• Poll: Voters Say America Has Transportation Capacity Crisis
Nearly 70% of Americans agree the nation is experiencing a transportation capacity crisis with roads, airports and mass transit systems that are overcrowded...
• MSHA, Mining Industry Reach Settlement on Diesel Particulate
The Mine Safety and Health Administration reached a second interim agreement with industry and labor concerning the agency's standard on diesel particulate...
• Florida Rock Industries Names Veep
Florida Rock Industries promoted George Hossenlopp to president of the Florida Concrete Group and vice president of Florida Rock. Hossenlopp will be replacing...
• Housing Market Index up 1 Point in July
Indicating that builders generally see positive conditions in the market for new single-family homes, the National Association of Home Builders' Housing...
• Astec to Manufacture Trencher and HDD's for Case
Astec Industries entered into a strategic alliance with Case Construction Equipment to manufacture, market and sell trenchers, horizontal directional...
• MSHA Hearings Finish, Senator Pushes Bill
The Mine Safety and Health Administration wrapped up public hearings on the agency’s plans to set up new asbestos exposure regulations. MSHA’s efforts...
• West Michigan Aerated Concrete Building Products Plant Set to Open
Consumers Energy and a Grand Rapids, Mich., company are teaming up to convert a power plant byproduct -- fly ash -- into aerated concrete building materials....
• Safety Engineers Back Reducing Level of Asbestos Exposure
With a focus on increasing miners' health and safety, the American Society of Safety Engineers sent comments to the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration...
• FHWA Releases New Edition of Our Nation’s Highways
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration released Our Nation’s Highways - 2000, a biennial publication that contains a broad...
• MSHA Appoints Three Senior Managers
John R. Correll will fill the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary Operations in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, effective July 22. He replaces...
• Rinker To Acquire Kiewit Materials
Rinker Materials reached an agreement to acquire Kiewit Materials Co. Kiewit is the 16th largest aggregates producer in the United States, with operations...
• North Carolina's Top Transportation Infrastructure Projects of 20th Century Named
The Blue Ridge Parkway and I-40 and I-95 were selected as North Carolina's top transportation infrastructure projects of the 20th century by the Washington,...
• NIOSH Gets New Director
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson named John Howard the new director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National...
• Texas Industries has Improved Q4 and Annual Income
Texas Industries reported net income of $23.6 million ($1.03 per share) for the quarter ended May 31. Last year's fourth quarter income equaled $2.1 million...
• Nevada has $2 Billion in Unfunded Road Projects
Nevada’s road and bridge system is experiencing the fastest increase in use in the nation. This is a result of Nevada's significant population growth,...
• Landmark Ruling Gives Transportation Associations More Teeth
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit July 5 unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that barred a coalition of national...
• Barry K. Wendt Memorial Scholar Named
Emily A. Sarver, a senior at the College of Engineering, Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering at Virginia Tech, will receive the fifth annual...
• Ernie Eves Commends APAO Rehabilitation Initiatives
Ontario Premier Ernie Eves and members of his cabinet and caucus attended a fundraising reception held by the Aggregate Producers’ Association of Ontario....
• Mineta Expects TEA-21 Draft This Year
Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta expects a U.S. Department of Transportation team in the next few weeks to show him a broad outline that will become...
• New Home Sales Hit Record High in May
> New single-family home sales surged 8.1% to a record high seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million units in May, according to the Commerce Department....
• Lafarge Introduces Abuse Resistant Drywall
Lafarge North America launched a new abuse resistant drywall product, Protecta AR 100. Protecta AR 100 consists of a fiberglass-enhanced, high-density...
• Graniterock Works on Park Renovation
Watsonville, Calif.-based Graniterock contributed labor and materials to revamp a San Juan Bautista park. That park was recently rededicated. The park...
• Housing Starts Drop 5.4% in April
Following exceptionally strong production in this year's first quarter that was driven in part by very good weather conditions, nationwide housing starts...
• NSSGA Names Ed Elliot Safety and Health Professional of the Year
The National Stone Sand & Gravel Association named Ed Elliott, director of safety for Rogers Group, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., the James M. Christie Safety...
• Lafarge Whitehall Plant Captures Environmental Award
Lafarge’s Whitehall Plant recently received the first Cement Industry Environmental Award from Tom Carter, Director of Environmental Affairs of the American...
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