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About Allison Kral
Allison Kral is the former senior digital media manager for North Coast Media (NCM). She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University where she received a Bachelor of Science in magazine journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She works across a number of digital platforms, which include creating e-newsletters, writing articles and posting across social media sites. She also creates content for NCM's Portable Plants magazine, GPS World magazine and Geospatial Solutions. Her understanding of the ever-changing digital media world allows her to quickly grasp what a target audience desires and create content that is appealing and relevant for any client across any platform.
Posts by Allison Kral
Is there stomach in Congress for a big 2021 spending plan on infrastructure that would be coming off a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill? Dodge Data & Analytics' Richard Branch weighs in.
FMI's George Reddin discusses the opportunities ahead in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), explaining why momentum is picking up for M&A activity.
The Associated General Contractors of America's chief economist reflects on 2020 activity in private nonresidential and public construction while looking to the challenges and opportunities awaiting contractors.
Ogletree Deakins’ Bill Doran expects a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard to emerge from the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) soon after Joe Biden takes up the presidency. What might the standard consist of? Doran offers perspective.
Dodge Data & Analytics chief economist Richard Branch says there may be surprising opportunities ahead within the commercial sector.
Dodge Data & Analytics forecasts public works construction starts to be flat in the new year. Richard Branch, Dodge Data’s chief economist, explains why in a video interview with Pit & Quarry's Kevin Yanik
The U.S. Senate is still up for grabs, and the outcomes of those two runoffs would have dramatically different effects on aggregate producers across the nation. SC Market Analytics’ David Chereb explains.
SC Market Analytics’ David Chereb joins Pit & Quarry to discuss the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and what Joe Biden becoming president means for the prospects of an infrastructure bill and, ultimately, aggregate demand.
Vulcan Materials’ Elliott Botzis, the president of the South Carolina Aggregates Association discusses key issues SCAA committees are currently working on.