The construction industry is the major user of concrete batch plants, where the mixing is done between sand, gravel, water and cement in order to make batches of concrete. Once mixed up, the concrete is typically used in foundations of buildings, paving streets and parking lots, or constructing drainage ditches for flood control. The modern day batch plant has very few of the previous environmental issues of excess dust in the air and dirty runoff into the water, as the modern plant recycles its own wastewater and has equipment that decreases any dust to near zero.

The concrete batch plant is mostly designed to mix up large volumes of concrete for the heavy construction users, some plants are made to be mobile and used on-site where the concrete is used, while others load the concrete onto trucks to be delivered to the construction site. There are some important considerations for the owners of concrete batch plants to keep in mind in order to be good neighbors to the community, while providing excellent service to the construction industry, let’s go over a few of those now.

First of all it’s highly important to completely contain all of the runoff water so as not to pollute local streams and rivers or overload the local sewage system. Most modern batch plants do reuse their wastewater, and after that is necessary to use care when washing trucks and machinery so that the runoff doesn’t go into streams. Another important key, is reducing the air pollution around the plant by making sure that as sand and aggregate are initially loaded with the concrete there’s not an excess of dust created that could blow to nearby businesses and residences. And finally, create an easy entrance and exit to the batch plant for heavy, cement laden trucks, to be able to pull out into traffic at low speeds without causing a traffic hazard.

Having a concrete batch plant in your local area is an advantage for local construction companies and businesses needing to construct buildings, homes and streets with the least amount of travel as possible. When a batch plant is correctly managed to reduce air and water pollution on-site, there’s no reason why they can’t become the best of neighbors in a good community.