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House, Senate reach multi-year highway bill agreement
House and Senate lawmakers reached an agreement on a highway bill that would extend federal transportation funding for five years, according to The Hill. The legislation, called the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, calls for spending about $205 billion… Keep Reading
Lafarge helps reconstruct turtle nesting beach
Lafarge Canada, along with Coastal Painted Turtle Project (CPTP) team members, reconstructed the turtle nesting beach at Burnaby Lake Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Together, the groups hope to sustain the population of western painted turtles, which are listed… Keep Reading
Allu Group names president, CEO
Allu Group named Edgar Chavez as its president and CEO. Chavez will replace Mardi Ohanessian, who will retire at the end of the year. Prior to this position, Chavez served as executive vice president and general manager for Allu for… Keep Reading
Clinton proposes infrastructure investment if elected
At an event marking the launch of her “Hard Hats for Hillary” campaign, Hillary Clinton revealed a plan to boost the federal investment in infrastructure by $275 billion if she is elected president, reports CBS. Clinton says this proposal is… Keep Reading
Aggregate production up 5 percent in third quarter
An estimated 697 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the third quarter of 2015, an increase of 5 percent compared with that of the third quarter of… Keep Reading
Study forecasts mining equipment demand through 2019
Global demand for mining equipment is forecast to expand 7 percent annually to nearly $105 billion in 2019, according to "World Mining Equipment," a study presented by The Freedonia Group. The demand for mining equipment will be supported by increases… Keep Reading
NSSGA December webinar covers antitrust laws
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association’s (NSSGA) December AGG1 webinar, titled “The Antitrust Laws – What You Can, Can’t and Should Do,” will be presented Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. EST. The two-hour webinar will outline the impact and… Keep Reading
FMI survey refutes Millennial work ethic myths
FMI Corp. released its report, “Millennials in Construction: Learning to Engage a New Workforce,” which reveals findings based on a combination of survey responses and interviews from almost 400 individuals who work in the construction industry nationwide. Of the 400… Keep Reading
Liebherr introduces new equipment at Quarry Days
Liebherr recently hosted its Quarry Days in Saint-Nabor, France, which drew in more than 1,000 attendees. According to the company, Liebherr experts demonstrated the use of quarrying equipment at various stations oriented toward the different production processes in a quarry,… Keep Reading
