ConExpo-Con/Agg and IFPE 2017 attendees came to Las Vegas ready to buy as exhibitors said they had enjoyed tremendous sales activity throughout the week. As multiple construction and manufacturing industry segments converged on the Las Vegas Convention Center from March 7-11, 2017, manufacturers and customers voiced widespread economic optimism.
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Civil Engineers Sound Alarm Bells on Condition of Infrastructure
Our country’s infrastructure received a nearly-failing D+ grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The report card was released as the aggregates and construction industries gathered in Las Vegas for the 2017 National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) Annual Convention and ConExpo-Con/Agg.
Read MoreJanuary Construction Spending Rises; Highways Fall
Construction spending during January 2017 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,180.3 billion, 1.0 percent (±1.0 percent) below the revised December estimate of $1,192.2 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read MoreTRIP Sounds Alarms on Kentucky’s Roads and Bridges
Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Kentucky motorists a total of $4 billion statewide annually – as much as $1,899 per driver in some urban areas – due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays, according to TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation organization.
Read MoreTrump Again Promises Infrastructure Spending
President Trump praised President Eisenhower for building the last “truly great” national infrastructure program in an address to a joint session of Congress. “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding,” he said, and asked Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure, financed through public and private capital.
Read MoreEverybody Loves Infrastructure Spending
Feb. 24, 2017 – Eighty-seven percent of voters said they back the idea of boosting federal government spending on infrastructure, per a new Quinnipiac University poll. Both Democrats and Republicans, men and women, and younger as well as older voters said they support the idea. Overall support has remained steady since Quinnipiac posed the question (“Do you support or oppose increasing…
Read MoreSummit Materials’ Integrated, Materials-Based Model Drives Success
Summit Materials Inc. announced that for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2016, the company’s net income was $36.8 million and adjusted net income was $98.3 million. For the three months ended Dec. 31, 2016, the company is reporting a net loss of $300,000 and adjusted net income of $21.0 million.
Read MoreNACA Members Press Congress on Priorities
Members of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) and the Congressional Cement Caucus went to Capitol Hill on Feb. 5 to brief the 115th Congress on the state of the concrete and cement industry and infrastructure priorities, according to the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).
Read MoreTRIP Report Sounds Alarm on Condition of Alabama Roads
The Road Information Program (TRIP) released its latest state report, this one on the state of roads and bridges in Alabama. “As Alabama works to build and enhance a thriving, growing and dynamic state, it will be critical that it is able to address the state’s most significant transportation issues by providing a 21st century network of roads, highways, bridges…
Read MoreShuster: Infrastructure Package Not on Fast Track
Feb. 15, 2017 – House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster recently delivered a message that’s already becoming clear to the transportation world: A big legislative package to fund infrastructure isn’t going to happen right away. “You’re not going to see an infrastructure [bill] in the next month or two,” Shuster said at a National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners meeting.…
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