Following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, where he urged Congress to pass a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reported 10 infrastructure predictions for 2018.
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Chaney Enterprises Forms New Building Supplies Division
Chaney Enterprises announced the opening of BuilderUp, a new building supplies and services division formed by the merger of Dunkirk Supply and The Concrete Store.
Read MoreGranite Earns ‘Great Place to Work’ Designation
Granite announced that it has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work. Granite earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees in anonymous surveys.
Read MoreGas Tax Hike Touted by Shuster at Retreat
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, brought up the importance of raising the federal user fee on gasoline at a recent GOP retreat in West Virginia.
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises; Highways Up for Month
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during December 2017, was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,253.3 billion, 0.7 percent (±1.0 percent) above the revised November estimate of $1,245.1 billion.
Read MoreVortex Pivoting Chute Diverter Lets You ‘Shift on the Fly’
By Kevin R. Peterson When the need arises to divert dry bulk material during gravity flow situations, one normally considers a typical flapper-style diverter for the application. In applications where the sealing of non-abrasive, fine material is involved, the flapper is a perfect choice.
Read MoreAED Elects First Female Chair
Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) elected Diane Benck to serve as 2018 chairwoman at their annual Summit held in Las Vegas. Benck, vice president of general operations at West Side Tractor Sales in Naperville, Ill., becomes the first woman to lead AED. She replaces outgoing Chairman Wes Stowers, president of Stowers Machinery in Knoxville, Tenn. “I am honored my colleagues in…
Read MoreSuperior Builds Longest Road-Portable Telescoping Conveyor
Superior Industries Inc. has manufactured the first-ever 210-ft. (64m) road-portable telescoping radial stacking conveyor. The TeleStacker Conveyor, designed and built for a frac sand operation in Texas, is the longest one of its kind ever built. The conveyor has a stockpiling capacity of 400,000 U.S. tons (363,000 Mt), 30 percent more than any other telescoping conveyor on the market. According to…
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