According to Avi Meyerstein of the law firm Husch Blackwell’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation team, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that its mine safety inspectors are joining the digital age. Goodbye, “general field notes” on lined paper. Hello, customized tablets.
Read MoreMonth: April 2018
January Construction Starts Slip 2 Percent
Public Works Weakens, Highway and Bridge Construction Plunges, Nonresidential Building Edges Up, Multifamily Housing Rebounds. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreVulcan’s Grandin Sand Plant Earns WHC Certification
The team at the Vulcan Materials Co.’s Grandin Sand Plant in Melrose, Fla., earned Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for its commitment to managing a 14.4-acre on-site rookery.
Read MoreViolation of Securities Laws
Every Transaction in Which a Public Company Sells All or a Meaningful Portion of Its Business Should Be Approached as Though It Will Give Rise to Litigation. By Steven F. Carman and Chauncey M. Lane
Read MorePERMITTING – APRIL 2018
Board Approves Expansion for Illinois Quarry The Lakemoor, Ill., village board unanimously approved measures allowing for the annexation of property on its far west side, as well as for uses by Thelen Sand and Gravel for mining and related activities. The approvals allow Thelen to expand its current mining operation to another 164 acres and would increase the company’s total…
Read MoreFEC Quarry Is Good … Real Good
Ongoing Good Is Not a Strategy or a Tactic: It Is an Orientation. By Thomas J. Roach
Read MorePresenting to Senior Management
It Is the Ultimate Visibility, and Is Full of Landmines. By Steve Schumacher
Read MorePostalloy Tubular Hardfacing Electrodes Offer Better Wear Resistance
Postalloy Tubular Hardfacing Electrodes from Postle are a unique concept in hardfacing technology. As a tubular electrode, they are filled with the highest percentage of carbide forming alloys, much more (20 percent+) than any other Tubular Flux-Cored Wire. This gives much better wear resistance and overall product performance.
Read MoreThurman Scale Announces New Ts600 Desktop Scale Instrument Family
Thurman Scale announced the new TS600 vehicle scale instrument family, an economical vehicle-weighing instrument with numerous features, including outbound and stored tare functions. The midrange TS600 is an excellent general-purpose vehicle scale instrument, perfect for customers who need to upgrade or replace an existing analog instrument or require a mechanical-to-digital or an analog-to-Intalogix conversion. It is also ideal for those…
Read MoreNearmap Offers High-Res Location Content
Nearmap, a location content provider specializing in high-resolution aerial maps, announced the release of new forms of location content – Nearmap Panorama and Nearmap Oblique – available through a new MapBrowser interface. Nearmap has long provided vertical imagery (also known as orthorectified imagery) covering about 70 percent of the U.S. population. Today, it extends its location content to include new…
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