Mack Trucks named Vision Truck Group of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, its 2016 North American Dealer of the Year. Vision Truck achieved 189 percent of their sales goal in 2016, while also obtaining 25 percent market share in their region. The dealership also made significant investments in facilities, services and people, and celebrated 50 years in business. “Vision Truck Group exemplifies…
Read MoreMonth: February 2017
January Construction Starts Jump; Highways Down
The value of new construction starts in January climbed 12 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $690.2 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. After losing momentum during last year’s fourth quarter, nonresidential building strengthened in January, with much of the lift coming from the start of the $3.4 billion Central Terminal Building at LaGuardia Airport in New…
Read MoreSummit Materials’ Integrated, Materials-Based Model Drives Success
Summit Materials Inc. announced that for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2016, the company’s net income was $36.8 million and adjusted net income was $98.3 million. For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2016, the company is reporting a net loss of $300,000 and adjusted net income of $21.0 million.
Read MoreHousing Starts Dip in January; Permits Rise
Housing starts returned to trend, dropping 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.246 million units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Multifamily production fell 10.2 percent to 423,000 units after an unusually high December 2016 reading, whereas single-family starts ticked up 1.9 percent to…
Read MoreNACA Members Press Congress on Priorities
Members of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) and the Congressional Cement Caucus went to Capitol Hill on Feb. 5 to brief the 115th Congress on the state of the concrete and cement industry and infrastructure priorities, according to the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).
Read MoreJCB North America Adds Hendershot Equipment as Dealer
Hendershot Equipment Co., a premier agriculture equipment dealership with locations in Stephenville and Decatur, Texas, added a new, JCB-dedicated division to its operations. Hendershot JCB will carry a variety of JCB’s industry-leading construction equipment, including backhoe loaders and telehandlers, rough terrain forklifts, wheel loaders, mini excavators, and innovative skid steers and compact track loaders. The JCB division will operate out…
Read MoreConExpo-Con/Agg Spotlight: Terex Finlay
The Terex Finlay I-140 direct-drive horizontal-impact crusher with variable speed gives operators unprecedented levels of production in both recycling, mining and quarrying applications. The robust and proven Terex CR032 chamber gives excellent reduction ratios and high consistency of product shape, the company said. A significant engineering approach being introduced in this model is the material flow through the plant. The…
Read MoreARTBA Urges House Committee to Reform Clean Air Act
Citing federal government data showing a significant reduction in air pollutants since 1990 at the same time the U.S. economy continued to grow, vehicle miles traveled jumped significantly, and energy use increased, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) called on Congress to overhaul the method by which the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) sets National Ambient Air Quality…
Read MoreBurnco Acquires Bestway Concrete of Colorado
Burnco Rock Products Ltd. has acquired Bestway Concrete Co., a leading ready mix concrete and aggregate producer in the metro Denver and northern Colorado regions.
Read MoreHelp a Boy Scout Earn a Merit Badge
By Christopher Hopkins In February 2014, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) along with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) created a new merit badge, “Mining in Society,” which studies the history of mining, the purpose of the materials, reclamation and careers. There are numerous tasks that are required to earn the merit badge but there are specifically…
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