April 2, 2019 – A 2018 report from TRIP indicated that roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Tennessee motorists a total of $6 billion statewide annually. Now they almost cost a motorist his life. One person was injured after a concrete railing section fell from a bridge in Chattanooga, Tenn., this week shutting down two…
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Chaney Enterprises Acquires PCS Concrete
Chaney Enterprises, a ready-mix concrete, aggregates, custom blends, and related construction supplies provider, has acquired PCS Concrete, a concrete supply business based in Annapolis Junction, Md.
Read MoreAlta Equipment Expands into New England
Alta Equipment Co. entered into an agreement to purchase Northland Industrial Truck Co., Inc. (NITCO). The acquisition will expand Alta’s business into the New England market, adding full service materials handling sales operations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine. NITCO, and its construction equipment group Northland JCB, will continue to operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of Alta, with no…
Read MoreVan Tongeren GIC a Hit for Luck Stone
Score one for water conservation. Luck Stone recently upgraded the classification system at its Goose Creek Plant in Leesburg, Va., to a breakthrough dry process system that eliminates the need for water. Called a Gravitational Inertial Classifier (GIC), this system uses only ambient air and gravity to remove fine particles under 75 µm from clean, crushed stone, saving upwards of…
Read MoreAggregate Industry Market Report
In This Quarterly Report, Provided Exclusively to Rock Products, Capstone Headwaters Provides Insight Into Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), Capital Markets Trends, Aggregate Production and Pricing Through Q4 2018. By Darin Good and Brian Krehbiel
Read MoreSuperior Hires Octavio
Superior Industries Inc. hired industry veteran Cary Octavio as its new territory sales manager for conveyor components in the Northeast United States. Octavio comes to Superior after almost 30 years of sales and service in bulk material handling markets. “Cary likes to get his hands dirty and comes to Superior with an incredible amount of technical conveying experience,” said Mike…
Read MoreBridges in Poor Condition; Pace of Repair Slows to Crawl
The length of America’s structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would span nearly 1,100 miles, the distance between Chicago and Houston, a new examination of federal government data shows. And it’s a problem that hits close to home.
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