Harrison Gypsum, a vertically integrated producer and processor of minerals and aggregates, has acquired The Gravel Company LLC. The company will do business as ACG Materials.
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Nationwide Housing Starts Climb Even Higher
For the third time this year, nationwide housing starts surpassed the million-mark, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Total housing production in September rose 6.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.017 million units.
Read MoreIROCK Crushers Offers Online Parts, Dealer Portal
Valley View, Ohio-based IROCK Crushers now offers an improved, updated dealer portal on its website, www.irockcrushers.com, to make it easier for dealers to efficiently meet customer needs.
Read MoreNSSGA Fall Board Meeting Advances Strategic Plan
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) recent Fall Board Meeting advanced the association’s Rocks Build America strategic plan with noted association consultant Glenn Tecker who led a two-day, leadership workshop. The purpose of the seminar was to align the goals of membership, the board and association staff to strengthen the aggregates industry, the association said.
Read MoreVulcan Announces New Division Leadership
Vulcan Materials Co. announced new division leadership and changes to its organizational structure that it said will further enhance the company’s ability to serve customers and increase profitability while also continuing to capture strategic growth opportunities across its footprint. The new structure, effective Jan. 1, 2015, places key leaders within the organization in seven operating divisions.
Read MoreWeir Acquires Trio
The Weir Group PLC has entered into an agreement to acquire Trio Engineered Products, a Chinese-American manufacturer of crushing and separation equipment for the mining and aggregates markets, for an enterprise value of $220 million.
Read MoreSummit Materials Acquires Aggregates, Ready-Mix Operations
Summit Materials has announced another round of acquisitions. The company acquired Southwest Ready-Mix, a ready-mix concrete company in southwest Houston; Colorado County Sand & Gravel, an aggregates company in Colorado County, Texas; and Concrete Supply of Topeka/Builders Choice ConcreteColorado County Sand & Gravel, an aggregates and ready-mix concrete company based in Topeka, Kan.
Read MoreConstruction Employment Drives Forward
The U.S. construction industry added 16,000 jobs in September, according to the Oct. 3 Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate. The August estimate was revised downward from 20,000 to 16,000 net new jobs. Nonresidential construction added 3,200 jobs in September, accounting for only 20 percent of the total gain in construction employment.
Read MoreTCC Cautions Congress About its Failure to Act
With October 1 marking the beginning of fiscal year 2015, the 31-member organization Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) urged Congress to find a way to pay for, and pass, a new long-term surface transportation measure as soon as possible. They cautioned that failure to act would lead to another self-imposed funding crisis that would undermine vital road, highway and transit repairs.
Read MoreFuel Economy Gains Highlight Need for Highway Trust Fund Action
The Environmental Protection Agency just announced that new vehicles achieved all-time-high fuel economy in 2013. Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 miles per gallon (mpg) – a 0.5 mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. Fuel economy has now increased in eight of the last nine years. The average…
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