Chaney has acquired the remaining stake in Rowe Materials, a Fredericksburg, Va., ready mixed producer with whom it has been in partnership since 1995
Read MoreMonth: November 2008
Housing Starts Drop To Record, Five-Decade Low
Amid Wall Street volatility and Main Street uncertainty, home builders reduced the pace of new construction and permit issuance in October to the lowest levels for any single month on record, NAHB reported last week in response to U.S. Department of Commerce housing market figures
Read MoreGreen Building Market Pacing Three-Fold Gains By 2013
The U.S. green building market is accelerating at a dramatic rate, potentially tripling over the next five years, according to “Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change”
Read MoreHolcim Retrenches U.S. Operations With 1,500 Job Cuts, Two Mill Closings
An economic downturn and shrinking construction activity has taken its toll on Holcim, the world’s second-largest cement maker, which is in the process of slashing 1,500 U.S. and 500 U.K. jobs by the end of this year
Read MoreEssroc, Lafarge, St. Marys Idle Cement Kilns
In addition to the Holcim (US) Missouri and Michigan plant closings, sharp declines in portland cement consumption throughout the Great Lakes are forcing shut down of clinker production at St. Marys Cement, Dixon, Ill., and, Lafarge North America, Woodstock, Ont., sites
Read MorePca Forecaster Sees 2006-10 Powder Consumption Dropping 33 Percent
Although in his July Mid-Year 2008 Forecast, PCA Chief Economist Edward Sullivan stated his belief that the current massive cement consumption decline would last only four years (2006–2009) and see levels fall by 30 million metric tons, his end-of-year outlook paints a much bleaker story
Read MoreOzinga Unable To Overcome DemsÌ Smear Apparatus In Congressional Race
In his first bid for public office, Chicago ready mixed producer Martin Ozinga III came up short on Election Day against an opponent entrenched in the Illinois Democratic Party and financially emboldened by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Read MoreVoters Approve $71 Billion For Transportation Funding
Of the 37 state and local transportation funding-related initiatives presented to voters across the country on Election Day, 32 were approved–a success rate of 86 percent
Read MoreEnvironmental Awards
Drawing a record number of entries in its 14th year, the annual Commitment to Environmental Excellence Awards program in 2008 honors 23 facilities operated
Read MoreLaw Guards Armed Forces Against Shoddy Construction Specs
The fiscal year 2009 Department of Defense (DoD) authorization bill President Bush signed in mid-October requires the Secretary of Defense to incorporate sustainable design and life-cycle cost principles as an element in construction subject to Congressional approval
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