MSHA is reporting three fatalities at aggregates operations in the month of April.
Read MoreDay: April 28, 2014
Housing, Economy to Continue Upward Path
A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and rising materials prices are hindering a more robust recovery, according to economists who participated in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2014 Spring Construction Forecast…
Read MoreATF Hosts RAM Surface Blasting Course
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) recently hosted R. A. McClure Inc.’s (RAM Inc.) premier Surface Blasting Course at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research (NCETR) at the Redstone Arsenal, located in Huntsville, Ala. It was the first such technical course held at the new center by an independent blasting educational company.
Read MoreLafarge Donates to Habitat for Humanity
Lafarge North America donated time and materials to a New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) build site, as a reflection of its commitment to volunteering and to building better cities. Lafarge U.S. President and CEO John Stull was on hand to present a check to the organization on behalf of Lafarge U.S. and its employees.
Read MoreDeficient Bridges Set Off Alarm Bells
An analysis of the 2013 National Bridge Inventory database recently released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) shows cars, trucks and school buses cross the nation’s more than 63,000 structurally compromised bridges 250 million times every day. The most heavily traveled are on the Interstate system.
Read MoreHaines & Kibblehouse Hosts Successful Job Fair
In response to a significant backlog of secured contract work on both the site contracting and materials segments of its business platform, Haines & Kibblehouse, Inc. (H&K) and The H&K Group Family of Companies, Skippack, Pa., held an extremely successful, multi-divisional job fair, the company said.
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