Cemex’s Balcones Quarry – The Largest Crushed-Stone Plant In The United States By Volume – is a Stone-Producing Juggernaut. By Mark S. Kuhar
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Benchmark 2019: An Exclusive Survey
Rock Products’ Annual Survey on the Opinions, Concerns and Buying Intentions of Producers Reveals What is on the Industry’s Collective Mind. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson
Read MoreEchelon Front to Address Young Leaders at AGG1
The 2019 Young Leaders Luncheon, sponsored by Rock Products, will take place Tuesday, Feb. 12, from 12-1 p.m. in the 500 Ballroom, Indiana Convention Center, in Indianapolis. The event coincides with the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s Annual Convention and the AGG1 Show.
Read MoreThe Domino Effect
Government shutdowns have consequences.
Read MoreFIRST LOOK – FEBRUARY 2019
TOP NEWS Who has the Worst Roads? Lvl5, a company that creates HD maps for self-driving cars, released a list of states with the best and worst road quality. The company captured and analyzed five million miles of driving on U.S. roads and found that Michigan has the worst roads in the country while Florida has the best. Infrastructure Talk…
Read MoreMaterials and Services Prices Accelerated in 2018
After a year marked by numerous price spikes, construction costs declined in December but remained elevated compared to year-earlier prices, while prices of new buildings also moved higher, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new Labor Department data.
Read MoreMSHA Reports Second Fatality of Year
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Monday, Jan. 14, a 56-year-old survey crew member with approximately 30 years of mining experience was fatally injured after he was struck by a loaded shuttle car. The victim was measuring the mining height in an entry that was part of the travelway used by the shuttle car to access the…
Read MoreGraniterock Wins Project of the Year From Slag Cement Association
Graniterock’s concrete team was the winner of Slag Cement Association’s 2018 Slag Cement Project of the Year in the category of green design.
Read MoreNew Home Sales Higher Than Expected in November
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657,000 units in November after an upwardly revised October report, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. This is the highest sales pace since March 2018. However, on a year-to-date basis, sales are down 7.7 percent from this…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Up Slightly; Highways Rise
Construction spending during November 2018 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,299.9 billion, 0.8 percent (±1.3percent) above the revised October estimate of $1,289.7 billion. The November figure is 3.4 percent (±1.5 percent) above the November 2017 estimate of $1,257.3 billion.
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