Tag: Arcosa

Photo: Cat loader at Staker Parsons. Photo: P&Q Staff

Producers overcome adverse weather with price management

May 12, 2023By Kevin Yanik

Wet weather hampered aggregate shipments in some regions during the first quarter, but aggressive pricing actions drove earnings for the industry’s public producers.

How Arcosa performed in the first quarter

May 2, 2023By Kevin Yanik

Although Arcosa’s aggregate business experienced volume headwinds, the company’s construction products business was nonetheless a top performer.

Cemex's Balcones Quarry received a gold Community Relations Excellence Award from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, and also received the Stars of Excellence award. Photo: P&Q Staff

Pricing gains propel public producers in third quarter

November 24, 2022By P&Q Staff

Several of the nation’s largest public aggregate producers reported positive results in the third quarter of 2022 due, in part, to increased pricing.

Barrett Paving Materials, a Colas company, is now up and running with its Supreme Manufacturing clamshell dredge in Fairborn, Ohio, following years of planning. Photo: P&Q Staff

P&Q Profile: Colas USA’s Cody Ladd

November 22, 2022By P&Q Staff

P&Q caught up with the director of mergers and acquisitions at Colas USA to discuss trends in industry M&A – and more.

Revenue up in Arcosa’s construction products

November 3, 2022By Jack Kopanski

Arcosa’s construction products revenue was up 7 percent in the third quarter due to strong organic pricing in the face of lower volumes.

Says Tread Technologies’ Curtis Lederle: “This industry has something that [the] tech [industry] doesn’t: a tangible impact that they can see and point to.” Photo: PamElla Lee Photography

How producers are making the most of available tech (Part 2)

July 30, 2022By PQ Staff

Find out what was said during a second Pit & Quarry Roundtable discussion that centered around the tremendous tech opportunities available to aggregate producers.

Polydeck’s Jerry Teague says his company is exploring technology it can incorporate into screen media panels to provide users insights via their smartphones. Photo: PamElla Lee Photography

How producers are making the most of available tech (Part 1)

July 28, 2022By P&Q Staff

During the 2022 Pit & Quarry Roundtable & Conference, aggregate producers shared their struggles implementing cutting-edge tech that’s widely available yet barely put to use industrywide.

U.S. aggregate production was up 4.1 percent in the first quarter this year versus last year’s first quarter, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo: P&Q Staff

Aggregate production trending in right direction

July 1, 2022By Kevin Yanik

Crushed stone, sand and gravel volumes continue to tick upward, approaching levels not seen in some time. Get the very latest.

Arcosa: Fundamentals remain in place for growth

April 29, 2022By Kevin Yanik

Arcosa president and CEO Antonio Carrillo says construction activity is healthy and that the company experienced additional pricing gains in the first quarter of the year.