EPA is seeking nominations for a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel that will assist in developing the agency’s 2010 proposed rule for clay brick, roof tile and structural product plants’ hazardous air pollutants
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Pci Automates Plant Certification Document Flow
Effective immediately, PCI is migrating to an electronic Quality System Manuals (QSMs) submission process to reduce necessary resources for both the association and member plant operations
Read MoreChicago Parking Garage Makes Sustainability Statement With Groundbreaking Design
Incorporating elements unheard of for parking garages, developer Friedman Properties recently opened an 11-story structure in the (downtown-bordering) River North area of Chicago designed for maximum energy efficiency, minimal waste, and roughly 725 parking spaces
Read MoreHolcim Us Chief Terver To Assume Additional Aggregate Industries Us Post
Holcim US Chief Executive Officer Bernard Terver will gain additional responsibilities for sister business, Aggregate Industries US, following the March 2010 retirement of Bill Bolsover as CEO of Aggregate Industries Ltd., spanning United States and United Kingdom concrete and aggregate operations
Read MoreHarrington Succeeds Lehigh Hanson Ceo Kitzmiller
One-time Lehigh Hanson Chief Operating Officer Daniel Harrington become chief executive officer effective Jan. 1, replacing James Kitzmiller, who retired after nearly 40 years with the company and predecessor operations
Read MoreJim Kitzmiller: From Gifford Hill To Cornerstone To Lehigh Hanson
The Lehigh Hanson Inc. management transition sees the retirement of one of the industry’s key dealmakers of the past two decades–following that of Rinker Materials, CRH/Oldcastle and Martin Marietta Materials peers David Clarke (June 2007), Liam O’Mahony (December 2008) and Stephen Zelnak (December 2009)
Read MoreNrmca, Agc Stress Health Care Amendment’s Ill Effects For Small Contractors
NRMCA and AGC government affairs unearthed a Senate health care bill amendment–targeting construction firms and potentially materials producers–sharply lowering a payroll threshold for employers to provide insurance coverage
Read MoreFeds Delay Decision On Regulating Coal Ash Handling, Storage
An EPA decision on potential regulation of coal ash waste from power plants has been delayed beyond Administrator Lisa Jackson’s 2009 year-end target due to the complexity of agency’s analysis of the material
Read MoreNavistar Integrates Continental Cbmw
Navistar has closed on Continental Mfg. Company, Inc., indicating the business will operate independently, continue manufacturing mixer trucks and parts in Houston, and mount drums on International and other OEM chassis
Read MoreOldcastle Bolts On Texas Concrete Materials, Wheeler Operations
Oldcastle Materials has added to its APAC/Texas platform Austin-based Texas Concrete Materials Ltd., a six-plant ready mixed producer, and sister Wheeler Cos. asphalt businesses covering the capital and San Antonio markets
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