Jeffrey Thomas Celebrates 4 Years at Grade Tech by Supporting Folds of Honor
Jeffrey Thomas, a operator at Grade Tech, is celebrating 4 years with the company this month. To commemorate that milestone, he is supporting Folds of Honor, a foundation that provides life-changing scholarships to the spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled military and first responders. Grade Tech donated $1,000 to the organization in Jeff’s name as part of the company’s giving back program which supports the local community by celebrating [...]
Brad Richardson Celebrates 3 Years at Grade Tech by Supporting Primary Children’s Hospital
Brad Richardson, Project Manager/Estimator, is celebrating 3 years with the company this month. To commemorate that milestone, he is supporting Primary Children’s Hospital, a not-for-profit, free-standing children's hospital based in Salt Lake City that provides quality healthcare for children with complex illnesses and injuries from across the United States. Brad explained that he has a special place in his heart for the hospital because they helped his son 15 years [...]
Celebrating a Successful Year of Mobile Batch Plant Services
Grade Tech is proud to celebrate the success of our endeavor into Mobile Batch Planting! We started our on-site concrete service in 2022 building a fleet and skilled crew that has, to date, successfully provided on-site concrete services to construction sites in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado. With our multiple Mobile Batch Plants, Grade Tech brings efficient, high-quality, concrete production to job sites. Run by skilled craftsmen experienced in selecting and [...]
4th Annual Grade Tech Gives Back Christmas Party!
As we pause to reflect on 2023, host our 4th annual Grade Tech Gives back Christmas party, and ring in the new year, we think about the decisions we’ve made that have built a stronger foundation for Grade Tech’s future and the opportunities we’ve had to grow as a team. While we successfully expanded the scope of our business this year, that accomplishment required many long work weeks for [...]
Grade Tech Attends First-ever Dirt World Summit
Grade Tech’s David Barlow, Alex Goodwin, and Franklin Barlow attended the first-ever Ariat Dirt World Summit 2023 which was held from Oct. 25-27 in Houston, Texas. The summit, which was sponsored by Ariat International footwear and clothing, was developed by BuildWitt to bring the “Dirt World” together to discuss and solve the pervasive issues facing the industry today. The Grade Tech crew was among more than 750 industry leaders who [...]
Making a Living in the Dirt: A Discussion with Rory Hall
We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.” While he agrees with that statement for the most part, Rory Hall would change one word to make it match his vision of the excavating business and the trades overall, “It’s a dirty job, but someone GETS to do it.” That one-word change says it all when it comes to Rory and Grade Tech. [...]
Riding High at the Oakley Rodeo
Grade Tech employees and their family members were treated to an awesome July 4th weekend at the 88th Annual Oakley City Independence Day Rodeo which was held at the Oakley Recreation Center. As a Chute and Saddle Bronc sponsor, Grade Tech had 50 rodeo tickets and VIP dinner tickets for each night of the sold-out event. The GT team showed up in force and with their company-supplied hats and t-shirts, they [...]
Celebrating June Work Anniversaries by Supporting Local Charities
Grade Tech is proud to recognize three dedicated team members—Mahala Velasquez, Gabi Velasquez, and David Barlow—who are celebrating their work anniversaries this month. In honor of their dedication and contributions to the company’s success, Grade Tech will make a donation to their charities of choice. “I am proud to honor these devoted team members by supporting the organizations that are close to their hearts,” said Rory Hall. “They are [...]
Welcoming Leonard Cobb to the Grade Tech Team
Grade Tech is proud to welcome Leonard Cobb, Corporate Pilot, to the team! Leonard is an experienced pilot and aircraft mechanic, spending 20 years with the major airlines in aircraft maintenance and more than 2 decades in the cockpit. He retired when Covid shut down the airline industry in 2021. Not one to be idle, he began working part time as an aircraft mechanic at South Valley Regional Airport in [...]
Grade Tech Supports Burn Camp Golf Tournament
Brad Richardson, Justin Lofley, Dalton Newbold, and Jake Hillstrom represented Grade Tech in the 13th Annual Doc Weaver & Mike Kibbie University of Utah Burn Camp Charity Golf Tournament Scramble last week at the at The Old Mill public golf course in Holladay. In addition to the Grade Tech team members competing in the event, Grade Tech sponsored a hole and donated raffle prizes for the second consecutive year. [...]