Transportation funding is still slogging through Congress like a turtle through quicksand, and it looks as if another extension is going to be the temporary law of the land.
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Mummy Found at Indiana Quarry
June 28, 2015 – Land surveyors discovered a mummy that could be 2,000 years old on the site of the planned Singleton Stone quarry in south Lake County, Ind., and archaeologists are investigating whether they stumbled onto a Native American burial ground. The planned quarry is located in Eagle Creek Township, according to nwi.com. Area residents long have opposed the Singleton…
Read MoreSurface Transportation Developments
June 23, 2015 – As the clock ticks down to the July 31 expiration of the current highway act extension, discussion of surface transportation reauthorization is heating up. Two hearings are scheduled this week on highway funding, according to NSSGA. The House Ways and Means Special Revenues Subcommittee chaired by Rep. David Reichert (R-Wash.) is holding a June 24 hearing on taxing…
Read MoreA Book About Modern Earthmoving Marvels
By Mark S. Kuhar When you are in the construction media, you get to know many editors from other publications. One of the good guys in the construction media is Frank Raczon, senior editor of Construction Equipment magazine, a Scranton Gillette Communications publication. Frank recently co-authored a book called “Caterpillar: Modern Earthmoving Marvels,” for Motorbooks. For this book, he details…
Read MoreNew Construction Starts Slide 13 percent
Public Works Categories Showed Across-The-Board Gains; Highway And Bridge Construction Surged 30 Percent. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreRocking the Right Load
MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KEEPS PALM BEACH AGGREGATES ROLLING. By Mark S. Kuhar Palm Beach Aggregates in West Palm Beach, Fla., mines and processes approximately 2 million tpy of material. There is nothing worse in the aggregate business than loading the wrong materials into the wrong truck. The time and money lost from wrong loads, overloaded trucks and wasted material during…
Read MoreJust Keep Truckin’ On
GLENN O. HAWBAKER INC. KEEPS ITS TRUCKS MOVING TO SERVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS. By Mark S. Kuhar You’re on a Pennsylvania highway, wheel-to-wheel with muddy, salt-crusted trucks. And then, a pristine, gleaming red Mack dump truck bursts into view. If you’re from the Keystone State, then you know you’ve just spotted one of the Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. (GOH) trucks. The…
Read MoreAn Interview With Charles Luck IV
THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF NSSGA TALKS TO ROCK PRODUCTS ABOUT HIS GOALS, INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG LEADERS. By Mark S. Kuhar At its convention in Baltimore earlier this year, the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) elected Charles Luck IV of Luck Stone as its chairman for the year. He spoke to Rock Products about where…
Read MoreSign the Petition
May 19, 2015 – The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and its partners in the Transportation Construction Coalition are pushing for a permanent Highway Trust Fund funding solution and passage of a multi-year surface transportation bill. As part of this effort, a new online petition was created calling on key congressional leaders to get the job done as soon as possible.…
Read MoreThe Best of the Young Leaders
April 30, 2015 – At the NSSGA Young Leaders Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Dennis Coker of Natural Resource Partners was named the winner of the 2015 Mark S. Walsh Leadership Award. The award was sponsored by Rock Products and presented by National Sales Director Sean Carr. “We are very pleased to present Dennis with this award,” Carr said. “The Young Leaders are…
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