BMC Enterprises Makes Strategic Acquisitions

St. Louis-based aggregates and concrete producer BMC Enterprises Inc. has acquired Stewart Concrete Products headquartered in Halfway, Mo., and created a strategic partnership with Stewart-Morrison Redi-Mix Inc. based in West Plains, Mo., bringing the company’s recent acquisitions to five in the last 13 months.

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Condo Collapse Tragedy

June 29, 2021 – The tragic collapse of a condo complex in Florida once again shines a harsh light on the issue of infrastructure. This time, the concrete infrastructure of buildings. Per CNN, engineers who have reviewed the available information about the tower’s collapse say the investigation into its cause should focus on potential failures near the base of the building. Sinisa…

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New Study Touts Impact of Infrastructure, Education, Child-Care

President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators agreed to a compromise deal on a partial infrastructure deal, and a new study from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College projects a significant increase in the growth rate in 2021 as a result. Infrastructure, education and families proposals, if enacted, will have positive macroeconomic benefits. 

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Virtual Reality Training Program Targets Mines

Underground and surface mines can be hazardous places, so when it comes to safety training in the mining profession, the old saying “practice makes perfect” holds true. To improve hazard safety instruction, a team at South Dakota Mines has spent the past year developing a virtual reality (VR) training module that mimics a mining environment.

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MDU Resources Subsidiary Receives FERC Certificate for Pipeline Project

WBI Energy Inc., the pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources Group Inc. received an order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the North Bakken Expansion project, a natural gas pipeline expansion with capacity to transport 250 million cu. ft. of natural gas per day from the Bakken in North Dakota.

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