At Elam Construction we are committed to the environment and strive to conserve precious natural resources, minimize environmental impact, and reduce our reliance on landfills. For more than 50 years, Elam Construction has worked to ensure our operations have minimal impact on the surrounding communities and wildlife habitats.


During the planning phase of each gravel pit, Elam develops a strategy to minimize the effects of our mining operations. A post-mining land use and reclamation plan is developed to provide habitat most appropriate for the surrounding area. Typically, gravel pits are located near existing water bodies such as rivers. In many cases, the reclaimed gravel pit is developed into a lake. Reclamation efforts consist of sloping the excavation site at the most advantageous angle and afterward planting ground cover that includes grasses, shrubs, and trees. The resultant lake becomes a valuable resource for wildlife habitat and migrating birds.
 

Elam Construction not only provides customers with the highest quality hot mix asphalt possible but also continuously researches industry applications to ensure asphalt plants maintain the highest levels of emission control. Elam’s asphalt plants meet or exceed all current state and federal standards for environmental compliance.
 
Elam incorporates up to 20% recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) into our asphalt mix. This use of RAP is an environmentally conscious method that produces a product as high in quality as one using 100% virgin material and does so using less energy. Elam also uses recycled oil products as a burner fuel in the production of asphalt.