Tag: Road to Prosperity

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Jarco Aggregates makes another acquisition

January 9, 2024By

The company acquired sand and gravel reserves in Freer, Texas, in a deal that comes on the heels of its purchase of Corpus Christi Sand & Gravel.

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Summit Materials adds Moore as COO

January 9, 2024By

Marshall Moore, who is responsible for the team integrating Summit’s acquisition of Argos USA, joins the construction materials-producing company in a newly created role.

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ABC: Nonresidential spending down slightly in November

January 3, 2024By

National nonresidential spending was down 0.1 percent in November to $1.14 trillion according to the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC).

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Total limestone shipments on the Great Lakes in 2023 were down less than one percent compared to a year earlier, with U.S. loadings seeing an increase, while Canadian shipments decreased. Photo: Lake Carriers' Association

How Great Lakes limestone shipments fared in 2023

January 3, 2024By

Shipments of limestone from U.S. quarries increased in 2023 while loadings from Canadian quarries were down.

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Dodge: Construction starts take a dive in November

December 20, 2023By

Dodge Construction Network says total construction starts declined 15 percent last month, with nonresidential plummeting 29 percent.

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SRM acquires assets from Sidley, Tri-County Stone

December 20, 2023By

SRM Concrete and SRM Materials struck deals this month to acquire facilities from Ohio’s R.W. Sidley, Tennessee’s Tri-County Stone and Michigan’s Cheboygan Cement Products.

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Dodge Momentum Index slips in November

December 7, 2023By

The commercial and institutional components of Dodge Construction Network’s index measuring the monthly value of nonresidential building projects going into planning both fell.

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Tom Hill, chairman and CEO of Vulcan Materials, addressed members of the South Carolina Aggregates Association at their 2023 Workshop & Exhibition in Columbia, South Carolina. Photo: P&Q Staff

Vulcan’s Hill addresses the industry in South Carolina

December 5, 2023By

This week’s South Carolina Aggregates Association Workshop & Exhibition featured a keynote address from Tom Hill, chairman and CEO of Vulcan Materials.

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Granite Construction acquires Memphis Stone & Gravel

December 5, 2023By

The deal involves three sand and gravel mines, an additional mine that’s under construction and Memphis Stone & Gravel’s sister company.

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