On the heels of Martin Marietta Materials’ record revenues, profitability, earnings reported for the fourth quarter of 2017, Ward Nye, chairman, president and CEO is looking forward to 2018 with confidence.
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AEM Touts Strong Bipartisan Support for Infrastructure
Americans who watched President Trump’s State of the Union (SOTU) Address want action on infrastructure this year – and they want Democrats to help.
Read More10 Infrastructure Predictions for 2018
Following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, where he urged Congress to pass a $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reported 10 infrastructure predictions for 2018.
Read MoreGas Tax Hike Touted by Shuster at Retreat
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, brought up the importance of raising the federal user fee on gasoline at a recent GOP retreat in West Virginia.
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises; Highways Up for Month
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that construction spending during December 2017, was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,253.3 billion, 0.7 percent (±1.0 percent) above the revised November estimate of $1,245.1 billion.
Read MoreOver 54,000 American Bridges Structurally Deficient
The nearly 48,000-mile Interstate Highway System literally moves the U.S. economy. It carries 75 percent of the nation’s heavy truck traffic. A new report finds there is the equivalent of one “structurally deficient”-rated bridge, on average, for every 27 miles of our major highway network. The 1,800 structurally deficient Interstate bridges are crossed 60 million times daily.
Read MoreTrump Infrastructure Plan Outline Leaked
January 24, 2018 – Details of President Trump’s plan to revive America’s aging infrastructure system have been leaked to news site Axios. According to the leaked outline, the federal government is only putting up a fraction of the funds that will be used to build and fix projects including highways, bridges and airports. Half of the appropriations will go toward an “infrastructure…
Read MoreJohnson, Hill Make Case for Infrastructure Investment
Michael W. Johnson, National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) president and CEO, spoke at a press conference during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “America’s Infrastructure: Time to Modernize” event.
Read MoreU.S. Chamber’s Donohue Outlines Four-Point Plan for Infrastructure
U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue outlined a four-point plan for infrastructure modernization and investment, framing the issue as a top policy priority for the business community and urging Congress and the administration to take immediate, meaningful action to advance an infrastructure bill.
Read MoreSand Market Poised for Growth Through 2025
In the largely fragmented and intensively competitive vendor landscape of the global natural and manufactured sand market, companies are investing in research and development in crushing technology and modern grinder equipment with the view of obtaining high quality and well-graded sand products, observes Transparency Market Research in a recent report.
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