High-Speed Rail to get $8 Bill in ARRA Funds
The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $8 billion to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail service. ...
AASHTO Hires Climate-Change Program Manager
Caroline Paulsen joined the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials’ policy and government relations department as the program manager for climate change. ...
Holcim Supports Red Cross Field Activities
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jakob Kellenberger, and the CEO of Holcim Ltd, Markus Akermann, signed a long-term agreement during the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos, Switzerland. ...
Transportation Project Task Force Launches
The kick-off meeting of a new AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee task force organized to develop management, policy, regulatory and legislative recommendations that could significantly accelerate highway and transit project delivery was held at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s headquarters...
ARTBA Opposes EPA Ozone Proposal
A proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to tighten ozone standards threatens to put hundreds of communities across America out of compliance with the Clean Air Act and, in turn, places federal highway funds for those areas at risk...
Three UG Miners Rescued
A truck fire that broke out Jan. 21 at Doe Run Co.’s Viburnum #29 lead-zinc mine in Bunker, Mo., trapped three miners when their escape route became blocked by the 30-ton haulage vehicle. ...
Agg 1 Version 2
This month the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association holds its annual convention in conjunction with the Agg1 Forum and Expo. This marks the second year for the show since the association consolidated most of its educational programs and expositions under Agg1. ...
Mining Industry Donates to Haitian Relief Effort
Several companies involved with aggregate mining are donating cash and supplies to help recovery efforts in Haiti following that country’s devastating earthquake...
Personnel Change at HeidelbergCement
Following an application of the company, the Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Mannheim/Germany has supplemented the supervisory board of HeidelbergCement AG and appointed Dr.-Ing. Herbert Lütkestratkötter and Alan Murray as members of the supervisory board to represent the shareholders. ...
Fisher Sand & Gravel Receives Three MSHA Safety Awards
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company was recently recognized by the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Rocky Mountain District, with three awards for outstanding safety achievements in 2008...
Equipment Distributors Urge Congress on Highway Bill
Congress' failure to renew the federal highway program has real economic consequences for Texas and the rest of the country, construction equipment industry leaders said at a rally today at San Antonio’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center...
Komatsu Group Pledges $100K to Haitian Relief Efforts
Komatsu America will donate $100,000 to the American Red Cross to assist Haiti in the wake of the earthquake devastation there. Komatsu America Corp. will also match dollar-for-dollar all contributions made by its employees to the American Red Cross. ...
Suzio Wins NSSGA Safety Award
Cheryl Suzio, vice president for safety at York Hill Trap Rock Quarry Co., Meriden, Conn., was named the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's 2009 James M. Christie...
Transportation Committee Marks Mid-Term Achievements
In three years under Chairman James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.), the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure has surpassed its 2003-2005 productivity in every category except the number of subcommittee markups...
DOT: $94 Million for Federal Lands Road Projects
Sixty-eight road projects in 31 states will receive $93.9 million in Public Lands Highways grant funds to improve access to public lands...
Expert Testifies on Real Estate Recovery
Real estate expert Kenneth Rosen testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission last week and said the current U.S. housing market will continue a slow recovery of three to four years...
LaHood Speaks at Transportation Research Meeting
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood addressed attendees at the annual Transportation Research Board meeting last week. Below are his remarks...
Recovery Act Results Reported
The Council of Economic Advisers released the second quarterly report on the economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Because identifying the impact of macroeconomic policy is inherently difficult, the group reported the results from two CEA approaches and those of a number of respected analysts, including the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office...
Knife River Marks 11th Year of Safety Improvements
In 2009, Knife River employees showed reduced injury and illness rates for 11 consecutive years, reaching overall recordable incidence rate and lost-time accident rates far below the national average. In the past 11 years...
Granite Construction Wins Miss. Bridge Project
Granite Construction has been awarded a $22.4 million contract by the Mississippi Department of Transportation for the demolition of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bridge located approximately 100 miles northwest of Jackson, Miss...
Three Aggregate Companies Win NSSGA Award
Operations from Hedrick Industries, Salisbury, N.C.; Rogers Group, Inc., Nashville, Tenn.; and Vulcan Materials Company, Birmingham, Ala., received top honors in the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s National Stars of Excellence program. Two facilities operated by Vulcan were honored...
Cemtrex Finishes Year With $6.9 Million in Sales
Cemex’s 2009 market highlights include the share price moving from less than one cent to a 52-week high of $0.75; the stock moving from Pink Sheets to OTCBB; there are 39.7 million outstanding shares; the company had sales of nearly $7 million and net income of $155,010 for the fiscal year, which ended Sept. ...
Glass Replaces Cement in Campus Concrete Blocks
A new 56,000-square-foot student center at Clarkson University is being built with locally produced concrete blocks made with 20% less Portland cement; the cement is replaced with recycled glass powder...
Gray Wins State Aggregate Assoc Exec Award
Ronald H. Gray, executive director of the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association, has been named the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's 2009 State Aggregates Association Executive of the Year. ...
TXI Reports Second Quarter Results
Texas Industries reported financial results for the quarter ended Nov. 30, 2009. Net income was a loss of $3.7 million and included after tax gains from sales of emission credits of $2.1 million...
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