By Mark S. Kuhar Carmeuse’s alternative fuel project at its Grand River, Ohio, operation has earned the “Outstanding Alternative Fuel Project” award at the 8th Global CemFuels 2014 Conference, held in Vienna, Austria, at the end of February.
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April Construction Advances 3 Percent
Highway Work Dropped 23 Percent while Bridge Construction Fell 43 Percent. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MorePermitting – June 2014
Quarry Has Issue Over Lack of PermitAn Elberton, Ga., mining company has filed a lawsuit against Rockdale County, Ga., according to the Rockdale Citizen, claiming that the Planning and Development Department is allowing a competing granite quarry to operate illegally and asking Rockdale Superior Court to shut it down. Broad River Quarries LLC, represented by Conyers attorneys John Nix and…
Read MoreYoung Guns Work for the Future
June 15, 2014 – More than 50 “young guns” in the transportation design and construction industry took part in an intensive “boot camp” introduction to the federal legislative and regulatory processes, and then descended on Capitol Hill last week to press their members of Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and pass a long-term surface transportation bill. They…
Read MoreClock is Winding Down for Highway Bill
It is getting to be “situation critical” for passing a new highway bill. On the heels of the Obama Administration’s Grow America Act, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved S.2322, the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, a long-term bipartisan bill to reauthorize the nation’s transportation programs for six years at current funding plus inflation, illustrating broad bipartisan support for…
Read MoreIgniting Potential
LUCK STONE IS CREATING ITS OWN FUTURE WITH A VISIONARY APPROACH TO BUSINESS. This is the first in a new series of personal accounts called “Quarry Stories,” written by the editor of Rock Products, bringing you perspective and insight gleaned from more than 20 years of covering the equipment, technology, plant operations and people that make the aggregates industry…
Read MoreApac Central Wins Award
June 2, 2014 – The winners keep rolling in. Apac Central, a division of Oldcastle Materials, received the Argos Win-Win Award jointly with Arkansas and Missouri Railroad. The Argos Win-Win award, made at the North American Rail Shippers Association conference in San Francisco, recognizes innovation and co-operation in a sometimes adversarial relationship. It is given to railroads, shippers and organizations that develop innovative…
Read MoreSteady Growth Ahead
May 27, 2014 – Although recent economic indicators point to a tempering of the U.S. economy, The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is maintaining its forecast for steady growth in construction and cement consumption during the next five years. A recent PCA forecast indicates a 7.9 percent increase in cement consumption for 2014, almost double from the 4.5 increase in 2013.
Read MoreRockeries Are in Style
May 17, 2014 – The Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) is touting the benefits of Rockeries in a new publication. FHWA’s Rockery Design and Construction Guidelines (Pub. No. FHWA-CFL/TD-06-006) provides highway designers, inspectors, and contractors with a basis for evaluating existing rockeries and specifying and constructing new ones.
Read MoreMichael Johnson
May 13, 2014 – In the April 18 issue of CEO Update, a premier resource on association news and people, NSSGA’s President and CEO Mike Johnson was interviewed at NSSGA’s headquarters and was characterized as “jumping in head first” in assuming his role at the association, and within seven months had completed a member survey and a new strategic plan. Congratulations…
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