Posted on November 11, 2024
BOISE, Idaho, –Two big local rock materials companies are combining into a new company. Premier Aggregates and Ada Sand & Gravel have merged to form Premier Aggregates Holdings, LLC.
Ada Sand & Gravel launched in 1961 and operates a large quarry on S. Pleasant Valley Rd. south of the Boise Airport. In 2019, the Wheeler family of Boise sold the business to Gemstone Capital of Boise and Greybull Stewardship. Premiere Aggregates started in 2011 with a focus on transportation and logistics and says it is now one of the area’s leading providers of aggregate materials and landscape rock.
The two companies will now operate as one, with leadership from both organizations joining the new business and all employees of both keeping their jobs. The company will be led by Lane Buchert as CEO and Evan Buchert as COO – both of whom come from Premier. Ada Sand & Gravel’s GM Jack Williams will stay on to oversee the Pleasant Valley operation.
“The Premier team brings an impressive growth-oriented mindset,” Bob Dean and Brian Smith of Gemstone Capital LLC wrote in a statement. “Premier’s focus on resource development, company culture, and safety makes Premier the ideal partner for Ada Sand & Gravel.”
“We have tremendous respect for Ada and its employees,” Premier COO Evan Buchert said. “In addition to exceptional service, we have long admired Ada’s ability to consistently supply high-quality aggregates to their customers.”
Premier said Ada possesses substantial reserves, and notes the combined business has more than a dozen pits and quarries. Locations stretch from Filer to Parma.
