Pit & Quarry Editor’s Blog
Congresswoman confident long-term infrastructure bill will be passed
A Republican congresswoman stressed on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" show that passage of a long-term transportation infrastructure bill will be a priority when the next Congress takes office in January. "As you think about building a healthy economy, we have a… Keep Reading
Solar roads
A Dutch company offered a glimpse into the future of road building when it unveiled the first solar road, a 230-ft.-long bike path in the Netherlands that's made up of concrete modules with solar cells. According to CNN, the path,… Keep Reading
Nye, Martin Marietta have positive economic outlook
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. noted in its third-quarter report that a number of economic trends are providing signs of encouragement for the industry. For example, Martin Marietta notes that nonresidential construction is expected to increase in both the heavy industrial… Keep Reading
Industry discusses highway bill, jobs with labor secretary
Representatives from the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA), state aggregates association reps and executives from a number of aggregate producers met with U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and MSHA's Joe Main to discuss key issues facing the aggregates… Keep Reading
Watch a quarry blast at a small Ohio operation
Keeney Sand & Stone, a small family-owned aggregate producer in Painesville, Ohio, invited Pit & Quarry to its operation to see its last quarry blast of 2014. Hilltop Energy, which is based in Lisbon, Ohio, was contracted to perform the… Keep Reading
Slideshow: Keeney Sand & Stone
Pit & Quarry recently visited Keeney Sand & Stone, a small family-run operation based in Painesville, Ohio. The father-and-son team of Dennis and Kevin Keeney lead the operation, which produces six salable products. Most of Keeney's products are used in… Keep Reading
7 questions with NSSGA’s Bailey Wood
The National Stone Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) brought Bailey Wood on board earlier this summer as its vice president of communications. Wood joined NSSGA from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), where he was responsible for much of NADA’s… Keep Reading
Producer expresses concerns over proposed EPA water rule
Alan Parks, vice president of Memphis Stone & Gravel Co. in Memphis, Tenn., testified at a congressional hearing earlier this year on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rule that would broaden the scope of waters that are subject… Keep Reading
A look back at the industry nearly 100 years ago
The pages featuring the February 1918 issue of Pit & Quarry within our in-house archives are so old that their edges are crumbling and they're barely bound to the book that contains them. But the 96-year-old pages still offer a… Keep Reading
