Arcosa Banks On Data-Driven Decision-Making In Sales: A More Methodical Price-Management Approach. By Barry Hudson This is the first in an exclusive series of articles focused on pricing in the aggregates industry. – Ed. Trey Gerik, sales manager for Arcosa Aggregates’ Texas region, knew optimizing data analysis could increase revenue from aggregate sales even amidst an uncertain market. Arcosa Aggregates…
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The Pulse
Announcing the New Rock Products/Allen-Villere Partners Construction Materials Report and AVP Pulse Index. By Pierre G. Villere This month marks the launch of The Pulse and the AVP Pulse Index, a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners, and Rock Products, the aggregates industry’s leading source for market analysis and technology solutions. The Pulse will appear quarterly in…
Read More2023 Outlook/Forecast
Aggregates Industry Positioned For Economic Growth, Market Expansion. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson The Dodge Construction Network held its 2023 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in the construction industry for more than 80 years. The forecast predicts that total U.S. construction starts will be unchanged in 2023 at $1.08 trillion. When adjusted for inflation total construction starts will…
Read MoreA Breakthrough That Will Change The Next Generation
As we begin 2023 and I mark the 50th year of my career, I have been reflecting on a lifetime I have lived witnessing dramatic innovation, and social and political change, as we all live in a very different world than I did as a young boy growing up in the Deep South of the 1950s. We are a better…
Read MoreHappy New Year: See What We Have in Store
It’s the start of a new year, and I guarantee this is going to be a good one. Last month I recapped our 2022 developments, including Rock Products’ partnership with Burgex Inc. – the Utah-based consulting and data-analysis company – that resulted in an entirely reimagined version of Rock Products’ Aggregates Atlas; the launch of Cement Products magazine and the…
Read MoreFirst Look – January 2023
TOP NEWS Muskoka Rock Acquires Hutcheson Sand & GravelMuskoka Rock Co., in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada – which provides Muskoka granite, stone and aggregate products for landscaping, building and interior applications – recently completed the acquisition of Hutcheson Sand & Gravel, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Caterpillar, Luck Stone Team Up Caterpillar Inc. announced a collaboration with Luck Stone, the nation’s…
Read MoreGraniterock Names Lemon New President/CEO
Graniterock named Peter Lemon its new president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 1, 2023. Lemon, an energetic and effective business leader, brings nearly 25 years of experience in heavy civil construction and aggregate mining to the CEO position of the family-owned company. He succeeds Tom Squeri, who has served as CEO since 2012 and led Graniterock through some of…
Read MoreWelding Alloys Develops Flex e.bot Collaborative Robot
Many rail company revenues were hard hit during the COVID-19 lockdown and today face increasing pressure on the maintenance, efficiencies and on the network expansion front. Add to this the goal of reduced global emissions of carbon dioxide by 2030, and that means less freight by road and more emphasis and pressure on rail networks, said Welding Alloys Railways Services…
Read MoreFord Pro Moves Business Owners Into the Digital Age
Ford Pro Fleet Management Software is the latest tool added to its Intelligence suite of fleet management solutions, expanding on the one-stop shop of vehicles, software, charging, service and financing. The affordable, always-on software program gives office admins and fleet managers a new tool to combat drawers and file folders brimming with paperwork. Powered by fleet management software provider Fleetio,…
Read MoreFleetWatcher Integration Enhances Functionality of Software Programs
As heavy construction contractors increasingly adopt technology to operate more efficiently, FleetWatcher offers seamless integration with popular software programs, providing a flow of data to further enhance the functionality of programs like Viewpoint, B2W, OnStation, and many more. Data from e-ticketing, cycle counts, tonnage and more automatically flows from FleetWatcher’s Materials Management Solution (MMS) into the appropriate areas within the…
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