A strong first quarter and an improving outlook will likely reinvigorate the construction materials merger and acquisition market.

Despite adverse weather and interest rate hikes in the second half of 2018, several early 2019 signs point to a positive year ahead, write FMI Corp.'s George Reddin and Scott Duncan.

2018 was the strongest year in a decade for construction materials firms, writes FMI's George Reddin and Scott Duncan, and should offer additional growth.

While the market trembles, FMI's George Reddin and Scott Duncan write that the fundamentals remain very positive for the construction materials sector.

While the market trembles, the fundamentals remain very positive for the construction materials sector.

Keep an eye on these construction materials market developments as 2018 takes shape.

Over the course of the past four years, more than $50 billion has changed hands through mergers and acquisitions in the aggregate industry.

If the first-half of 2017 for the construction materials industry can be summed up in a word, it’s “uncertainty.”