News & Analysis
Summit Materials acquires aggregates and asphalt paving/production companies
September 02, 2010
Building materials company Summit Materials LLC has finalized the acquisitions of Kilgore Paving and Maintenance LLC, an asphalt production and paving company, and the aggregates, ready-mix concrete and construction assets of ...
Hey Congress, ‘We’re sick of aging roads’
September 02, 2010
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM), two national groups advocating for significant new investments in transportation improvements, are working together ...
Steel import permit applications down 15 percent
September 01, 2010
Based on the U.S. Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on Sept. 1 that steel import permit ...
CARB “on apology tour”
September 01, 2010
William Davis, executive vice president of the Southern California Contractors Association, calls a series of off-highway rule workshops that began today the California Air Resources Board "apology tour." Writing in his association's ...
Tennessee DOT SmartFIX40 named as top U.S. transportation project
September 01, 2010
The Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) SmartFIX40 project is being recognized as one of the top transportation projects in the nation. The American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials ...
Bridgestone Off-Road Tires increases prices 2 to 7 percent
August 31, 2010
Off Road Tire, U.S. & Canada Tire Sales (BAOR), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, says it plans to increase list prices by 2 to 7 percent with some ...
AEM: U.S. economy grows slower pace than expected, urgent need for job creation
August 31, 2010
News that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter of 2010 should sound an alarm to Congress, says Dennis Slater, president of the ...
ARTBA cautions EPA against regulating coal ash as ‘hazarous waste’
August 31, 2010
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to regulate coal ash as a “hazardous waste” could make concrete more expensive and less durable, thus increasing the costs and environmental footprint ...
Congress needs to ‘act on voter demands,’ says AEM
August 30, 2010
Congress prepares to return to Washington in a few weeks, and voters across America, regardless of political party affiliation, have one issue as their top priority -- improving the economy. ...
Associated Builders and Contractors prevails in project labor agreement dispute
August 27, 2010
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has been successful in having a mandatory project labor agreement removed from the bidding process for the construction of an Armed Forces Reserve center in ...
VT Leeboy creates Blaw-Knox division, reveals distribution plans
August 26, 2010
Lincolnton, N.C.-based VT Leeboy has created a new business division known as Blaw-Knox Commercial Paving Products.
The new division has developed a product line in which it has collaborated with Volvo ...
American Concrete Institute offering 5 more seminars
August 26, 2010
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) will offer five educational seminars this fall to help the concrete professional remain up-to-date on concrete construction and technology.
ACI has provided the industry with educational ...







