• Electricity Prices Could Rise If Wholesale Markets Function Poorly
A new report cautions that a lack of sufficient competition in electricity wholesale markets could result in high prices during times of peak demand,...
• September Construction Contracting Rises 5%
The value of new construction starts increased 5% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $488.5 billion, it was reported by the F.W. Dodge...
• $905 Million in New Land Protection Funding Approved By Voters
Voters in 14 states on Nov. 6 approved state and local ballot measures that generated $905 million in funding for parks and open space, according to the...
• Taxpayer Watchdog Identifies $1.2 Trillion in Federal Government Waste
Citizens Against Government Waste, America's largest taxpayer watchdog group, released its annual compendium of wasteful and inefficient programs in the...
• Cities Face $11B Decline in Revenues Most
Two out of three American cities and towns (66 percent) say the slow down in their local economies since September 11 has or will hurt their municipal...
• Vulcan Establishes Environmental Center, Names President
The Vulcan Materials Company Foundation has awarded Samford University a grant to establish the Vulcan Materials Center for Environmental Stewardship...
• Lafarge North America Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
The Board of Directors of Lafarge North America Inc. declared a cash dividend of 15 cents ($0.15) per share on the company's common stock. The common...
• Granite Construction Wins $16.1 Million Texas Highway Project
Granite Construction has been awarded a $16.1 million contract by the Texas Department of Transportation for the rehabilitation of 43.3 miles of existing...
• PennDot Awarded for Cooperative Program
The American Public Works Association recently presented its Technical Management Innovation Award to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's...
• Oglebay Norton Appoints Lundin President and COO
Oglebay Norton Co. appointed of Michael D. Lundin as president and chief operating officer. Lundin was promoted from the position of president, Great...
• Census Data: Transportation Construction Strong in 2001
The value of construction work performed on highways and streets in August 2001 ran at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of $55.8 billion, up 6 percent...
• Bush to Nominate Land and Mineral Asst. Secretary
President George W. Bush intends to nominate Rebecca W. Watson to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Mineral Management. She is presently...
• Oldcastle Sends $800,000 for Sept. 11 Disaster Relief
The employees and management of Oldcastle Inc. have donated $800,000 to the American Red Cross, New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund and the United Way to...
• New Home Sales Down Slightly in Sept
New home sales dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 864,000 in September, a 1.4 percent decline from the downwardly revised August rate of...
• Linda Combs Next EPA CFO
President Bush intends to nominate Linda Morrison Combs to be the chief financial officer of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In that position,...
• Oglebay Norton Breaks Even, Suspends Dividends in Q3
Oglebay Norton Co's third-quarter and nine-month highlights include the following: * Revenues for the third quarter were $120.1 million compared to $119.2...
• President to Nominate EPA Asst.
President George W. Bush intends to nominate J. Paul Gilman to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Research and Development....
• United States Lime & Minerals Reports Third Quarter Results
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. reported that during the third quarter ended September 30, 2001, revenues increased by 17.5% to $10,975,000 over the...
• Partnership To Provide Open Space Election Results
The Trust Public Land (TPL) and the Land Trust Alliance (LTA) will report on the results of dozens of local and state ballot measures to fund open space...
• MDU Resources' Third Quarter Earnings Increase
MDU Resources Group, Inc. reported earnings of $50.6 million, or 74 cents per common share, diluted, for the three months ended September 30, 2001, compared...
• Lafarge North America Posts Improvement in Third-Quarter Earnings
Lafarge North America Inc. said that third-quarter profits were better than last year in spite of a slowdown in demand during the month of September....
• New Highway Safety Leader to Push TEA-21
Marsha M. Lembke has been elected the new Chair of the National Association of Governors' Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR) at a key moment in the...
• U.S. Aggregates, Florida Rock Terminate Deal
U.S. Aggregates said the agreement to sell its Southeastern operations to Florida Rock was terminated. As previously announced, due to conditions stemming...
• Urban Land Institute Advocates Rebuilding Trade Center
Although options for rebuilding the World Trade Center site are certain to include a memorial, the task also provides a prime opportunity to "turn around...
• Housing Starts Strong in Sept., Index Drops 8 Points in Oct.
In a surprisingly strong showing, starts of new housing units rose 1.7% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.574 million, the Census...
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