KCSA Safety & Education Meeting

Louisville Marriott East

1903 Embassy Square Blvd, Louisville, KY 40299

February 26 & 27, 2025

 

Important Deadlines: 

Hotel deadline: Wednesday, February 13, 2025

Exhibitor Deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025

Attendee Registration Deadline: Monday, February 17, 2025

The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association is hosting the annual Safety and Educational Seminar on Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27, 2025 at the Louisville Marriott East hotel in Louisville, KY. This is a great opportunity to attend and learn the latest safety trends and educational opportunities from the industry and partnering agencies. There are 33 available exhibit booths where our members will be showcasing the latest products and services. Don't miss this chance to network with the exhibitors.

The seminar will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 28 with safety presentations from the industry and MSHA and conclude at 5:30 p.m. Following the safety day, we invite you to join our associate members for an opening reception in the trade show area located just outside the meeting room. Thursday morning, breakfast will start at 7:00 a.m. along with the exhibit hall being open for networking with the industry. Following breakfast, we will kick-off our second General Session at 8:00 a.m. We have several technical presentations scheduled on blasting, crushing and screening. Lunch will be served at approximately 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Following lunch, additional presentations will follow. The day will conclude at approximately 4:05 p.m. where we will wrap up with door prizes.

 

Conference Registration Options:

 

Click Here to Register as an ATTENDEE

 

Click Here to Register as a SPONSOR/EXHIBITOR

 

 

Who Should Attend:

Owners, Operators, Foremen, HR Managers / Hiring Personnel, Financial Personnel, Sales Reps, Laborers, Safety Directors/Managers, etc. 

 

 

Hotel Room Reservation Information:

 

Click here to reserve your hotel room

 

Room Rate: $163.00 plus tax

The Kentucky Crushed Stone Association has a block of rooms reserved for Wednesday night March 1 at the Marriott Louisville East Hotel. Deadline to receive the discounted room rate is February 15, 2025. The room rate is $163.00 per night plus tax. We recommend reserving your hotel room early as the room block will fill up. Please note that check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 11:00 a.m. All room cancellations must be received no later than 48 hours prior to arrival. Cancellations made after this time, or no shows, will be charged for 1 night's stay.

 

Agenda:

Time Topic Presenter Company
Day 1 Wednesday, February 26    
11:00 a.m. Registration Opens    
12:00 p.m. Exhibits Open in Foyer / Hallway of Hotel    
1:00 p.m. Welcome Remarks Pat Hamilton

Nally and Gibson Georgetown

1:10 p.m.

 MSHA Update from the District Sam Creasy District 7 Manager, MSHA
1:45 p.m. Drilling and Blasting Efficiencies Case Study

Bobby McDonnell

Cody McDowell

Rogers Group 

Orica
2:30 p.m. Plant Automation Case Study Tony Cinkovich Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel
3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Break    
3:45 p.m. Leadership Development Greg Coker Greg Coker Development
4:30 p.m. Media Training for Crisis Management Jill Helsel Gingrich Latorre Communications
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception    
  Dinner on Your Own    
       
       
Day 2 Thursday, Feb. 27 - Day 2    
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Breakfast

 

 

8:00 p.m.

 Importance of Local Involvement with High School Community Technical Centers Tracy Parks, Principal    and Cody Hollon - Heavy Equipment & Trucking Teacher, Eastside Technical Center, Lexington, KY Jared Curry and Ernesto Lagunes, Vulcan Materials
9:00 a.m. Fundamentals of Sales Tax - A Brief Review of the Fundamentals of Sales Tax, an examination of Exemptions from Tax Common to Manufacturing, Mining, Processing, etc., and a discussion of Specific Machinery and Equipment and Tools and Supplies used in the industry Erica Horn Dean Dorton
9:30 a.m. Data consolidation across ERP, Project Management and scale systems - Automated report distribution, Field data collection John Gootee Dean Dorton
10:00 a.m. KYTC Update James Ballinger State Highway Engineer, KYTC
10:30 a.m. Break Break  
       
10:45 a.m Keynote Speaker - Leadership, Management and Critical Decisions Mitch Barnhardt University of Kentucky Athletic Director
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:00 p.m. Mental Health and Wellness Awareness - There's No Crying in Baseball Joseph McGuire Formerly with CRH
2:00 p.m. Quarry Sustainability, A Look at Our Footprint  Kyle Brashear Director of Sustainability, NSSGA
2:45 p.m. Break    
3:00 p.m. Drones and AI for Stockpile Management - Manufacturer and industry experience Eric Mundy, Andy Short, and Ishmal Ratliff Seiler Geospatial
4:00 p.m. Conference Wrap Up/Door Prizes  


 

Conference Sponsorships:

This is your chance to help support the event and offset all costs including meals, meeting space rental fees, registration information, the reception, breakast, lunch, breaks, audio/video etc. This will also help offset the costs associated with our keynote speaker, which brings a lot of value to conference. We can't stress how important it is to have your support! Your sponsorship includes one full registration including all meals.

Sponsorship Levels:

Gold - $2,600

Signage Displayed Throughout Meeting

  • Wednesday Business Meeting
  • Wednesday Night Reception
  • Thursday Business Meeting
  • Logo displayed on Association's App - NEW MEMBER FEATURE
  • Listed in program and mentioned during the meeting

Silver - $1,750

Signage Displayed Throughout The Following:

  • Wednesday Business Meeting
  • Wednesday Night Reception
  • Listed in program and mentioned during the meeting

Bronze - $800

  • Listed in program and mentioned during the meeting

 

 

 

 

Gold Sponsor

 

Silver Sponsor

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                          

 

Bronze Sponsor

 

 


 

 


 

Exhibitor Registration Information:

The exhibitor area is located just outside the meeting space and in part of the lobby/Foyer area located on the first floor of the hotel. Both areas will have bars setup during our reception on Wednesday night. 

Cost to exhibit - $800

Exhibiting at this conference is limited to 33 table tops. If you would like to exhibit at this conference, please select the availible exhibit booth number of your choice in the registration process. With the limited amount of space, we ask that you only select one booth.

Your exhibit registration will include:   

  • 1 full (one) registration fee
  • All meal functions 
  • 1 (one) 6' (foot) skirted table 
  • Electric for your exhibit 
  • 2 chairs

 

Additional Exhibitor Registration - $265.00

*You will be able to register an additional person after the initial registration has been completed.

 

 

Due to hotel guarantees, no refunds will be given for registration after February 21, 2025.

 

 

Conference Layout 

Booth 1 - Loadrite Southern Star LLC

Booth 2 - 

Booth 3 -  Thaman Rubber Co.

Booth 4 - Rock Drilling Inc.

Booth 5 -  Orica U.S.A. Inc. 

Booth 6 - Brandeis Machinery

Booth 7 - Process Machinery, Inc.

Booth 8 - Mine Duty Idlers / Chicago Chain

Booth 9 -  

Booth 10 -  McCoy Construction & Forestry

Booth 11 - Belt Tech Industrial

Booth 12 - J.H. Fletcher & Co.

Booth 13 - 

Booth 14 - 

Booth 15 - 

Booth 16 - Synterra Corp

Booth 17 - Virginia Explosives and Drilling Companu

Booth 18 - 

Booth 19 - 

Booth 20 - 

Booth 21 -

Booth 22 - 

Booth 23 - 

Booth 24 - Royal Brass and Hose

Booth 25 - Midwestern Industries, Inc.

Booth 26 - 

Booth 27 - Aggregate Processing, Inc. 

Booth 28 - RUDD Equipment Company

Booth 29 - 4R Fastners

Booth 30 - Roppel Ind. 

Booth 31 - Conn - Weld Industries, LLC.

Booth 32 -

Booth 33 -