ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF INVENTORY CAN SAVE AGGREGATES PRODUCERS TIME AND MONEY. By Mark S. Kuhar Aggregates producers are quickly finding out that automated drone systems can improve how a company measures aggregate stockpiles, and save them a lot of money. Like many aggregate companies, Whitaker Contracting and Madison Materials have measured stockpiles for decades using a combination of employees on…
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Effort Afoot to Raise Hybrid Vehicle Registration Fees
State transportation officials are faced with the very real challenge that electric and hybrid electric vehicles cause wear and tear on their highway networks but use very little, or no, gasoline or diesel fuel, which states tax to fund highway programs.
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