DOT Appoints Transportation Panel
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today appointed Leanna Depue, highway safety director for the Missouri department of transportation and Anthony Kane, director of engineering and technical services for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to the 10-member Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics. ...
Oldcastle Donate to Haitian Relief Efforts
Oldcastle donated $154,000 to CHF International, Hope for Haiti and the Canadian Red Cross. The funds were collected through a company-wide employee donation program with a 100% Oldcastle match.
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Terex Sponsors Infrastructure Conference
Regional Transportation Infrastructure Issues, the third conference it has held in conjunction with Iona College on the topic of infrastructure investment in the United States. ...
Forecast Links Aviation Activity and National Economic Growth
The Federal Aviation Administration is forecasting that key airspace safety and efficiency modernization efforts will play a vital role in spurring long-term sustained growth in air travel and the nation’s overall economic health. This forecast, which comes after a short-term period of slow growth ...
La. Receives Highway Grant
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said that the Department has added an additional $24.2 million to a previously awarded $8.8 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources to reimburse construction costs for improvements to LA Highway 1. This state highway is essential for transporting offshore oil and gas supplies to and from Louisiana’s Port Fourchon. ...
House Committee Hears Testimony on Road Funding
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee heard testimony last week about the importance of a long-term transportation bill. ...
Polaris Minerals Appoints Director
Polaris Minerals appointed Eugene Martineau to its board of directors...
NSSGA Launches Transportation Advocacy Site, Blog
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association launched a new transportation landing page, Life is a Highway, to focus the general public’ attention on roads and highways in an effort to spur Congress to invest in the national surface transportation ...
Granite Construction Honored for Ethics
Granite Construction has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" for 2010. Out of a record number of nominations, ...
HeidelbergCement: We’re Well Positioned for 2010
During the global economic crisis, HeidelbergCement program to reduce costs exceeded its original goals considerably and strengthened HeidelbergCement's resistance in the face of the crisis.
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Granite Construction, JV Awarded World Trade Center Contract
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey awarded Granite Construction’s joint-venture team of Granite Construction Northeast and Skanska USA a $542 million contract to build the new Port Authority Trans-Hudson train station at the site of the World Trade Center...
Mining Group Takes Position on MSHA Program
The following is a formal position issued by the Industrial Minerals Association — North Amercia on the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s technical support incident reduction program.
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OSHA Boss Tells Backs Stronger Penalties
Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Dr. David Michaels this week testified before the House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee's Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Michaels shared the Department of Labor's views on the Protecting America's Workers Act...
Pavement Alliance Sets Goals, Elects Chair
The Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance plans to issue a position statement on warm-mix asphalt and adopt a unifying tagline for use around the world. It also elected a new chairman.
The alliance is comprised of multi-national and national asphalt pavement associations throughout the world. ...
Bankruptcy Auction of Ind. Sand and Gravel Quarry
Bankruptcy Auction of Ind. Sand and Gravel Quarry ...
Concrete for Maryland Unveils Campaign Web Site
Senate Approves Highway, Hiring Act
The Senate approved the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act by a 68-to-29 vote on March 17. Among other things, the bill extends the surface transportation law until the end of the year and moves $19.5 billion into the highway trust fund to keep it solvent....
Foreclosures Weigh on Builder Confidence in March
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes fell back two points to 15 in March as poor weather conditions and distressed property sales posed increasing ...
U.K. Construction Worst Fall Since 1974
Recent statistics show that construction output in the United Kingdom fell by more than 11% in 2009. ...
Safety Coalition Backs Highway Spending
The State Highway Safety Alliance and the International Association of Chiefs of Police are calling for an aggressive plan to prevent hundreds of thousands of highway fatalities over the next ...
CalPortland Wins EPA Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded CalPortland a 2010 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award for its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. CalPortland has been an Energy Star partner ...
Sand & Gravel Mining Report Published
This Industry Market Research report provides a detailed analysis of the United States sand and gravel mining industry, including key growth trends, statistics, forecasts, the competitive environment including market shares and the key issues facing the industry. ...
House OKs 10-Month Extension, Returns Bill to Senate
The House of Representatives approved an amended job-creation bill that would extend highway trust fund authorization until Dec. 31...
Labor Market Faces Bumpy Road
The contradiction that showed U.S. employment and unemployment both going up in January is one of several complex aspects of the labor market's road from recession to recovery, The Conference Board reports. ...
China Advanced Construction Materials Awarded High-Speed Railway Contract
China Advanced Construction Materials Group has been awarded a new contract totaling $1.55 million for its ready-mix concrete services for one section of the PanJin to YingKou high-speed railway ...
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