Tidewater Equipment has joined the CASE Construction Equipment dealer network and will represent the manufacturer in 42 counties spanning western and southern Georgia. The dealer will sell and service CASE equipment out of its Tifton, Smithville and Pinehurst locations, serving the landscaping, general construction, forestry and agricultural markets. “The Southeast is growing, it’s critical to the construction market now and for years to…
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Evans Leaving Role at Summit
Summit Materials Inc. announced that M. Shane Evans will be leaving his role as the company’s executive vice president/West Division president, effective Jan. 1, 2020, for personal reasons. Evans will continue to serve in an advisory capacity for the company. “Shane has been with Summit since our founding days and has been an incredible contributor to our organization. While we are sorry…
Read MoreDyno Nobel Announces Value-Added Enhancements to DynoConsult
Dyno Nobel Americas announced significant, value-added enhancements to DynoConsult. Those in the mining industry know the name DynoConsult. For more than 20 years, the DynoConsult team of experts has developed technical solutions to assist with customers’ operations. Now, DynoConsult professionals are committed to optimizing your entire blasting process with their experience, knowledge and insight to drive world-class blasting results. The…
Read MoreLunar Rocks Celebrate 50th Anniversary
By Mark S. Kuhar Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center are hundreds of pounds of moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts a half-century ago. And for the first time in decades, NASA is about to open some of the pristine samples and let geologists take a crack at them with 21st-century technology.
Read MoreMSHA Reports 11th Fatality
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) reported that on Wednesday, July 17, a 32-year-old general manager/owner was killed when he was struck by a hydraulic breaker.
Read MoreNSSGA Announces New Seat Belt Safety Initiative
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced a winner in naming the seat belt safety campaign, to be titled “Why risk it? Just click it!” The campaign’s focus is to remind the aggregate industry’s workforce of the importance of wearing seat belts on the job.
Read MoreJune Construction Starts Climb 9%
Nonresidential Building Strengthens for the Second Straight Month; Highways Down. By Mark S. Kuhar New construction starts in June advanced 9% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $832.7 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The increase followed the 10% gain reported for May, as total construction starts continued to strengthen following April’s subdued performance.
Read MoreGranite Facility Recognized as a California Green Business
Granite announced that its Santa Clara Asphalt facility in Santa Clara, Calif., has been recognized as a California Green Business by the California Green Business Network in acknowledgement of its efforts to conserve resources and prevent pollution to help make Santa Clara County a more sustainable community. Granite is the only asphalt plant with this designation in California.
Read MoreProposed Standard Aims to Improve Durability of Concrete
ASTM International’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee (C09) has developed a test method aimed at improving and standardizing the way that resistance of concrete to electrical current flow helps assess its durability.
Read MoreChaney Golf Tournament Held at Reclaimed Quarry Site
Maryland-based construction-materials producer Chaney Enterprises raised more than $98,000 for the American Cancer Society as well as substance abuse and cancer research at its 20th Annual Babe & Dick Chaney Memorial Golf Tournament.
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