ARTBA is hosting a July 16 event in the Nation’s Capital for transportation advocates to gather “best practices” and learn “playbook secrets” that were critical to the recent success of high-profile road, bridge and public transit funding victories in several key states.
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Speakers Wanted for Frac Sand Insider Conference
The event will give manufacturers and consultants an opportunity to meet directly with decision-makers from producers throughout North America. We are looking to fill our conference sessions with enlightened speakers who are aware of all the current issues and topics involving frac sand.
Read MoreFirst Look – May 2014
Martin Marietta’s First QuarterMartin Marietta Materials reported first-quarter aggregates production volume up 8 percent.
Read MoreMartin Marietta Aggregates Volume Up in First Quarter
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Net sales increased 10 percent, resulting in gross margin expansion and improved profitability, according to the company. Aggregates product line volume was up 8 percent. Ward Nye, President and CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, stated: “Our first-quarter 2014 results reflect the continued economic momentum from 2013’s…
Read MoreFirst Look – April 2014
TOP NEWS ConExpo-Con/Agg Breaks RecordsTotal registration was 129,364 and the show set new records for exhibit space, number of exhibitors and education tickets sold. NSSGA Unveils Strategic PlanRocks Build America plan is targeted to rebuilding America’s crumbling transportation infrasturcture. NIOSH Honors Luck StoneTechnology innovation implemented by Luck Stone cited by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Read MoreCrushing Concrete
NEW PORTABLE CONE PLANT HELPS CONTRACT CRUSHER MEET URBAN RECYCLE DEMAND. By Carol Wasson Ever-growing epicenters for asphalt and concrete recycle crushing lie just beyond the outskirts of many American cities – a trending phenomenon due to regulations that curtail urban quarry operation; the cost-prohibitive transportation of virgin aggregate; an over-abundance of demolition material; and waste disposal bans. Consequently, the…
Read MoreARTBA Has Message for ConExpo-Con/Agg Attendees
With federal highway and bridge funding to the states in jeopardy later this year, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is using the March 4-8 ConExpo-Con/Agg trade show in Las Vegas — one of the largest gatherings of U.S. transportation design and construction professionals in the world — to tell members of Congress to fix the Highway Trust…
Read MoreAASHTO President: States, Construction, Economy at Risk
The impending insolvency of the federal Highway Trust Fund poses a threat to state budgets, the construction industry and the overall economy that is real and that is even closer than originally estimated, according to Mike Hancock, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ president and secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Read MoreDoran Celebrates 60 Years
February 12, 2014 – Doran Manufacturing, LLC is pleased to announce the completion of its first 60 years in business. Doran has been creating customized solutions to solve our customers’ problems since 1953, including providing reliable transportation safety products since the early 1970s. In addition to providing tire pressure monitoring systems for truck fleets, mining/off-road vehicles, RVs, bus fleets &…
Read MoreGovernors Demand Congressional Action
A bipartisan group of governors is calling on Congress to take immediate action to avoid a looming national crisis – the expiration of national highway funding. Seventeen governors signed a letter urging congressional members to act and avoid a potential nationwide transportation funding crisis.
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