Tag: Illinois

Payne & Dolan managers can now see what their crushing operations are doing in real time through the Trimble Insight dashboard. Photo: Trimble

Payne & Dolan quarries utilizing cloud-connected belt scales

September 13, 2021By

Cloud-connected belt scales bring fresh insights, better throughput and new levels of efficiency to three Payne & Dolan quarries.

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Philippi-Hagenbuch remembers one of its founders

September 8, 2021By

Pat Hagenbuch, a co-founder of the Illinois-based company that’s been building equipment for off-highway haul trucks since 1969, died last month. She was 79.

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Martin Engineering offering online learning content

August 17, 2021By

Eight new modules provided by Martin Engineering offer ways to improve safety, maximize efficiency and achieve lower operating costs.

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Construction employment lags pre-pandemic levels in key metros

August 4, 2021By

An Associated General Contractors of America analysis shows that Houston and surrounding areas have had severe construction job losses while Chicago has made construction job gains.

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Remembering Marty Ozinga III

April 30, 2021By

Marty Ozinga III, chairman of the board at the construction materials company bearing his name, died April 26. He was 71 years old.

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Screen Machine adds Horton Supply as dealer in Midwest

March 2, 2021By

Horton Supply Co. will offer Screen Machine crushing and screening products, parts and service to areas of Missouri and Illinois.

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With more quarries going offline and fewer coming online, geologist Donald Mikulic argues the industry should intensify how it conducts local and regional geologic studies. Photo: guvendemir/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Mikulic: Today’s geological info lagging prior decades

January 20, 2021By

Key geological information that helps produce high-quality stone is generally no longer available, writes career geologist Don Mikulic. It’s a very real problem, he says, that must be addressed.

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Could stone still be sourced from plentiful reserves within the city of Chicago if a few events throughout history went differently? Photo: tifonimages/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

History rewrite: What if Chicago’s reserves had been managed differently?

January 19, 2021By

A longtime Chicago-area geologist with a passion for the industry’s history argues that the city’s challenging supply scene would be vastly different had reserves been better utilized over two centuries.

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Report: Good momentum for nonresidential sector

October 7, 2020By

The Dodge Momentum Index was up nearly 4 percent in September, and it’s made steady upward progress since June of this year.

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