Allen-Villere Partners, Rock Products take construction “Pulse”

Source: Rock Products Magazine Concrete Products’ sister publication, Rock Products, has launched “The Pulse,” a quarterly construction industry economic report, and the monthly AVP Pulse Index. Both are joint efforts with Allen-Villere Partners, leading merger & acquisition advisor to aggregate and concrete operators, and debut in the January edition. The premier Pulse is rich in data from authoritative private and public sources alike:…

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Atlas tracks sand & gravel, crushed stone sites from Maine to Maui

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Source: Rock Products

Rock Products magazine has released an exhaustive directory of sand & gravel and crushed stone operations in conjunction with its April edition. The 2020 Aggregates Industry Atlas maps more than 6,000 crushed stone, sand & gravel, and dredging operations state-by-state; plus, a companion directory provides contact details and parent company references where applicable

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Concrete Products publisher adds Aggregates Manager

Sources: Semco Publishing, Denver; CP staff

The publisher of Concrete Products and Rock Products has acquired Aggregates Manager, a monthly title geared to crushed stone and sand & gravel producers, from Alabama-based Randall-Reilly. Effective the January 2020 issue, Semco Publishing will merge the magazine into Rock Products. Longtime Aggregates Manager Editor-in-Chief Therese Dunphy will become a monthly contributor and producer of the annual “Aggregates Atlas.”

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NAHB Improving Markets Index expands to 30 metropolitan areas

Source: Rock Products staff

The number of improving housing markets continued to expand for a third consecutive month in November, rising from 23 to 30 on the latest National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index. The list dropped two metropolitan areas and added nine new ones—Fort Collins, Colo.; Hinesville, Ga.; Davenport, Iowa; Monroe, La.; Lima, Ohio; Williamsport, Pa.; Corpus Christi and Tyler, Texas; and, Cheyenne, Wyo.

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