New construction starts in October advanced 13 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $591.1 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The increase follows the lackluster performance for construction starts during August and September, when activity fell to the lowest levels reported so far in 2015.
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Bottlenecks Study Highlights Congested Highways
Chicago and Los Angeles have the worst highway bottlenecks in the country, according to a new report from the American Highway Users Alliance. The report, Unclogging America’s Arteries 2015, found that Chicago had the most congested stretch of highway measured in hours in traffic, and is followed closely by six different bottlenecks in Los Angeles.
Read MoreRockshield Custom Rubber Wear Components
Rockshield Rubber Co., Milltown, Wis., specializes in the manufacture of custom rubber wear components for the mining and aggregate industries. More than 40 years of industry experience combined with our proven rubber technology allows the company to manufacture a high-quality rubber product that will maximize up time while promoting safety and a lowest-cost-per-ton approach to your business. With the growing…
Read MoreARTBA-TDF Hosts TransOvation Workshop
Transportation design and construction professionals and public officials from around the country were on hand Nov. 16-18 at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn., to learn from, and collaborate with, industry leaders about rapidly changing technologies and transportation developments during the 5th annual Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation Workshop.
Read MoreFunding Levels Discussed
Nov. 23, 2015 – According to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its estimates of the costs of the House surface transportation reauthorization facilitating a serious discussion by the conferees of the funding levels of the final bill. The House accepted the Senate DRIVE Act pay-fors totaling $47 billion and funding three…
Read MoreNonmetallic Mineral Products Industry Index Rises
The nonmetallic mineral products industry leading index increased 1.3 percent to 247.5 in October from a revised 244.3 in September, and its six-month smoothed growth rate increased to 4.3 percent from a upwardly revised 2.0 percent in September, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Read MoreCat Introduces New Products at Media Event
Caterpillar introduced several new and improved products at a special media event Nov. 16-18 at its proving grounds in Tinaja Hills, Ariz. The Cat 5110B, and the new 6015B hydraulic shovel delivers a productivity advantage over other 100-ton shovels thanks to the most powerful engine in its class, a large standard bucket and payload capacity of 14.6 tons, the company said.…
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The Winona, Minn., city council decided against requiring air-quality monitoring at frac sand facilities in the city, according to the Winona Post. Instead of requiring monitoring equipment, city leaders decided to focus on creating new dust management rules – requirements that loading facilities be enclosed, for example – and on better enforcement of the rules the city already has. Citizen…
Read MoreDakota Plains Has Busy Third Quarter
Dakota Plains noted in its third-quarter report, that frac sand transloading volumes were 141,000 tons, an increase of approximately 102 percent compared to the third quarter of 2014. The company benefitted from its first full quarter of in-house operations at the Pioneer Terminal, materially reducing operating costs. Revenue from transloading frac sand was $1.0 million compared to $0.6 million in…
Read MoreVictory Nickel Has Down Third Quarter
Victory Nickel Inc. reported financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended Sept. 30, 2015. Effective Oct. 1, 2014, the company changed its functional currency and presentation currency to the United States dollar from the Canadian dollar.
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