The California Construction & Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) announced the recipients of its 2014 safety and member recognition awards.
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Martin Marietta Donates to San Antonio Food Bank, Charities
Martin Marietta Materials held its ninth annual charity golf tournament Nov. 13 and raised a total of $31,200 for the San Antonio Food Bank. The company also donated $1,000 each to the Epilepsy Foundation, Family Life Center and Battered Women’s Shelter, and $1,928 to SAMMinistries.
Read MoreLafarge Sites Earn Wildlife Habitat Council Honors
Nine conservation projects at Lafarge North America sites across the United States were certified or recertified this year by the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC). Six of these projects fall under WHC’s Wildlife at Work program, which oversees voluntary efforts that go beyond regulatory requirements to restore and conserve wildlife habitats on corporate-owned land. The remaining three projects operate under WHC’s…
Read MoreStone Shipments Rise on St. Lawrence Seaway
With just one month left of the season, St. Lawrence Seaway cargo shipments are expected to finish ahead of 2013 after a remarkable year of grain exports and steel imports. Stone shipments from March 25 to November 30 totaled 370,000 metric tons, up 9 percent over the same period last year, according to The Chamber of Marine Commerce.
Read MoreMSHA Marks National Miners Day
On Dec. 6, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration marks National Miners Day, designated by Congress to honor the contributions and sacrifices of miners, both past and present. The date commemorates the worst industrial mine accident in American history when 362 miners perished in an explosion at the No. 6 and No. 8 mines in Monongah,…
Read MoreDodge Momentum Index Creeps Higher
The Dodge Momentum Index increased in November, climbing to 125.0 (2000=100) for the month, up 0.6 percent from October’s reading of 124.3 according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
Read MoreHighway Materials Group Meets With McConnell; Stresses Infrastructure
Members of the Highway Materials Group (HMG) met with incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.), in his U.S. Capitol office Dec. 3 to discuss surface transportation infrastructure and the need to increase investment in the program long before the expiration of current law next May.
Read MoreVulcan Materials Wins Environmental Award
Vulcan Materials Co. has been awarded the prestigious Conservation Education Award at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 26th Annual Symposium, Celebrating Corporate Conservation. Vulcan was recognized for its outstanding national legacy in the pursuit of excellence in wildlife habitat conservation education and outreach.
Read MoreNSSGA Testifies Against MSHA’s Civil Penalties Proposal
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) voiced strong opposition to a number of provisions in a proposed rule that calls for increased federal penalties for alleged mine safety violations and limits an operator’s ability to contest such fines. NSSGA testified Dec. 4 at the first of several U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) hearings on the proposed…
Read MoreARTBA Forecasts Modest 2015 Growth
The U.S. transportation construction market will grow 3.1 percent from $185.9 billion in 2014 to $191.7 billion in 2015, according to a forecast released December 3 by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black. This is slightly above anticipated growth in the overall economy – U.S. Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow between…
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