The Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) recently recognized The Bluffton Stone Company with a milestone award for 25 years of membership. Mike Gerken, President of Bluffton Stone and Bluffton Paving, Inc., accepted the award at OCA’s 2024 Winter Conference in Columbus, Ohio.

OCA is a statewide trade association that has supported Ohio’s heavy and highway construction community for over 100 years. Its members construct and supply the materials used to build the state’s highways, bridges, utilities, and facilities.

The Bluffton Stone Company has operated since 1930 and became part of The Gerken Companies in 1989. Its closeness to I-75, stone quality, and abundant reserves made Bluffton Stone a perfect partner for Gerken’s first step into aggregate production.