Single-Family Housing Starts Weak, Especially in the West

The pace of single-family housing starts declined for the third consecutive month as housing affordability concerns continue to weigh on the home construction market. Total starts posted a 3.2 percent increase due to gains for multifamily development. Total single-family and apartment construction starts are up 5.1 percent on a year-to-date basis, according to joint data released from the Census Bureau and Department…

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Aggregates Production Up 5 Percent in Third Quarter

An estimated 694 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the third quarter of 2018, an increase of 5 percent compared with that of the third quarter of 2017. The estimated production for consumption in the first nine months of 2018 was 1.77 billion metric tons (Gt), an increase…

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ABB Explosive Atmosphere Motor for Underground Mines

An extension to ABB’s low voltage IEC mining motors range is now available with Ex d flameproof protection for use in underground mine (group I) applications such as conveyors, air handling fans and water pumps. Rated from 0.55 to 710 kW in frame sizes IEC 80 to 450, the cast iron motors are an evolution of ABB’s long-life explosive atmosphere…

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Texas Legislator Files Bill to Address Concrete Crushing, Ready-Mix Plants

Texas State Senator Donna Campbell (R-District 25) filed Senate Bill 208 to extend requirements for setbacks, or buffer zones, around concrete facilities and concrete-crushing operations. If passed, the bill would double the current 440 yd. requirement between concrete plants and existing residences, schools and churches to 880 yd., or a half mile. It would also expand the zone of people…

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Hales Sand & Gravel Honored by NAPA

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) will honor Hales Sand & Gravel, a CRH company, during its annual meeting in January, as the winner of the Quality in Construction (QIC) Award for three projects it completed this year. The following projects will be recognized: SR 137 in Sanpete County, SR 28 and US 89 in Sevier and Sanpete counties, and SR 62…

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New NIOSH Software Monitors Respirable Crystalline Silica

Mines can now monitor worker exposure to hazardous respirable crystalline silica (RCS) more effectively thanks to new software developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Program in beta version. This novel, field-based tool called the Field Analysis of Silica Tool (FAST), works together with commercially available Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analyzers to determine a worker’s…

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