Road to Recovery
Road to Prosperity is a series developed with support from Van Der Graaf, and focuses on discussing and highlighting positive developments, trends, and advancements within the aggregate and mining industries, exploring ways to move forward and achieve success.
Pennsylvania’s year of ups and downs continues
The threat of a late-year shutdown on Pennsylvania construction projects was the latest in a string of events that probably gave the state’s aggregate producers heart palpitations. Long-term funding solutions could, however, finally be on the way. Keep Reading
How Washington state’s aggregate producers are faring
Bruce Chattin of the Washington Aggregates & Concrete Association, discusses the state of the aggregate industry in the Evergreen State – and more – with P&Q. Keep Reading
NSSGA leaders provide glimpse of road ahead in Washington
Michael Johnson and Michele Stanley of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) paid P&Q a visit to share reactions to the 2020 election and how aggregate industry issues may play with the Biden administration and a divided Congress. Keep Reading
The aggregate industry’s resilience paves a pathway forward
2020 has been one for the books, Schurco Slurry's Will Pierce writes. But it only adds to the importance of the industry’s collective products – for both producers and manufacturers. Keep Reading
How Kentucky’s aggregate producers are faring these days
Nick Rodgers, executive director of the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association, discusses the state of the aggregate industry in the Bluegrass State – and more – with P&Q. Keep Reading
An end-of-year visit with P&Q’s aggregate forecaster
What general economic trends or events are influencing the aggregate forecast of SC Market Analytics’ David Chereb for 2021 and beyond? P&Q pays Chereb a video visit to find out. Keep Reading
Part 2: Catching up with Bond Construction’s Karen Hubacz-Kiley
In the second half of our Q&A with Karen Hubacz-Kiley, the Bond Construction vice president discusses how the pandemic affected industry trade shows and how events like them may change going forward. Keep Reading
USGS: Third-quarter aggregate production slips 5 percent
While crushed stone production for consumption slipped 6 percent, sand and gravel experienced a quarterly drop of 4 percent, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports. Keep Reading
Construction sector adds jobs in November
Still, the Associated General Contractors of America warns that project cancellations and looming Paycheck Protection Program tax bills will undercut future job gains. Keep Reading
