Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th Secretary of Transportation by Judge Nathaniel Jones in a private ceremony at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters. The ceremony was attended by Foxx’s wife, Samara, and their two children, Hillary and Zachary, and used a Bible belonging to Secretary Foxx’s great-grandparents. His nomination was confirmed by the full U.S.…
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Liebherr Gets New President
Liebherr announced the appointment of Peter Mayr as president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Co., effective July 1, 2013. Mayr has held progressive leading positions within the Liebherr Group. Most recently he served as managing director for Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd. (LGB) and Liebherr Rental Ltd (LRL). Mayr began his Liebherr career in 2001 working at Liebherr-Werk Telfs GmbH (LWT) in Austria…
Read MoreARTBA to Congress: Reforms Important, Implementation Critical
Simply giving federal agencies the ability to complete regulatory reviews in a more efficient manner in no way guarantees that authority would be utilized, was the key message recently delivered to Congress by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). First Vice-Chair Nick Ivanoff, president and CEO of New York-based design firm Ammann & Whitney, testifying before the House Judiciary’s…
Read MoreCement Called Most Energy Intensive Industry
Drawing data from its just-released 2013 Annual Energy Outlook, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) cites challenging statistics portland cement customers and producers might encounter in a construction market influenced by green building rating systems and carbon-tracking government agencies. Although the cement industry used only one-quarter of one percent of total U.S. energy, it is the most energy-intensive of all manufacturing…
Read MoreTXI Reports Fourth Quarter, Yearly Results
Texas Industries Inc. (TXI) reported financial results for the quarter and year ended May 31, 2013. Net income for the quarter was $44.1 million or $1.52 per share. Net income included income net of tax from discontinued operations of $28.5 million or $.98 per share. Net income from discontinued operations included a pre-tax gain on the disposition of expanded shale…
Read MoreCemex Launches Cemex Global Solutions Service
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the launch of Cemex Global Solutions, a service from the company which leverages more than a century of industry-leading expertise to provide customers with the best value proposition in a full range of technical services for the cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates industry. Cemex Global Solutions is available around the world, with ongoing projects in…
Read MoreRock Products Named Top Level VIP Publication
Mining Media International is pleased to announce that The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has awarded Rock Products its exclusive “Top Level VIP” supporting publication status for the ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014 show in Las Vegas. This designation is only given to publications that are able to provide the wide audience and extensive targeted content that is critical to the success of…
Read MoreNation’s Road Conditions Show Slight Improvement
The Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report measures the condition and cost-effectiveness of state-owned roads in 11 categories, including pavement condition on urban and rural Interstates, urban traffic congestion, deficient bridges, unsafe narrow lanes, traffic fatalities, total spending per mile of state roads and administrative costs per mile. The study’s rankings are based on data that states reported to the federal…
Read MoreFMI Releases Q2-2013 Construction Outlook Report
FMI, a leading provider of management consulting and investment banking to the engineering and construction industry, releases its Q2-2013 Construction Outlook. The strength of individual markets is shifting, reducing annual Construction-Put-In-Place predictions to $913 billion, a 7 percent growth from 2012. This is down nearly $6 billion from the $918,897 million, 8 percent growth estimated in the Q1’s Outlook. However,…
Read More255 Metros Listed as Improving Housing Markets
A total of 255 metropolitan areas across 49 states and the District of Columbia qualified to be listed on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for July, released today. This is down slightly from the 263 metros that made the list in June, but is more than triple the number of metros that were on…
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