Banks Blog

04.04.19

Banks….a case study?

YES! A case study for Colophon New Media, the great web developer that helped us build our new website! What are they saying about the technology in the construction industry? Find out here.

04.03.19

New OJT Graduates

Graduation season is quickly approaching in Charleston. Here at Banks, we are paving the way for local graduates. But, to us it isn't all caps and gowns. Its more than Pomp and Circumstance. We are...

03.20.19

Changing transit in the greater Charleston area

We are excited to be working on the new CARTA Melnick Park & Ride Project! We are working with the Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Council of Governments (BCD COG), North Charleston Government and Ride CARTA on...

03.15.19

We have another pilot in the ranks!

Who knew that an interest in aviation would be beneficial in the asphalt construction industry?  Phillip Bellew from our Survey Department sure did! Phillip recently joined the ranks of 100k other aviation enthusiasts to earn...

03.11.19

A morning at William Reeves Elementary

We love being involved in Dorchester District 2's career days! BD Laprad, David Behr, and Earl Brown visited William Reeves Elementary School in Summerville recently. They took a dump truck out to educate the students...

02.18.19

ASTEC 2019

Every year ASTEC conducts training for customers at their headquarters in Chattanooga, TN. Three of our Plant Division team members, Tim McKuhen, Clay Reynolds and Charlie McNeil, attended this past week and came back with...

02.15.19

Active Shooter Training

Always safety vigilant, the last two Fridays our Safety Department has facilitated Active Shooter Training for Banks’ employees.  In this training, employees were briefed on historical active shooter incidents and educated on civilian response tactics...

01.28.19

Dirty Jobs, Banks style!

To an outsider, there is nothing pretty about an asphalt plant.  There are tall silos that hold asphalt mix.  There are piles of dirt and rock.  There are conveyor belts, heavy equipment, and a lot...

01.17.19

…and the SCAPA award goes to…

  SCAPA Winter Conference On January 16-17, 2019, folks from Banks had the pleasure of attending the SC Asphalt Pavement Association (SCAPA) Winter Conference at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, SC.  We participated in...

01.16.19

OCI: CLAIRe, January 2019

At Banks, we are always striving to be better than we were, to be best in class.  We have implemented a program called Operational Continuous Improvement (OCI).  The program identifies areas for improvement, forms focus...

01.02.19

2018 Christmas Luncheon

70 years strong!  Banks employees celebrated 70 years in business at our annual Christmas luncheon on December 21, 2018 at the Shriner's Club in Summerville, SC.   With great food, fellowship and raffles, we reflected on...

12.20.18

Canned Food Drive: 2018

At Banks, we feel that it is important to give back.  This year, our office held a canned food drive competition.  It was a fight to the finish of upstairs v. downstairs.  In the end,...