M&A activity may pick up as spring nears

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

There were no deals to report in the construction materials sector in January. That said, a number of the multi-national companies made acquisition overseas, and the battle continues between Martin Marietta Materials Inc. and Vulcan Materials Co. Before one thinks ...

Counting on a Conference Committee

Better Roads Staff - Mar 21, 2012

As this issue of Aggregates Manager was going to press, everyone inside the Beltway was talking about the need for transportation reauthorization. The question is whether talk will lead to action. Even Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is in the dark ...

LaHood: Nearly $1.6 available for damaged roads, bridges

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 09, 2012

Nearly $1.6 billion is being made available to states and territories across the United States to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood ...

RoadWorks

Better Roads Staff - Sep 07, 2011

By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Mike Anderson No Gas Tax Hike No Problem? The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has proposed a revenue-neutral solution to rebuild and modernize America’s Interstates. A multi-year highway bill can be fully funded without raising the gas ...

Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 04, 2011

After a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that left 4,000 transportation and construction workers temporarily furloghed, Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that after the Senate approved the margin. The Budget Control Act of 2011 has been sent ...

LaHood: $24.3 million in grants to boost Keystone Corridor train Speeds to 125 mph

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 22, 2011

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on July 21 said that work can begin on closing the last three highway-rail grade crossings on the Keystone Corridor with the signing of $24.3 million in grant agreements between the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

Highway Contractor

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jun 04, 2011

Snow Business Now is the time to prepare for winter. Check out these stories for ideas that will get you ready for freezing temperatures. By Tina Grady Barbaccia A Certificate for Pro Snowfighters Snowfighters have a big job. Now there is a certificate program ...

One II One

Brooke Wisdom - May 09, 2011

A NEW SERIES: ONE II ONE WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS Ray LaHood Talks to Editor In Chief John Latta America’s 16th Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was a congressional staffer for 17 years and a member of ...

Lattatudes

Brooke Wisdom - May 09, 2011

Now is the Moment When you are the person at the very top of the ladder, the world looks has to look different. That’s why Harry Truman had his The Buck Stops Here sign on his Oval Office desk. Transportation Secretary Ray ...

HTF problem? No problem, says LaHood

John Latta - Mar 11, 2011

It appears that I have been mislead. The Highway Trust fund is doing just fine. It can pay for current and future projects. In fact it's so okay that fears of another bailout maybe being required are completely unjustified. And ...

Financial District

Brooke Wisdom - Mar 01, 2011

Senators, Congressmen, Countrymen; Lend Me Your Earmarks A vast amount of transportation funding sitting around doing nothing may be put back into action if two U.S. senators can clear some very big hurdles. By John Latta Moves are being made in Washington to free ...

Think Big

Brooke Wisdom - Jan 01, 2011

FHWA head sees a year of thinking big, dreaming big and change. By John Latta The lights are off in Victor Mendez’s office. He likes it that way. It is a blustery, freezing but clear day shortly before Christmas in D.C. and ...

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