Survey: Cities' Financial Distress to Continue Beyond 2010
The effects of the recession will continue to drag down city budgets beyond 2010...
Groups Urge Congress to Pass a Transportation Bill
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers and Associated Equipment Distributors have issued the following statement calling for timely reauthorization of federal transportation funding, following House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman ...
Columbian Miners Unfairly Punished, USW Tells State Department
United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard has written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to express grave concern over the punishment of miners ...
U.S. Concrete Sells Sacramento Operations
U.S. Concrete has sold its four ready-mixed concrete plants in Sacramento, Calif. ...
NSSGA Extends Deadline for Agg-1 Contest
NSSGA is extending its deadline to register for a chance to win a weekend for two in Cincinnati until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Visit http://www.nssga.org/c4yourself/ today and register. Package includes two free nights at the NSSGA convention hotel, the opportunity to experience the convention spouses tours, meals at local restaurants and a chance to see the Bengals play the Texans, eight rows from the field. ...
Limestone Shipments on Great Lakes Decline Further
Limestone trade on the Great Lakes continues a steady decline, according to the Lake Carrier's Association....
Cement Association Awards Fellowships
The Portland Cement Association Education Foundation awarded three graduate students with educational fellowships at the association’s recent fall meeting in Chicago...
Aggregate Industries Wins Concrete Assoc. Prize
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association awarded Aggregate Industries with the 2009 Grand Prize Award for Environmental Excellence. ...
Cemex, Lafarge Protested in U.K.
Overseas, Cemex and Lafarge are stirring the emotions of the locals in the United Kingdom...
MSHA Finally Prevails in Key Road-Jurisdiction Case
The long and winding road of the National Cement Co. of California case took another turn in July when the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, held that...
Alleged Testing Fraud
The issue of quality control has been the subject of a 1-year investigation and back-and-forth court battle in New York. The dust-up involves a ready-mix...
Senate to Review MSHA. OSHA Nominations
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is expected to begin confirmation hearings shortly on the nomination of Joe Main, President...
Online Public Relations Strategies
As public communication continues its migration to the Internet, public relations practitioners continually need to reconsider their strategies and tactics....
Granite Construction Reorganizes
Granite Construction launched a new organizational structure designed to improve operating efficiencies and better position it for long-term growth. ...
Knife River Sponsors Award-Winning Concrete Team
A team of Oregon State University engineering students, under the guidance of Knife River’s Prestress Division in Harrisburg, Pa., ...
Media Globe to Join the CTT Exhibition in Russia
Media Globe and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers have reached an agreement to hold an expanded construction equipment exhibition in Russia beginning in 2010 at the Construction Equipment & Technologies exhibition in Moscow.
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Granite Construction Joint Venture Team Lands N.C. Toll Road Job
Granite Construction and Archer Western Contractors, of Atlanta, in its joint-venture known as Raleigh-Durham Roadbuilders...
Machine Exports Down at Midyear
U.S. construction machinery exports dropped 36% during the first half of 2009, with $6.4 billion shipped to global markets compared to $10.1 billion at midyear 2008, according to the Association of Equipment ...
MMM Names Anne H. Lloyd to Executive Vice President
Lloyd joined Martin Marietta Materials in 1998 as vice president and controller, was promoted to Chief accounting officer in 1999, and has served as senior vice president and CFO since 2005. Lloyd was elected treasurer in March 2006...
Rockydale Quarries Reorganizes Management
Rockydale Quarries announces a management reorganization that followed an 18-month-long study of the company’s business model and practices. ...
PCA: Cement to be Down in 2009, Rebound in 2010
Bureaucratic delays in releasing funds coupled with long lags between outlays and construction activity for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects will lead to very little stimulatory impact on cement consumption in 2009...
Older Home Buyers Still Cautious
Builder confidence for conditions in the market for housing buyers older than 55 years old rose slightly during the second quarter, according to the 55+ Single-family Housing Market Index released by the National Association of Home Builders...
Pa. Bridge Construction Co. Fined for Clean Streams Violations
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Fish and Boat Commission issued a joint $35,000 penalty against Clearwater Construction for numerous violations to state and federal regulations,...
MMM Declares Regular Cash Dividend
Anne H. Lloyd, senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of Martin Marietta Materials announced that the board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share ...
Survey Shows Hong Kong Construction Down
Workloads continued to fall in all parts of the construction industry bar the public works sector in Hong Kong, which has benefited from an injection of state spending. ...
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