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Producers excluded from COVID-19 emergency temporary standard
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association commended the Department of Labor on its exclusion of the aggregate industry in a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard. Keep Reading
MSHA reemphasizes safety tied to powered haulage
The Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) shared several best practices for surface operations following a series of fatal 2021 powered haulage accidents. Keep Reading
World of Concrete officially in the books
Last week's World of Concrete brought tens of thousands of attendees to Las Vegas and featured the opening of the Las Vegas Convention Center's new West Hall. Keep Reading
Dodge: Construction starts fall in May 2021 as housing stumbles
Single-family construction is feeling the brunt of higher material prices, Dodge Data & Analytics reports. Keep Reading
Where Washington stands on an infrastructure bill
Momentum on a bipartisan infrastructure bill came to a halt last week, and new negotiations are already underway in Washington. But doubts are starting to surface about whether an impactful bill can ultimately be produced for the industry. Keep Reading
Polydeck names Kuehl president
Ron Kuehl, who’s been with Polydeck since 2010, previously served the company as executive vice president. Keep Reading
Sponsored: Hiring, inflation among top industry concerns
The 2021 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference provided a forum for aggregate producers and equipment manufacturers to share their industry-related concerns. VCNA Prairie Material’s Warren Hawkridge, CDE’s Laurenz Peschke and Douglas Manufacturing’s Paul Ross offered their perspective. Keep Reading
What’s ahead for the construction materials market?
The 2021 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference presented a forum for FMI Capital Advisors’ George Reddin to provide a construction materials market update. Fortunately, there are plenty of reasons why producers should be optimistic. Keep Reading
Hitachi introduces service plan for select excavators
ZX Secure is now available for select construction excavators ranging from the ZX75US-5 to the ZX870LC-6 in the U.S. and Canada. Keep Reading
