June 27, 2016 – With summer construction work in full swing, ConExpo-Con/Agg has launched a social media sweepstakes that gives the hardworking men and women of the construction and aggregates industries a chance to win a new pair of work boots. Any eligible individual who likes ConExpo-Con/Agg on Facebook or Twitter and provides their email address on the sweepstakes page will…
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Cell Phones and Mobile Equipment Don’t Mix
Cell phone use while operating mobile equipment is a form of distracted driving and is extremely dangerous. MSHA and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers have jointly developed the following safety alert as a project within the alliance between the two organizations. The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that cell phones are involved in 6,000 auto fatalities each year. Operating mobile equipment has inherent risks…
Read MoreNSSGA Approves of TSCA
June 10, 2016 – President Obama is expected to sign the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) soon, now that both chambers of Congress approved the first update to regulating toxic chemicals in 26 years. Unlike recent regulations pushed out by the administration, The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) supported the TSCA modernization bill and the final measure includes…
Read MoreStay Out, Stay Alive
May 31, 2016 – Each year, dozens of people are injured or killed while exploring or playing on active and abandoned mine property. Records show that about 30 members of the public lose their lives at mines each year; more than 60 percent due to drowning while swimming, diving, partying, boating or fishing in quarry lakes. Others are killed in motorcycle,…
Read MoreCASE Offers Equipment Grant
May 17, 2016 – CASE is on the case. CASE Construction Equipment has launched the Dire States Equipment Grant – a new grant that will provide one winning community with $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing a critical piece of local infrastructure. Representatives of municipal, county and other local governments are eligible to…
Read MoreBack on the Job
May 15, 2016 – Officials with Carmeuse Lime and Stone said they will be recalling most of the workers laid off at the company’s Maysville, Ken., facility this spring. In early March, Carmeuse laid off 76 employees and will be recalling 69 of those employees, based upon increased demand for its products, according to the company. Officials said they are hopeful…
Read MoreVulcan Rocks Savannah
May 4, 2016 –Vulcan Materials Co. held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening for its newest facility, the Savannah Sales Yard in Garden City, Ga. The new rail-served facility on Sonny Perdue Drive in Garden City is designed to better serve the growing industrial construction industry, David Grayson, president of the company’s southeast division told Business in Savannah. “Ask any economist and they…
Read MoreA Bridge Not Too Far
April 27, 2016 –CNN’s website is featuring a photo gallery of the “most spectacular bridges erected in recent years – and a few that could define the skylines of the future.” Some very innovative and high-tech examples here, and plenty of high style. These new landmarks are as ambitious and inventive as the buildings that surround them. Check it out.
Read MoreGetting the Show on the Road
April 11, 2016 – Indiana’s East-West Toll Road is set to receive a $200 million makeover. According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, it is to be the largest project undertaken by the toll road since its original construction in 1954. The project’s scale includes the rehabilitation of 73 miles of pavement, including shoulders and ramps, and the rescue and rehabilitation of…
Read MoreJobs, Jobs, Jobs
March 28, 2016 – The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) unveiled a new resource to address the growing aggregates industry workforce shortage during the 2016 Annual Convention and AGG1 Academy & Expo. NSSGA’s Jobs Board, at http://jobs.nssga.org, is designed to allow aggregates operations to highlight the good-paying, highly-skilled jobs available around the country. “We have heard from our member companies…
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