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. [...]
Give Your Graduates the Gift of Opportunity
There have been many graduation parties and celebrations over the last couple of weeks in recognition of past successes and opportunity that lay ahead. Whether your loved one is graduating from preschool, middle school, or high school, we applaud their accomplishments and their dedication to learning. We also want to support the next step in their journeys and make sure our young people are aware of ALL the opportunities available [...]
Welcoming Kicen Keller to the Grade Tech Team
Grade Tech is proud to welcome Kicen Keller, Operator, to the team! He joined the GT Crew as a Laborer a few months ago and quickly moved up to Operator. The Utah native (born and raised in the Murray and raised in both South and West Jordan) didn’t start out his career in the dirt. Instead, he went from framing to concrete work and then to pipe laying before landing [...]
Finding Your Path: Building a Career and Life You Love
We all have to work to “make ends meet” and “fund” the lives we want with our career. Whether that means supporting a family, building your dream home, funding an expensive hobby, traveling, or anything else you desire, you need to be able to support the lifestyle you choose. The fact of the matter is that in many ways, you control your own destiny. The choices you make early [...]
Grade Tech Crew Attends CONEXPO – CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That rule is great for some things—maybe even most things—but not when it comes to ConEXPO. Our crew came home from Vegas with a lot of new information, ideas and awareness of what’s out there in the construction world! Grade Tech’s entire crew and their families/significant others took a four-day weekend (March 16 – 19) to the show, held in the [...]
Jeffrey Thomas Celebrates 3 Years at Grade Tech by Supporting the Alzheimer’s Association
Jeffrey Thomas is celebrating 3 years with the company this month. To commemorate that milestone, he is supporting the Alzheimer’s Association, the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support, and research. 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 employees’ work anniversaries (after the first 3 years of employment) by making annual donations to [...]