Five Democrat and five Republican Senators introduced Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (S.1751), creating state-enforced, national disposal standards for coal ash while protecting the material from a “hazardous waste” designation.
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AFL-CIO Building Trades director heads OSHA Construction committee
Erich Stafford has been appointed chairman of the 15-member Occupational Safety and Health Administration Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), which advises the Secretary of Labor on construction standards and policy matters.
Read MoreOSHA proposes $120K in penalties for Georgia’s Candler Concrete
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection of Candler Concrete Products Inc. spurred citation for 19 safety and health violations at the ready mixed producer’s Gainesville, Ga., plant.
Read MoreNLRB sets January deadline for organizing rights posting notice
The National Labor Relations Board has postponed from November 14 to January 31 the implementation date of a workplace posting notice to allow for enhanced education and outreach to employers, especially those who operate small and medium-sized businesses.
Read MoreNRMCA puts ‘Best of the Best’ to the test
Larry Dale Lowe, Jr. of Sallisaw, Okla., won the 2011 National Mixer Driver Championship in San Diego, topping a field of 24 competitors representing 18 NRMCA producer members from as many states.
Read MoreGreen Host, Green Guest
Vulcan Materials’ major ready mixed operation at the well-mined Mission Valley site, just north of San Diego, proved a fitting NRMCA 2011 National Mixer Driver Championship venue.
Read MoreWest Virginia: Oldcastle Materials’ latest ready mixed platform target
The acquisition of Central Supply Inc. and Central Trucking brings Oldcastle Materials Inc. concrete capacity in West Virginia, the next state of low- to moderate population density or growth where the company eyes a ready mixed production platform.
Read MoreMcKinsey-bred McPherson heads Strategy & Business for Vulcan
John McPherson joined Vulcan Materials as senior vice president, Strategy and Business Development, in mid-October, also serving on the producer’s executive committee. As a director of global management consultant McKinsey & Co., he has worked with executive teams across several industries on matters of strategy, operations and organization effectiveness.
Read MoreMartin Marietta poised for stake in Rocky Mountain ready mixed
A Lafarge North America and Martin Marietta Materials asset swap will net the latter company a major metro-Denver presence, including 10 ready mixed and six aggregate operations, plus nine asphalt production or road-building office/ equipment sites.
Read MoreEnergy operator NOV, Ameron close $777 million merger
Nearly 100 percent of votes cast at an early-October stockholders meeting of Pasadena, Calif.-based Ameron International favored a merger with Houston’s National Oilwell Varco (NOV), closing a transaction the companies’ boards had proposed exactly three months prior. The vote brought Ameron stockholders $85/share and ended the company’s New York Stock Exchange trading.
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