May 10, 2015 – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx directed a broadside at Congress last week. “We ought to be embarrassed as a country” about the state of the nation’s infrastructure, he said, as lawmakers scramble to beat a May 31 deadline for extending federal transportation funds. Lawmakers have talked about passing a $10 billion patch to extend transportation funding until the…
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The 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…
Read MoreSeeking Cement
April 28, 2015 – I am blogging live this week from the 57th Annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference in Toronto, Ontario.
Read MoreRock Products to Sponsor Young Leaders Award
April 23, 2015 – The NSSGA Young Leaders annual conference is April 29-May 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Read MoreLafarge, Holcim Note U.S. Divestitures
April 20, 2015 – The ducks are not quite in row on the Lafarge-Holicm merger. Lafarge and Holcim gave details of asset disposals in the United States that they propose as part of their planned merger, due to close in July. Lafarge said in a joint statement that it would sell its Davenport cement plant in Iowa and seven terminals along the…
Read MoreWhoa, WOTUS!
April 13, 2015 – The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has unveiled legislative language designed to protect U.S. waters from federal overreach, according to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). It is in response to the recent announcement that EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers had sent the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review before…
Read MoreFifth Fatality of The Year
April 1, 2015 – On March 17, a 44-year old haul truck driver with four days of experience was injured at a dredge operation. He was operating a loaded articulated haul truck along an elevated roadway next to a dredge pond. After traveling about 125 yards from the loading point, the haul truck drifted into the water. The victim was removed from the…
Read MoreMcLanahan’s Rumbaugh Dies
March 26, 2015 – The industry has lost another one of its manufacturing giants. Coming on the heels of the passing of Don Brock of Astec Industries and Chet Giermak of Eriez, we have learned that Roy Rumbaugh, former president of McLanahan Corp., has also passed away. He was an NSSGA Honorary Life Member, and past chairman of theManufacturers & Services Division. He…
Read MoreDave Turin Reads Rock Products!
March 17, 2015 – Dave Turin of the hit Discovery Channel TV show Gold Rush reads Rock Products! Doesn’t everybody? Turin gave the keynote address at the NSSGA’s Young Leaders luncheon, sponsored by Rock Products, and his message of hard work, family first and finding personal happiness had everyone in the room clapping. The event was part of NSSGA’s annual convention in Baltimore,…
Read MoreNSSGA Convention Kick-Off
March 16, 2015 – I am blogging live this week from Baltimore, where the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association is holding its annual convention concurrent with the kick-off of the AGG1 and World of Asphalt trade shows. At the Opening General Session, Rep. Bud Schuster (R-Pa.) spoke about the importance of infrastructure investment and rebuilding America’s roads and bridges. He pledged his support in…
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