze
Charlotte Quarry (Large Producer)
Onslow Quarry (Medium Producer)
Louis Griesemer Sterling Safety Award
Bronze
Martin Marietta (Large Producer)
Paul Mellott, Jr. Award for Political Excellence
Ward Nye, Chairman, President and CEO