Editors’ Blog
Impact inspections: Are they still a thing?
Although the agency no longer publishes impact inspection details on its website, these remain a tool in the Mine Safety & Health Administration's toolbox, according to Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran. Keep Reading
When MSHA issues ‘duplicative’ citations
Ogletree Deakins' Bill Doran and Margo Lopez explore what happens when the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) issues multiple citations for essentially the same issue. Keep Reading
Despite slowdown, reasons for optimism remain for aggregate
S-C Market Analytics' David Chereb offers his latest aggregate forecast. Keep Reading
The digitalization of the aggregate industry
Aggregate producers are constantly searching for ways to improve their efficiencies and safety – and many turn to digital technologies as solutions. Keep Reading
Report: Nearly 80 percent of state, local infrastructure measures approved on Election Day
Voters have reportedly approved 78 percent of nearly 1,700 transportation investment ballot measures since 2009. Keep Reading
MSHA’s 2019 priorities
Ed Elliott, a senior advisor to the assistant secretary at the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), outlined areas of focus at an industry meeting. Keep Reading
California’s Proposition 6 result a win for aggregate producers
The construction materials industry in California got a major victory with the defeat of a bill that would have repealed a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Keep Reading
What the Election Day results probably mean for the aggregate industry
Now that the House is in the hands of Democrats and the Senate is in Republican control, can our Congress come to terms on major legislative issues like infrastructure? Keep Reading
Martin Marietta’s preliminary view of 2019
The company anticipates mid-single-digit growth in both aggregate pricing and shipments next year. Keep Reading
