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1. 3 Maintenance Myths That Are Eating Your Cake: (Maintenance & Wear Parts); ... value to the organization. If the maintenance practices are not adding value, they should be eliminated. Heresy, you say? In cement, concrete and aggregates, maintenance activities consistently comprise ...; Created on 21 June 2017
2. Working Alone: (Law); ... trailer while it was being raised and was engulfed by the sand as it came out in the excess dumping area. The truck had been loaded with 27.5 tons of concrete sand.” The truck driver had more than 13 years ...; Created on 21 June 2017
3. Headwaters MB Aggregates Market Report: (Features); ... Concrete Co. Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE:SUM) 110.0 02/17/2017 Bestway Concrete Co. BURNCO ...; Created on 20 June 2017
4. New Commercial Construction Index Marks Growth: (Latest News); ... But 61 percent of respondents reported difficultly finding skilled workers. The contractors reported the biggest shortages in the concrete, interior finishes/millwork, masonry, electrical and plumbing ...; Created on 16 June 2017
5. Robin E. Graves: (Rock Stars); ASTM International’s Committee on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates (C09) presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Robin E. Graves, corporate manager of technical services for Vulcan ...; Created on 14 June 2017
6. Lehigh Hanson to Acquire Saunders Companies: (Latest News); Lehigh Hanson Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire all operating assets of the Saunders Companies. These assets include 13 fixed ready mixed concrete plants, two portable ready mixed ...; Created on 12 June 2017
7. Command Alkon, McNeilus Offer Integrated Telematics Solution: (Loadout & Transportation); ... with Command Alkon to deliver a cutting-edge technology solution with exclusive functionality. We’re providing a fully integrated package for the ready mix concrete industry” said Bryan Datema, platform ...; Created on 06 June 2017
8. HBC-radiomatic Remote Controls Used on Crusher: (Crushing & Breaking); ... in applications related to rock, in addition to recycled concrete and asphalt. Positioning the operator away from the machine has inherent safety and productivity advantages that are becoming more and ...; Created on 06 June 2017
9. ConExpo-Con/Agg Revisited (Part 2): (Features); ... The drill’s hydraulic power source is available with a 20-hp gasoline engine and can be used with other hydraulic tools like concrete saws, breakers, tampers and chain saws. Little Beaver Inc., www.littlebeaver.com ...; Created on 06 June 2017
10. The Rock Products Interview: Mark Helm: (Features); ... producers and one of the top 20 concrete producers in the country, and its products have been used in high-rise office buildings, professional and collegiate athletic facilities, major commercial ventures, ...; Created on 06 June 2017
11. The Crushing Equation: (Features); ... time for aggregate/asphalt producers and concrete recyclers, while offering numerous advantages compared to track plants. RipRap was specially designed to provide aggregate producers with the ultimate ...; Created on 06 June 2017
12. Graymont Sells New York Materials Business to Upstone: (Latest News); ... New York Materials business is focused on providing construction stone, sand and gravel, asphalt products and ready-mix concrete to meet infrastructure and general construction needs in the region. Graymont ...; Created on 31 May 2017
13. Vulcan Materials Acquires Shamrock Materials: (Latest News); Vulcan Materials acquired Petaluma, Calif.-based Shamrock Materials, a six-decade-old company and one of the largest suppliers of concrete and paving materials to San Francisco's North Bay area. Shamroc ...; Created on 25 May 2017
14. Eagle Materials' Concrete and Aggregates, Cement Revenues Spike: (Latest News); ... up 11 percent. Net earnings per diluted share of $0.75, down 6 percent. Concrete and Aggregates reported fiscal 2017 operating earnings of $18.1 million, up 84 percent compared to the prior ...; Created on 18 May 2017
15. Vulcan Materials' First-Quarter Revenues up 4 Percent: (Latest News); ... e growth in aggregates, the continuing recovery in construction materials demand and strong profitability in its Concrete and Asphalt segments," according to the company. Tom Hill, chairman and chi ...; Created on 10 May 2017
16. Summit Materials' Aggregates Revenues Spike Higher in First Quarter: (Latest News); ... the first quarter 2017, when compared to the prior year period. Organic sales volumes of asphalt and ready-mix concrete increased 64.5 percent and decreased 11.4 percent, respectively, when ...; Created on 03 May 2017
17. Martin Marietta Off to Strong Start in 2017: (Latest News); ... ing from aggregates and ready mixed concrete. Broad based pricing improvements were seen across our aggregates product line, led by the Southeast Group’s 10.3 percent increase. Consistent with our expecta ...; Created on 02 May 2017
18. Rock Products Sponsors Award at Young Leaders Meeting: (Latest News); ... heavyweights Mark Helm, NSSGA board chairman and Dolese Bros. president; Bill Sandbrook, president and CEO of U.S. Concrete; Tom Hill, president and CEO of Vulcan Materials; Anne Lloyd, executive vice ...; Created on 26 April 2017
19. ConExpo-Con/Agg Revisited (Part 1): (Features); ... Hydraulic Breaker (501 NG). The all-purpose hydraulic breaker provides operators with superior power-to-weight ratio and can easily demolish oversized boulders and thick concrete, delivering up to 870 ...; Created on 25 April 2017
20. Polaris Reports First Quarter Sales; Provides Business Update: (Latest News); ... expect to begin supplying material for the Silver Lake Water Treatment Facility project in the next few weeks. These two projects account for approximately 400,000 tons of demand for our high-quality concrete ...; Created on 20 April 2017
21. Cemex Sells Pacific Northwest Materials Business: (Latest News); ... and ready mix concrete operations in Oregon and Washington to Cadman Materials Inc., a LehighHanson company and U.S. subsidiary of HeidelbergCement Group, for approximately $150 million. The proceeds ...; Created on 18 April 2017
22. BMC Enterprises Expands With Three Missouri Aggregates Operations: (Latest News); ... Co., a subsidiary of BMC Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held and operated construction materials company headquartered in St. Louis. BMC is the leading provider of ready-mixed concrete, aggregates an ...; Created on 14 April 2017
23. U.S. Concrete Acquires Aggregates Operation in New Jersey: (Latest News); U.S. Concrete, Inc. has strengthened its aggregates capacity and ability to supply its New York City ready-mixed concrete operations by acquiring the assets of Corbett Aggregates Companies LLC, a provider ...; Created on 10 April 2017
24. PERMITTING - MARCH 2017: (Permitting); ... Martin Marietta Plant Decision Upheld A Weld District Court judge sided with commissioners in their approval of an asphalt and concrete plant about a mile northeast of Johnstown, Colo., according ...; Created on 30 March 2017
25. Improved Belt Cleaning Reduces Maintenance at Image Materials: (Material Handling & Conveying); A Texas supplier of sand for ready-mix concrete and masonry applications is among the first companies to register its conveyor belt cleaners via a new mobile app, taking advantage of a factory-direct replacement ...; Created on 30 March 2017
26. MB Crusher Attachments Designed for Crush-in-Place: (Crushing & Breaking); ... It crushes hollow core walls, railway sleepers, reinforced and non-reinforced concrete, natural stone and asphalt into reusable aggregate materials for base or fill. The BF90.3 crusher is one of many ...; Created on 30 March 2017
27. Eagle Crusher Introduces Two New Product Innovations: (Crushing & Breaking); ... and concrete recyclers, while offering numerous advantages compared to track plants. First, RapidDeploy features closed-circuit crushing, screening and retractable conveyors on one chassis with more ...; Created on 30 March 2017
28. SSAB Offers Wear Products: (Prime-Time Products); ... earth moving, lifting, asphalt and concrete. SSAB offers a range of products designed to fight wear and weight in a variety of applications, including trailer chassis and dump bodies for the trucking ...; Created on 27 March 2017
29. Transportation for America Group Blasts Trump's Budget Proposal: (Latest News); ... "After months of promises to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure, the first concrete action taken by the Trump administration on this issue is to propose drastic cuts to transportation programs that bri ...; Created on 17 March 2017
30. Cemex USA Joins NRMCA’s Build with Strength Program: (Latest News); Cemex USA is tightening its bond with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) by joining the organization’s “Build with Strength” program, a campaign that shows how concrete is the best choice ...; Created on 15 March 2017
31. Mark Helm Takes the Helm as NSSGA Chairman: (Latest News); ... from the ground up,” Helm said. He and the 1,000 employees at Dolese are proud of such a long history of supplying aggregates to Oklahoma and neighboring states in addition to ready-mixed concrete, ...; Created on 14 March 2017
32. Headwaters MB Aggregates Market Report: (Features); ... Commentary • Average EBITDA margins were flat from the prior quarter but average EBITDA multiples increased from 11.1x to 12.3x. EBITDA multiple expansion as a percentage was largest for U.S. Concrete ...; Created on 14 March 2017
33. Technology on the Forefront at ConExpo-Con/Agg: (Latest News); ... including asphalt, aggregates, concrete, earthmoving, lifting, mining and utilities,” said Rich Goldsbury, the 2017 show chairman and the president of Bobcat/Doosan North America and Oceana, at the Projec ...; Created on 08 March 2017
34. Study: U.S. Aggregates Market to Hit 2.8 Gt by 2019: (Latest News); ... accounting for 55 percent of sales in 2014, according to the study. Demand gains for crushed stone and alternative aggregates such as recycled concrete, fly ash and slag, will be stimulated by health ...; Created on 06 March 2017
35. Oldcastle Buys Mulzer Crushed Stone: (Latest News); ... proceeds from the January-February 2017 sale of CRH Europe assets, led by a cement plant in Germany, plus precast concrete and clay product businesses accompanying five other deals in four other mainlan ...; Created on 03 March 2017
36. ConExpo-Con/Agg Showfloor Showcase: (Features); ... (Bulk Material Handling). Sean Kieldrup – account executive, sales (Bulk Material Handling). Steve Thompson – account executive, sales. Jesse Roberge – account manager, sales (Concrete). Argonics ...; Created on 01 March 2017
37. FIRST LOOK - MARCH 2017: (First Look); ... concrete plants, and a construction supply center in Berks County, Pa. Vulcan Flies High Vulcan Materials Co. announced results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016. The company’s fourth-quarter ...; Created on 28 February 2017
38. Summit Materials' Integrated, Materials-Based Model Drives Success: (Latest News); ... cement and ready-mix concrete. Gross profit increased 25.4 percent year-over-year to $554.0 million, versus $441.7 million in 2015. Gross profit generated from the company’s aggregates and cement asset ...; Created on 22 February 2017
39. NACA Members Press Congress on Priorities: (Latest News); Members of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) and the Congressional Cement Caucus went to Capitol Hill on Feb. 5 to brief the 115th Congress on the state of the concrete and cement industry and ...; Created on 21 February 2017
40. Burnco Acquires Bestway Concrete of Colorado: (Latest News); Burnco Rock Products Ltd. has acquired Bestway Concrete Co., a leading ready mix concrete and aggregate producer in the metro Denver and northern Colorado regions. "We are extremely pleased that Bestwa ...; Created on 20 February 2017
41. Mack Trucks Showcased at World of Concrete: (Loadout & Transportation); Mack Trucks spotlighted the following Class 8 vehicles during World of Concrete 2017 in Las Vegas. Mack Granite Axle Back Concrete mixer Engine: 2017 Mack MP7-375M Transmission: Mack mDRIVE ...; Created on 16 February 2017
42. Feed and Flow: (Features); ... both concrete and asphalt aggregates, with much of its product feeding an onsite 250-tph asphalt plant. “Especially with an asphalt plant, material segregation is the enemy. We need to maintain a quality ...; Created on 16 February 2017
43. Right Up The Road: ConExpo-Con/Agg 2017: (Features); ... international gathering place for the construction industries, with a focus on construction, aggregates and ready mixed concrete. The 2017 event will feature exhibits of the latest technologies and innovations ...; Created on 16 February 2017
44. Young Leaders Head to Arizona: (Young Leaders); ... In addition, he also serves on the board of directors for NSSGA and the Oklahoma Aggregates Association. William J. Sandbrook, president and CEO, U.S. Concrete William J. Sandbrook is a 1979 graduate ...; Created on 15 February 2017
45. Merger and Acquisition Activity Heats Up: (Editorial); ... for site grading, asphalt and concrete paving known for highway construction and asphalt work Summit Materials Inc. entered into definitive agreements to acquire Colorado-based Everist Materials LLC ...; Created on 15 February 2017
46. FIRST LOOK - FEBRUARY 2017: (First Look); ... Razorback Concrete Co., subject to customary closing conditions. LafargeHolcim Innovation Airium, an innovative new product from LafargeHolcim, is a mineral-based insulating foam that improves energy ...; Created on 15 February 2017
47. New Enterprise Stone & Lime Completes Strategic Acquisitions: (Latest News); ... mix asphalt plants, four ready mixed concrete plants, and a construction supply center in Berks County, Pa. The facilities are ideally situated between NESL’s existing Lehigh Valley and Lancaster, ...; Created on 12 February 2017
48. Vulcan Materials Touts Aggregates Shipments, Price Improvements: (Latest News); ... s Asphalt and Concrete segments, partially offsetting the earnings effect from a 3.5 percent decline in aggregates shipments. Net earnings were $113 million, or 27 percent higher than the prior yea ...; Created on 07 February 2017
49. Aggregates Production Rises Higher in 2016: (Latest News); ... of total output. It is estimated that about 44 percent of construction sand and gravel was used as concrete aggregates; 25 percent for road base and coverings and road stabilization; 13 percent as asphaltic ...; Created on 01 February 2017
50. MB Crusher America Attachments: (Prime-Time Products); ... walls, railway sleepers, reinforced and non-reinforced concrete, natural stone and asphalt into reusable aggregate materials for base or fill. The BF90.3 crusher is one of many in MB’s product line. ...; Created on 27 January 2017

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