Brigade Electronics Demonstrates NEW Wireless Camera Monitor System at Hillhead.

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

Brigade Electronics Demonstrates NEW Wireless Camera Monitor System at Hillhead. Brigade Electronics demonstration truck will be on display at Hillhead this year with all its latest vehicle safety products including their NEW wireless camera monitor system. Wireless camera-monitor systems have been on ...

Keeping the ‘Class’ in Classifying Tanks

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

Long-term operation and maintenance of your classifying tanks can be achieved by following five simple tips. By Tom Moore and Dave Schellberg Sand classifying tanks have been used for more than 50 years for refining glacial/alluvial ‘natural’ and ‘manufactured’ sands and sand ...

Intermat 2012 — A Look at Intermat

Brooke Wisdom - Mar 21, 2012

Come to Paris in April for Intermat 2012 to see what the construction industry has up its sleeves for 2012 and beyond. Ahhh, springtime in Paris! Cobblerumble of construction equipment. That’s right; it’s time, once again, for Intermat, one of the ...

John Deere 750K Dozer

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

The new 750K crawler dozer features a John Deere PowerTech™ 6.8-L IT4 diesel engine that provides 155-165 hp at 1,800 rpm. A hydrostatic transmission gives customers infinite speed control, power management, live power turns, counter rotation while staying in gear, ...

Section 103(k) Shutdowns

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

MSHA’s expansive use of Section 103(k) orders is a derogation of the purpose and intent of an enforcement tool In the last year, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has shut down several mines and imposed significant operating costs on ...

The Nation’s Top 25 Construction Aggregates Producers

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

In 2010, the market appeared to bottom out with production continuing its downward trend and average unit values down for the first time since 1998. U.S. production of construction aggregates in 2010 was 2.14 billion short tons valued at $17 billion, ...

Oldcastle’s APAC-Texas acquire 2 sand and gravel company assets

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 10, 2011

APAC-Texas Inc., part of Oldcastle Materials Inc., has acquired the assets of two independent sand and gravel companies operating in Austin. The three sand and gravel plants of Shumaker Enterprises and Austin Reclaimed Materials’ single location will be combined ...

Oldcastle, Inc. and CRH Donate $154,000 to support Haitian relief efforts

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 24, 2010

Oldcastle, Inc. presented checks totaling $154,000 to CHF International, Hope for Haiti and the Canadian Red Cross. The funds were collected through a company-wide employee donation program with a 100 percent Oldcastle match. “Oldcastle and parent company, CRH plc, drive Corporate ...

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