Rodney P. Frelinghuysen visited Tilcon's Mt. Hope facility in Wharton, NJ on September 8. The Congressman is serving his tenth term as the Representative for New Jersey's 11th Congressional District.  In the 113th Congress, Frelinghuysen serves as New Jersey's senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and on three key appropriations subcommittees: Energy and Water Development, Homeland Security and Defense, where he serves as Chairman.

Frelinghuysen represents 54 municipalities in the 11th Congressional District, including communities in Morris, Sussex, Passaic, and Essex Counties. Tilcon has 5 locations in the 11th District: Byram, Mt. Hope, Pompton Lakes, Riverdale and Totowa and a total of 369 employees are employed at these locations.

The tour began with a presentation and overview of the company by Tilcon's Executive Management team: Seán O'Sullivan, President Tilcon New Jersey; Vince Gallo, Executive Vice President; Josh Benson, General Manager Sales; Frank Hung, Director of Safety; Brad Carroll, General Manager of Aggregates; Scott Laudone, General Manager of Asphalt; Arnold Connolly, Mt. Hope Plant Manager and Karen Edgar, Public Relations Manager.

After the presentation, the Congressman went on a windshield tour of the quarry, asphalt, recycling and quality control lab, led by Arnold, Brad and Scott.  The Congressman was able to see firsthand how the quarry operates and how rocks are mined and processed.  He then went to the asphalt plant and Scott explained to him the importance of using recycled products in the production of hot mix asphalt and talked to him about the efficient state-of-the-art Gencor asphalt plant on site and how it was constructed with safety, the environment and ease of access in mind.

Safety is always number one priority at Tilcon, and the new asphalt plant project included improvements to the property's roadways that facilitate the ease of traffic flow into and out of the facility for the local community, customers, visitors and employees.  The new plant runs more efficiently and quietly and provides additional dust control measure improving the plants overall environment and further minimizing any intrusion to the surrounding neighbors and community.

At the conclusion of the visit, the Congressman took a tour of the Quality Control lab and was greeted by several Tilcon employees who wanted to meet the Congressman and also asked questions about federal Transportation Funding and its relationship to the construction industry. A question was poised, on what actions the House of Representatives may take in the near future to help aid in the funding?

The Congressman left with a better understanding of our industry and a genuine interest in helping to support it and was very appreciative of the opportunity to hear about the concerns of his constituents.

Tilcon began work, in late July, on a major project to repave an 11 mile-stretch of the Palisades Interstate Parkway, the entire length of the Parkway in New Jersey, in both directions.  In New Jersey, the Parkway runs from the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee to the New York state line at Alpine. Three scenic overlooks in New Jersey offer views of the Hudson River and the New York City skyline.  It is a heavily-travelled interstate traffic route which presents significant scheduling challenges.

The scope of the project includes paving all interchange ramps, rest areas, scenic look-outs and the PIP spurs.  The mill and pave features 3" milling with 1.5" hot mix asphalt 9.5M64 Intermediate Course and 1.5" hot mix asphalt 9.5M64 Surface Course. Overall, the project will use approximately 92,000 tons of hot mix asphalt sourced from Tilcon's Mount Hope and North Bergen plants.

In addition to the paving element, nine bridge deck repairs, concrete sloping curb repairs, drainage modifications, pavement markings, signage improvements and landscaping are included in the scope of work.

The project, awarded in June 2014 by the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation is valued at $11.2 million. It is scheduled to be completed later this year.  Paving is restricted to weekend and nighttime hours and must be completed to a very aggressive timeline.

Tilcon is the primary contractor on this project, working with a large number of subcontractors including Joseph M. Sanzari Inc (bridge deck repairs), Paolella Pro-Filing (NB milling), Intercounty Paving Assoc. (SB milling), J. Fletcher Creamer & Sons Inc (permanent signs), Mattiola Construction (polymerized joint), Garden State Asphalt (tack coat), MV Contracting (concrete curbs), Statewide Striping Corp (pavement markings), Surface Prep Technologies (rumble strips), Rockborn Excavating (milling/trucking), Aspen Landscaping (stabilized turf), National Water Main (pipe cleaning) and Advanced Testing (in-field density

On September 22, cadets from the West Point Academy at West Point, NY toured Tilcon's Haverstraw and Tomkins Cove quarries. The cadets learned about the history and geology of the land as well as day-to-day mining operations.

Plant Manager, Robert Shaw and Plant Engineer, Miranda Robinson conducted the tour for the cadets.

On Sunday, October 12th Tilcon New York fielded a team of runners and walkers to take part in Nyack Hospital's 2014 Blow Away Breast Cancer 5k run/walk. Tilcon employees and family members joined 450 other participants on a cool but beautiful fall morning to run/walk along the streets of Nyack, NY. Proceeds from the event benefited the Nyack Hospital's Blow Away Breast Cancer campaign which provides breast health education and support services, community outreach and free breast screenings for Rockland County's underserved. The steep hills of Nyack made for a challenging but enjoyable event. James Fischetti, Billing Analyst at Tilcon's West Nyack office, finished in a very impressive fourth place overall in a time of 20 minutes 10 seconds.

Back row - Mathew Diccianni, Rob Diccianni, Lauren Abbondanza, Nathalie Ippolito, James Fischetti, Amy Leone, and Niall O'Gara.

Front row - Natalie Lopez, Adriane Casterella, and Juan Lopez.

Also participating but not in photo was Dawn Kitz.

This Saturday, November 15, 2014 - the following scalehouses will be open.

New Jersey

Riverdale Asphalt - call for hours 973-616-4781

Pompton Lakes Asphalt - call for hours 973-616-5040

Mount Hope Asphalt - call for hours 973-659-3785

North Bergen Asphalt - call for hours 201-854-2815  ex 15

Mount Hope Quarry - to 12 noon

Pompton Lakes Quarry - to 12 noon

Kearny Recycle - 7am to 12 noon

New York

Haverstraw - 6am to 2pm

Clinton Point - 6am to 2pm

West Nyack - 6am to 2pm.

This Saturday, November 22, the following facilities' scalehouses will be open:

New York

Clinton Point Quarry 6am to 2pm, West Nyack Quarry 6am to 2pm, Haverstraw Quarry 5am to 2pm, Flushing Terminal 6am to 2pm.

New Jersey

Asphalt
Pompton Lakes:   973-616-5040  call for closing times, North  Bergen :   201-854-2815  ex  15  call for closing times, Mt. Hope:  973-659-3785  call for closing times, Riverdale Batch Plant:  7am-12 noon   973-616-4781

Stone
Mt. Hope Quarry until approx. 12 noon, Pompton Lakes until  approx. 12 noon
Recycle Kearny Recycle:  7am -12 noon.

Closings over the Thanksgiving Weekend will be posted early next week.

We would like to wish all our customers, vendors and members of our communities a very safe and Happy Thanksgiving.

Here is closing information for the Thanksgiving Weekend.

The New York and New Jersey corporate offices will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 27 and Friiday November 28.

New York

All quarry, aphalt plant and terminal scalehouses will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 27 and through Sunday November 30. They will reopen at the usual time on Monday, December 1.

New Jersey

All asphalt plant scalehouses will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 27 and through Sunday November 30. They will reopen at the usual time on Monday, December 1.

All quarry scalehouses will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 27. Mount Hope Quarry scalehouse will be open on Friday November 28 from 5am to 5pm. All other quarry scalehouses will be closed on Friday and all will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday. They will all reopen at the usual time on Monday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

It's the time of year again when we announce our asphalt plant scalehouse closing dates. The following scalehouse closing dates are confirmed or tentative (where shown). Other dates will be added to this list as they become available.All information may be subject to change so please check back to this site as this page will be updated whenever changes occur. UPDATED FRIDAY DECEMBER 19.

We would like to thank all of our asphalt customers for their business during the 2014 construction season. We look forward to working with you in 2015.

New York

Maybrook - Friday December 5, 2014

Goshen - Friday December 12, 2014

Clinton Point - Friday December 12, 2014

Haverstraw - to be confirmed.

New Jersey

North Bergen Asphalt - Friday December 5, 2014

Mount Hope Asphalt - target date December 19, 2014 CONFIRMED

Pompton Lakes Asphalt - target date December 20, 2014 CONFIRMED

Riverdale Asphalt Drum - target date December 19, 2014 CONFIRMED

Riverdale Asphalt Batch - will remain open

The 2014 construction season is rapidly coming to an end.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your business and to outline our winter operations for hot mix asphalt and cold patch during the winter of 2015.

This winter, in New Jersey, we will open our Riverdale Asphalt Plant to provide you with hot mix asphalt from December 29, 2014, to March 16, 2015.  Winter hours will be from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday.  These hours are barring any extreme weather or holidays. Weather disruptions and holidays will be posted on our website.

Winter pricing will be in effect during this time period. For New Jersey, please call our Sales Team at  1-855-659-1100 Monday to Friday 6am to 5pm for winter pricing and to place an order. Winter Cold Patch will be available at our Mt. Hope, Pompton Lakes, Oxford in bulk and at our Kearny facility in fifty pound bags. Please note that we will not be responsible for material placed during adverse conditions.

For projects requiring production hours other than as detailed above, a minimum advanced notification of 48 hours is required.  Plant opening fees for these times are available on request from our Sales Team on 1-855-659-1100.

For New York, Greenpatch cold patch will be available throughout the winter from our Haverstraw Asphalt plant.For questions and information about stone pricing during the winter, please contact your NY Sales Representative or our NY Inside Sales Representative Liese Hohmann on 845-480-3190.

We would like to thank you for your continued business and look forward to servicing your future construction material needs.

Here is the holiday operating schedule information that we have available so far. This page will be updated with further information as soon as possible. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers, business partners, members of our local communities and vendors a very Happy Holidays. As always this information is subject to change based on adverse weather conditions and emergency customer demand. UPDATED TUESDAY DECEMBER 23.

Our corporate offices will be closed on Thursday December 25 and Friday December 26 and Thursday January 1.

New Jersey Schedule:

Monday December 22- All quarry scalehouses and Kearny Recycle scalehouse operating normal scheduled hours. (Riverdale Batch is the only open asphalt plant)

Tuesday December 23- All quarry scalehouses and Kearny Recycle scalehouse operating normal scheduled hours. (Riverdale Batch is the only open asphalt plant)

Wednesday December 24- Mt Hope Quarry scalehouse open 5am- 12noon, all other scalehouses closed.

Thursday December 25- All facilities closed.

Friday December 26- All facilities closed.

Saturday December 27- All facilities closed.

Monday December 29 - All quarry scalehouses, Riverdale Batch scalehouse and Kearny Recycle scalehouse open normal hours.

Tuesday December 30 - All quarry scalehouses, Riverdale Batch scalehouse and Kearny Recycle scalehouse open normal hours.

Wednesday December 31 - All quarry scalehouses, Riverdale Batch scalehouse and Kearny Recycle scalehouse open - tentative closing time 3pm.

Thursday January 1 - All facilities closed.

Friday January 2 - All quarry scalehouses, Riverdale Batch scalehouse and Kearny Recycle scalehouse open normal hours.

Saturday January 3 - All facilities closed.

New York Schedule

Goshen Quarry will be closed from December 20 to January 4, reopening Monday January 5. Clinton Point, Haverstraw and West Nyack Quarry scalehouses will be operating normal schedule until Wednesday December 24.

Thursday December 25 - all facilities closed.

Friday December 26 - Clinton Point, Haverstraw and West Nyack scalehouses open. Flushing and Port Washington terminals open. Bronx Recycle closed.

Saturday December 27 - all facilities closed.

Monday December 28 through Wednesday December 31 - Clinton Point, Haverstraw and West Nyack scalehouses open.

Thursday January 1 - all facilities closed.

Friday January 2 - Clinton Point, Haverstraw and West Nyack scalehouses offices open.

Winter hours are confirmed for our quarries. All hours are subject to change in the event of adverse weather conditions. Any changes to these hours will be posted to our webite. UPDATED JANUARY 8, 2015. These hours may also be found on each facility's page in the Locations section of our site.

New Jersey

Mt Hope  Quarry- Monday – Friday 5am -5pm (Closed on Saturday)

Pompton Lakes Quarry- Monday – Friday 6am -3pm (Closed on Saturday)

Riverdale Quarry – Monday – Friday 7am -3pm (Closed on Saturday)

Oxford Quarry- Monday – Friday 7am -3pm (Closed on Saturday)

Kearny Recycle- Monday – Friday   IB Recycle Accepted 10:30am – 3pm, OB Processed Recycle and Stone Terminal  7am – 3pm. (Closed on Saturday)

North Bergen Recycle- Closed for the Season.

New York

Clinton Point Quarry - Monday to Friday 6am to 3pm (Closed on Saturday)

Goshen Quarry - Monday to Friday 7am to 3pm (Closed on Saturday)

Haverstraw - Monday to Friday 5.30am to 2.30pm (Closed on Saturday)

Tomkins Cove - closed for the winter.

West Nyack Quarry - Monday to Friday - 5.30am to 2.30pm (Closed on Saturday)

Flushing Terminal - Monday to Friday - 5.30am to 2pm (Closed on Saturday)

Port Jefferson - closed for the winter.

Port Washington - Monday to Friday 7.00am to 3.30pm (Closed on Saturday)

Bronx Recycle - Monday to Friday 6.30am to 3.00pm (Closed on Saturday)

Please note our West Nyack Quarry scalehouse will be open 1/10 from 6am to 2pm.

In December Tilcon employees organized a food, clothing and pet donation drive to benefit local good causes.

In total, we gathered and donated over 800 pounds of canned and non-perishable food to benefit two local charities - the Morris County Interfaith Food Pantry and Rockland County's People to People.In addition to our food drive, clothes and toys were collected to benefit Coast Guard and other military families served by the Central Jersey Navy League's Angel Program. And not forgetting our four-legged friends, pet food, toys, blankets and treats were donated to Hi Tor Animal Center in Rockland County, New York.

Thank you to all our employees for their generosity which helped to make the festive season a little brighter for many people.

Here is some important information regarding an expected name change from the NJDOT.

The NJDOT is expected to change the name of the Polymer modified asphalt. The current name of the asphalt cement is PG76-22 this will change to PG64E-22; there will be no change to standard grade PG64-22.As a result of this change, the names of all NJDOT asphalt mixes using Polymer modified asphalt will change.

For Example:

HOT MIX ASPHALT 12.5ME SURFACE COURSE

1. "HOT MIX ASPHALT""Hot Mix Asphalt" is located in the first field in the Item description for the purpose of identifying the mixture requirements.

2. "12.5" The second field in the Item description designates the nominal maximum size aggregate (in millimeters) for the job mix formula (sizes are 4.75, 9.5, 12.5, 19, 25, and 37.5 mm).

3. "M" The third field in the Item description designates the design compaction level for the job mix formula based on traffic forecasts as listed in Table 902.02.03-2 (levels are L=low and M=medium).

4. "E" The fourth field in the Item description designates the high temperature designation of the performance-graded binder. Options are "64" for PG 64-22 and "E" for PG 64E-22.

5. "SURFACE COURSE" The last field in the Item description designates the intended use and location within the pavement structure (options are surface, intermediate, or base course).

Please feel free to contact our Quality Control Manager Richard Linton if you have any quesitons. Richard can be reached by email at rlinton@tilconny.com or by phone at 973-214-3951.

As the forecasted winter storm approaches our area, please be aware of the following changes to our normal operating hours. These closings will be reassessed as the weather situation develops and any changes will be posted as updates here. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28, 8.20AM.

New Jersey

All New Jersey Quarry scalehouses and Riverdale Asphalt scalehouse will be closed Tuesday January 27.

All New Jersey facilities will open at the usual time on Wednesday January 28 except Riverdale Asphalt which WILL open 8.0am to 3pm.

New York UPDATED TUESDAY JANUARY 27.

All New York quarry scalehouses and our corporate office will be closed Tuesday January 27.

Our Clinton Point, Haverstraw and West Nyack Quarry scalehouses will open on Wednesday January 28 at 7am, a delayed opening.

Goshen Quarry scalehouse will open at 7am, it's normal opening time.

Our corporate offices will be open on Wednesday January 28.

Our Flushing, Port Washington and Port Jefferson Terminals are scheduled to be closed on Wednesday January 28.

UPDATED MONDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2015 8.45AM.

New York

All NY Quarry scalehouses are closed for Monday February 2, 2014 due to the snow storm.

All New York terminal scalehouses - Flushing, Port Jefferson and Port Washington will be closed for day on Monday, February 2.

Our New York Corporate Office is also closed today, Monday February 2.

New Jersey

All New Jersey Quarry scalehouses will be closed on Monday February 2, 2014.

Riverdale Batch Asphalt plant scalehouse will be closed on Monday February 2, 2014.

Kearny Recycle scalehouse will be operating on a delayed opening, that will be evaluated early on Monday monring, depending upon the severity of the storm.

Following yesterday's storm, all Tilcon facilities will reopen today at the usual times, with the exception of the New York terminal scalehouses, Port Washington, Port Jefferson and Flushing, which will reopen on Wednesday February 4 and Riverdale Asphalt plant scalehouse which will reopen on Wednesday February 4.

Four Tilcon paving projects, completed in 2014, have been awarded Quality in Construction Awards by the National Asphalt Pavement Association. The awards were presented at NAPA's 60th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Marco Island, Florida.

'Quality pavements are something every road builder strives to construct. We want to build pavements that deliver on the promise of high performance and drivability for the public' said William C. Ensor III NAPA 2014 Chairman. 'Projects that earn a Quality in Construction Award have been measured against industry best practices designed to live up to that promise. I'm proud to say that in earning a 2014 QIC award, Tilcon has met or exceeded these rigorous quality standards.'

The four award-winning projects are:

Route 63 Bergen County

The three mile project traversed multiple jurisdictions and included multi-directional intersections, large retail areas and residential locations. To minimize inconvenience to the local community, all of the work was performed at night, during off-peak driving hours. Through proper planning and attention to detail, Tilcon New York was able to build an aesthetically pleasing roadway for the local neighborhood.

Passaic County Roads

The project consisted in milling and paving in six locations - winding country roads through rock cliffs and blind turns that included residential and multiple state recreational areas and extensive wildlife. Tilcon New York coordinated with area governments to produce smooth, high-quality asphalt pavements.'

County College of Morris Campus

Tilcon overlaid and milled various roads and parking lots to serve more than 8,000 students who attend the college. Coordinating, scheduling and controlling traffic were the biggest challenges and Tilcon worked through them all to produce high quality asphalt pavements.

Newark Liberty International Airport Taxiway P

Tilcon milled and paved the existing taxiway, built two new high speed taxiways, upgraded the existing electrical system and remediated ponding problems. Working mostly at night and on weekends, in a high-security area, Tilcon produced a high quality pavement for the airport.

Our Pompton Lakes Quarry scalehouse will be closed from Friday February 6, 2015 12 noon until Tuesday February 17, 2015 for maintenance.

Please note that our Clinton Point and Goshen quarry scale houses will be closed today due to snow. Our Haverstraw Quarry scale house closed at 12.30 today. UPDATED 1PM.

Our West Nyack corporate office will be closed early today due to adverse weather conditions.

Any other weather-related disruptions will be added to this page as they occur. 

Please be aware that all New Jersey facilities and our West Nyack corporate office will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2015 for the Presidents' Day holiday. All New York Quarry scalehouses will be open. Our Port Washington and Flushing terminals will be closed.

All facilities will reopen at the usual time on Tuesday, February 17, 2015.