As A Leader, People Will Tell You What They Think You Want To Hear. By Steve Schumacher
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App of the Month
Trucker Path has launched the Truckloads app for iOS and added several new features to its portfolio of Android apps for the commercial trucking industry. The majority of the additional features have been designed to give users more input capabilities, including: Tracking the age of posted loads to ensure that the user is viewing the freshest load postings available. Display broker…
Read MoreYoung Leaders Luncheon Scheduled
Dave Turin shows what industry magazine he reads at last year’s Young Leaders Luncheon. The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) Young Leaders provides a forum for young industry members, up to 40 years of age, to meet others, exchange ideas, discuss subjects of mutual interest and seek ways to promote the benefits of long-term growth of the industry through…
Read MoreFirst Look – December 2015
TOP NEWS Transportation Bill Imminent At press time, a House transportation-funding measure was being reconciled with the Senate version of the bill via a conference committee consisting of House and Senate members and chaired by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.). Vulcan Has Positive Third Quarter Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the third quarter ending Sept.…
Read MoreComing to a Parking Lot Near You: Fast-Draining Concrete
A new and improved variety of permeable pavement developed in the U.K. called Topmix Permeable has been turning heads. This new concrete, from Lafarge Tarmac, could potentially be a very useful tool in combating urban flash flooding from sudden, heavy storms – the type that are likely to become increasingly common because of climate change. In the U.S., stormwater routinely…
Read MoreCommission Need Not Decide on Validity of MSHA’s Penalty Criteria
Commission judges do not need to defer to any element of MSHA’s Part 100 regulations for assessing civil penalties, since the Commission has a Congressional mandate to independently assess penalties after making findings of fact, the Commission ruled in a Sept. 16 decision.
Read More‘Stuff’ Happens
The whole point of a safety and health program is to implement processes and systems that serve to prevent those undesirable events that lead to injuries and damage to property or interruptions. In a perfect world our programmed safety and health initiatives would work flawlessly. No injuries would occur, breakdowns would be eliminated and our production, maintenance and service operations…
Read MoreNew Construction Starts in September Slip 5 Percent
Decreased Activity Was Reported For Both Nonresidential Building And Housing; Highway And Bridge Construction Rose Slightly. The value of new construction starts in September dropped 5 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $523.7 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Decreased activity was reported for both nonresidential building and housing, while the nonbuilding construction…
Read MoreEPA Finalizes Rule to Modernize Clean Water Act Reporting
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to modernize Clean Water Act reporting for municipalities, industries and other facilities. The final rule will require regulated entities and state and federal regulators to use existing, available information technology to electronically report data required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program instead of filing written paper reports.
Read MoreHold ‘Em, Fold ‘Em
Guidelines for Contesting Citations, and When to Use Them. I am often asked for advice on whether or not to contest a citation. The answers are always different, but the principles are all the same. As such, I thought I would take this opportunity to try to lay those out again for everyone to consider, along with a couple of…
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