U.S. Silica Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. released its Corporate Responsibility Report, summarizing the company’s global sustainability activities, performance and results from calendar year 2020. The report provides a look at how U.S. Silica is operating to make positive impacts both in its internal community and on the communities in which it operates, and contributing to sustainable products used around the world.

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Propane Council Shares Air Quality Resources

May 3, 2021 – In celebration of Clean Air Month, the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is encouraging construction professionals to visit its webpage dedicated to carbon monoxide (CO) safety and indoor air quality this month. Celebrated in May, the American Lung Association (ALA) sponsors Clean Air Month to bring heightened awareness to the correlation between clean air and respiratory…

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Cat Sales, Revenue Up in First Quarter

Caterpillar reported first quarter 2021 sales and revenues of $11.887 billion compared with $10.635 billion in the first quarter of 2020, a 11.8% increase. The company’s Construction Industries Division posted total sales of $5.459 billion in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of $1.153 billion, or 27%, compared with $4.306 billion in the first quarter of 2020. 

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What’s Under Construction?

May 3, 2021 – Since the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, the first megaproject in U.S. history, crews around the nation have always eyed making the country’s infrastructure better and more efficient. ConExpo-Con/Agg 365 recently ranked the top five infrastructure projects currently underway in the United States. Hint: there’s a lot of transit on the list. Check out the…

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