The FAST Act, America’s new highway bill, has been passed and signed into law. But lost in the complicated, labyrinthine story of its passing is, what does the bill really mean?
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Construction Materials Anchoring St. Lawrence Seaway Shipments
The number of vessels currently in the Great Lakes-Seaway system has exceeded the five-year average as ships deliver much-needed supplies and make a final push to export grain before the St. Lawrence Seaway closes December 30, according to the Chamber of Marine Commerce.
Read MoreHolthaus Joins Kalenborn Abresist
Kalenborn Abresist Corp. has named Daniel Holthaus as field sales manager. Holthaus, and the rest of the field service team at Kalenborn Abresist, provide customer support and on-site field service for abrasion resistant linings, corrosion control coatings, steel fabrication services and pipe installation. Holthaus comes to Kalenborn from the Spray Foam Insulation and Coatings side of the industry. His 20 years…
Read MoreIMI Aggregates’ McCordsville Quarry: A 60-Year Vision Approaches its Final, Successful Chapter
This 1956 aerial image shows the McCordsville Quarry one year after its opening surrounded by farms, open land and the undeveloped Geist Reservoir. Every good business plan starts with a vision. And that was certainly what Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) had when it opened its aggregate mining operations in McCordsville, Ind. in 1955. But this vision evolved into something beyond traditional business…
Read MoreStockpile Reports Measures More Than $2 Billion of Aggregates
Stockpile Reports (StockpileReports.com), an online image-based stockpile inventory-management platform, announced that it has secured more than 100 customers worldwide and measured more than $2 billion of aggregates since the launch of its service in 2013. Marquee customers include the Texas Department of Transportation, CEMEX, Quikrete and Lane Construction.
Read MoreKey Aggregates Producers Praise FAST Act
President Obama has signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act into law, a bill that sends a signal to the construction markets that five years of growth are ahead.
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Dec. 8, 2015 – Each year, Rock Products asks its readers to participate in a year-end Benchmark Survey designed to gauge reader response to questions regarding production, operations and other issues of interest to stone producers. Please take this year’s survey and help us gather the critical information we need to give the industry a better understanding of where it is at the…
Read MoreJohn Deere WorkSight Fuel Advantage Program
John Deere is building upon its suite of technology solutions and leveraging dealers’ consultation capabilities with the introduction of the John Deere WorkSight Fuel Advantage program. Eligible on 47 pieces of construction equipment, the program features fuel consumption commitments, quarterly reports designed to help contractors improve efficiency, and an incentive to utilize the John Deere dealer as a consultative partner.…
Read MoreDodge Momentum Index Falls
The Dodge Momentum Index fell 3.7 percent in November to 119.9 (2000=100) from its October reading of 124.5. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year, and is issued each month by Dodge Data…
Read MoreRep. Bill Shuster
House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) served as chairman of the Conference Committee that passed the The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation, or FAST Act. The $305 billion, five-year bill passed the House by a vote of 359 to 65 and the Senate by a vote of 83 to 16. President Obama has signaled that he will sign the bill.…
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