Atlas Copco named Jamie Roush as its new vice president/business line manager, Construction Service Division to continue the growth of Atlas Copco’s consumables, parts and service business. Roush brings more than 17 years of industry experience to his role and held several positions with Atlas Copco over the last seven years, including customer service manager, e-commerce manager and most recently, aftermarket…
Read MoreDay: November 2, 2015
KPI-JCI/Astec Mobile Screens Offers Tow-Behind Conveyor
KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens released a new portable tow-behind conveyor, designed to eliminate the costly double-handling of material and built as a perfect match for the manufacturer’s exclusive FT line of continuous crushing and tracking impactors. The tow-behind conveyor is constructed with a hitch that can attach to a track plant and easily travel behind the plant as it…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises; Highways Tick Upward
The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced that construction spending during September 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,094.2 billion, 0.6 percent (±1.8 percent) above the revised August estimate of $1,087.5 billion. The September figure is 14.1 percent (±2.1 percent) above the September 2014 estimate of $959.2 billion.
Read MoreBig Legislative Week
Nov. 1, 2015 – This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider its version of a six-year highway bill, the Surface Transportation Reform and Reauthorization Act, H.R. 3763. The Rules Committee will wade through 250 amendments, deciding which will get called up and which won’t be allowed. Also, the U.S. Senate will begin consideration of S. 1140, a…
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