North American railroad companies have faced accelerating slowdowns, with volumes falling faster than executives had predicted, according to report on Bloomburg Business. With energy companies scaling back drilling after prices for the commodity fell about 50 percent since July, industry executives and analysts anticipated that demand for hauling crude and extraction materials such as frac sand and pipes would slow…
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Terex Washing Systems Appoints Walker
Terex Washing Systems (TWS) announced the appointment of Global Sales Director Iain Walker, who will lead the growing TWS sales team, based at the TWS headquarters facility in Northern Ireland. Responding to business growth and increased customer demand the sales director will be responsible for growing TWS business across key markets globally. He will work closely with the sales, marketing, engineering…
Read MoreAthabasca Minerals Touts Aggregates Plant Growth
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Athabasca Minerals Inc. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and 13 months ended Dec. 31, 2014. The company announced that revenue, net of royalties at its Susan Lake aggregates plant was $26.33 million for 2014 as compared to $25.36 million in 2013.
Read MoreSilica Standard Costs Vastly Underestimated
A new report released by the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC) found that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed silica standards for the U.S. construction industry will cost the industry $5 billion per year – $4 .5 billion per year more than OSHA’s estimates. The coalition cautioned that the flawed cost estimates reflect deeper flaws in the rule…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Declines, Also Expands
Construction employment declined by 1,000 jobs in March but is still up by 282,000 compared to the prior year, as the sector’s unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Association officials noted that declining demand for residential and public sector projects offset gains in other areas to contribute to…
Read MoreMartin Engineering Impact Cradles
Martin Engineering offers a family of impact cradles engineered to prevent belt and mainframe damage and eliminate spillage of heavy materials. The Martin Impact Cradles Heavy Duty (HD), Medium Duty (MD) and Light Duty (LD) feature a bed of steel angles lined by energy-absorbing impact bars with a top layer of low friction, ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) plastic. The result is…
Read MoreEllicott Dredges Reports Record Deliveries to U.S. Market.
Ellicott Dredges is reporting strong sales efforts over the past 15 months with shipments of dozens of dredges to more than a dozen countries. Ellicott considers an outstanding aspect of this performance to be its exceptionally strong sales to the U.S. market, particularly for dredging contractors. Since the beginning of 2014, Ellicott has delivered a substantial number of dredges to U.S.…
Read MoreIowa Association Honors Aggregates Operations
The Iowa Limestone Producers Association honored several quarry operations at its 70th annual convention.
Read MoreFebruary Construction Spending Flat
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that construction spending during February 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $967.2 billion, 0.1 percent (±1.2 percent) below the revised January estimate of $967.9 billion. The February figure is 2.1 percent (±1.6 percent) above the February 2014 estimate of $947.1 billion.
Read MoreMore Than 61,000 Bridges Need Significant Repair
An analysis of the recently-released 2014 U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Bridge Inventory database finds good news and bad news when it comes to the most heavily traveled U.S. bridges. The good news is that there are more than 2,000 fewer structurally deficient structures than there were in 2013. The bad news is that it means more than…
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