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Nonresidential construction driving industry employment growth

September 1, 2023 By

The Associated Builders & Contractors report that the construction industry gained 22,000 jobs in August, with nonresidential construction accounting for 21,000.

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Martin Marietta, UNACEM strike a deal

August 30, 2023 By

Martin Marietta is offloading a California cement plant to the Peruvian company in a deal valued at more than $300 million.

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Motion and NSK leaders celebrated NSK’s Supplier of the Year award during a summer presentation. Pictured from left are David Tassi and Andrew Pelletier (NSK); Chris Brewer (Motion); Tarek Bugaighis (NSK); Joe Limbaugh, Julie Knight and Robert Anaforian (Motion); Taylor Bond (NSK); and Alan Cripps (Motion). Photo: Motion

NSK earns Motion’s top supplier award

August 30, 2023 By

Motion Industries, a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, named NSK its Supplier of the Year.

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EPA under the Trump administration argued that the Navigable Waters Protection rule ended decades of uncertainty over where federal jurisdiction begins and ends. Photo: P&Q Staff

Industry reacts as revised WOTUS rule emerges

August 30, 2023 By

Leaders at the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association and other organizations voiced their displeasure with the latest Waters of the United States (WOTUS) definition.

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Construction job openings down, labor scarcity remains

August 29, 2023 By

Anirban Basu, chief economist at the Associated Builders & Contractors, anticipates labor scarcity to a headwind in 2023, despite job openings going down.

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Superior adds industry veteran as training coordinator

August 29, 2023 By

Kristen Randall, who spent the last 17 years with Haver & Boecker Niagara, joins Superior Industries as a training and development coordinator.

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In its latest quarterly report on aggregates, the U.S. Geological Survey says aggregate production was up 3 percent in the third quarter. Photo: P&Q Staff

CRH reports strong first-half performance

August 24, 2023 By

CRH saw gains in total sales and EBITDA in the first six months of 2023, with its Americas business realizing increases in those measures as well.

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Heidelberg Materials makes a deal in Canada

August 22, 2023 By

The company agreed to acquire Green Drop Rock Products, which serves the market in Calgary, Alberta.

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The Ranger 6-27H can stockpile directly from crushers and screeners. It can also load and unload barges. Photo: ProStack

Tracked conveyor model debuts from ProStack

August 22, 2023 By

ProStack’s Ranger 6-27H can stockpile directly from crushers and screeners, and it can load and unload barges.

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