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Pit & Quarry archives from May 2004

Vulcan Materials Co.(ranking)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Vulcan Materials Co. once again tops Pit & Quarry's MegaProducers top producers list.

The Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (TEA-LU).(Top News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * The Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (TEA-LU) is approved by a 357 to 65 vote in the House of Representatives. The bill provides for $275 billion in federal funding for highway and transit projects over the next six years.

Ellen Smith.(Top News)(interview)(Interview)
May 1, 2004... * Ellen Smith, Pit & Quarry's Legal Highlights columnist and publisher of Mine Safety and Health News, is interviewed by Bob Simon on the CBS news show 60 Minutes.

The U.S. Supreme Court.(Top News)(sand and gravel deposits)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision overturning a Ninth Circuit Court ruling returns the rights to sand and gravel deposits on private lands that previously were owned by the federal government.

Bauma 2004.(Top News)(attendees)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * About 410,000 attendees, including Pit & Quarry's publisher and national sales manager, attend Bauma 2004 in Munich, Germany.

Komatsu America Corp.(Top News)(holds event)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Komatsu America Corp. holds its 2004 Field Days event in Las Vegas.

Luck Stone Corp.(Top News)(Environmental Award )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Luck Stone Corp., headquartered in Richmond, Va., presents its second annual Environmental Award for on-site customers to APAC Asphalt and Cardinal Concrete.

Washington wire.(Out in front: this month's critical trends and topics)(miners regulations)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Dave Lauriski has challenged claims by an official of the United Mine Workers (UMW) that the Bush Administration has withdrawn regulations that would have improved the health and safety...

Red flags.(Out in front: this month's critical trends and topics)(Ashland Paving and Construction)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * The U.S. Department of Justice asked the state of North Carolina for more information about the activities of Ashland Paving and Construction. State transportation officials asked the antitrust division to review whether the Atlanta firm,...

Stock watch.(Out in front: this month's critical trends and topics)(industries stocks)(Illustration)
May 1, 2004... STOCK WATCH (AT PRESS TIME) THIS MONTH LAST MONTH Cemex SA f 28.55 28.89 Eagle Materials d 60.30 55.65 Florida Rock Industries f 41.18 41.97...

Essential economics.(Out in front: this month's critical trends and topics)(construction contract)(Illustration)
May 1, 2004... Monthly Construction Contract Value Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates, in Millions Feb. 2004 Jan. 2004 % Change Nonresidential Building $148,325 $139,229 7 Residential Building ...

Diesel-fuel prices averaged $1.72 per gallon through April 19, 20 cents-per-gallon higher than the same time last year, and almost reaching the historic high of almost $1.80 per gallon that occurred in March 2003.(Other Economic News ...)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Diesel-fuel prices averaged $1.72 per gallon through April 19, 20 cents-per-gallon higher than the same time last year, and almost reaching the historic high of almost $1.80 per gallon that occurred in March 2003. Almost 58 percent of the...

Have the right stuff?(Mark My Words)
May 1, 2004... Each year, Pit & Quarry's Success Story Awards program honors a Producer of the Year and the winners of our annual Web Site Awards. This year is no exception. Once again we are accepting applications for Producer of the Year. Do you think your...

Dry screening plant.(Brand new: just released to the market)
May 1, 2004... The new, high-capacity Chieftain 2400 is Powerscreen's largest dry screening plant, featuring true 20-ft. x 6-ft., direct-feed triple-deck and double-deck screen versions and numerous options for volume treatment of sand/gravel, coal, aggregate...

Telescoping conveyor.(Brand new: just released to the market)
May 1, 2004... The new, low-profile TeleStacker conveyor from Superior Industries features a loading hopper that fits directly under the crusher. This eliminates the transfer or discharge conveyor that is retrofitted to most portable plants. Consequently,...

Tire pressure monitoring.(Brand new: just released to the market)
May 1, 2004... The Doran PressurePro tire pressure monitoring system from Doran Manufacturing continuously monitors pressure of all vehicle tires and displays them in a digital readout in the vehicle's cab. The pressure of up to 34 tires is shown, allowing...

Expect the unexpected: producers should prepare for all possibilities by establishing a company crisis communication plan.(Special Report)
May 1, 2004... A truck driver loses control of his vehicle on a haul road, resulting in fatalities. There's an explosion and major fire at one of your facilities. Hazardous materials from a job site impact the community's water supply or air quality....

Luck Stone presents annual environmental awards.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(APAC Asphalt, Cardinal Concrete winners)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Luck Stone Corp., headquartered in Richmond, Va., presented its second annual Environmental Award for on-site customers to APAC Asphalt and Cardinal Concrete, both located at Luck Stone's Spotsylvania plant. The purpose of the award is to...

Lafarge North America announces CFO retirement, succession plans.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Larry J. Waisanen, Eric C. Olsen)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Lafarge North America Inc. announced that Larry J. Waisanen, executive vice president and CFO, plans to retire at the end of the year after almost 30 years with the company. Waisanen had previously advised Lafarge senior management that he was...

Komatsu Field Days features new products.(A Closer Look)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Komatsu America Corp. held its 2004 Field Days event in March in Las Vegas, bringing together more than 2,200 aggregates and construction professionals. The event featured what the company calls "the newest, most technologically advanced...

Vulcan Materials Co. announced that Ann McLaughlin Korologos will retire as a director following the company's annual meeting of the shareholders on May 14.(Producer Briefs)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Vulcan Materials Co. announced that Ann McLaughlin Korologos will retire as a director following the company's annual meeting of the shareholders on May 14. Mrs. Korologos joined Vulcan's board in 1990, and in 1997 was elected to chair the...

Hanson has launched a new Web site with a new address--www.hanson.biz.(Producer Briefs)(Hanson Building Materials America)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Hanson has launched a new Web site with a new address--www.hanson.biz. This new site incorporates new functionality as well as a new look, and it brings together all of Hanson's Web sites worldwide, which can now be accessed through this one...

Commercial Development Co. (CDC) has announced the acquisition of two more quarries: a 170-acre quarry from Hanson America and a 46-acre quarry from Martin Marietta.(Producer Briefs)(Hanson Building Materials America)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... * Commercial Development Co. (CDC) has announced the acquisition of two more quarries: a 170-acre quarry from Hanson America and a 46-acre quarry from Martin Marietta. The company says both quarries had been inactive for several years. CDC...

Nearly half million attend Bauma trade show.(Manufacturer News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... About 410,000 attendees, including Pit & Quarry's publisher and national sales manager, attended Bauma 2004 in Munich, Germany. The Bauma show featured mining and construction equipment exhibitors from around the world. Visitors from 171...

McLanahan Corp. announces new management structure.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... McLanahan Corp., Hollidaysburg, Pa., announced that Michael W. McLanahan has been named chairman of the board and CEO; George L. Sidney Jr. has been named president and COO; and Sean K. McLanahan has been named executive vice president and CFO....

Goodyear names Virginia trucker as highway hero.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)
May 1, 2004... The 21st Annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero is a Virginia truck driver who saved the life of an individual deliberately set on fire, then helped police locate and arrest the person charged with the hideous crime. Derrick Harris, a...

GE Infrastructure Water & Process Tech. recognized.(Stockpile: the latest industry news)(General Electric Co.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... GE showcased some of the company's leading technology in Union Station in Washington. The 10-day event, Imagination Nation, featured products from six GE businesses, including a reverse osmosis machine from GE Water & Process Technologies. ...

Events.(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... May 10-12, 2004 NSSGA Basic Supervisory Training Course Pittsburgh 800-342-1415 www.nssga.org May 18-20, 2004 NSSGA Noise & Dust Workshop Fairfax, Va. 800-342-1415 www.nssga.org June 13-15, 2004...

Reblending sand.(Tech watch: cutting-edge solutions)(Aggre-Spec III)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... GreyStone's Aggre-Spec III computer-aided sand reblending system features a patent-pending, two-method control system that delivers higher productivity than single-method programs. This exclusive GreyStone program automatically selects the most...

Underground asset locator.(Tech watch: cutting-edge solutions)
May 1, 2004... The Smart Tag asset location system from Varis Mine Technology Ltd. performs tracking and location of underground assets. With just a few mouse clicks, Smart Tag displays real-time location of personnel, vehicles and assets, such as pallets of...

Comparing telescoping and conventional radial stackers.(Conveyor Talk)
May 1, 2004... When is an automated telescoping radial stacking conveyor the best choice? Long the mainstay, standard radial stackers are sufficient in numerous applications. So, why invest in new technology? Is it overkill, or is there an attractive payback?...

When choosing weighing equipment, consider all aspects.(Tech watch: cutting-edge solutions)
May 1, 2004... At the mine, over-the-road or on-the-rail, commerce depends upon vehicle scales to determine the weights of commodities and finished goods that are transported every day. Accurate tracking of inbound and outbound loads is often lacking....

Machine monitoring.(Software Solutions)
May 1, 2004... Portable human-machine interface (HMI) system users can reduce total cost of ownership through faster setup and changeover times now that Rockwell Automation has added the option of pre-loading RSView Machine Edition (ME) 3.1 HMI software from...

Maintenance.(Software Solutions)
May 1, 2004... Link It Software Corp.'s EZ Maintenance software package, for vehicles and equipment, now includes a full video training program on CD at no extra charge. EZ Maintenance is ready to install on any Windows PC or on any Windows or Novell network....

Truck monitoring.(Software Solutions)
May 1, 2004... Axcess International Inc. announced that Emergent Technology will integrate Axcess' ActiveTagT RFID technology in its YardTrackT software as a custom application for monitoring truck movement and record transactions within a quarry yard. The...

MegaProducers 2004.(Top Poducers)(Directory)
May 1, 2004... TOP AGGREGATES PRODUCERS LIST Following is Pit & Quarry's 2004 MegaProducers list. This annual listing of high-volume producers is an enhanced and updated version of the list released by the U.S. Geological Survey in October 2003, and is...

Making the most of the coast: hydraulic excavator boosts aggregate productivity for a Canadian aggregates company that ships to the U.S. market.(Excavating)(Construction Aggregates Corp.)(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... High above scenic Trail Bay on British Columbia's coast sits one of the largest sand and gravel operations in North America. The glaciers that carved through the coastal mountains thousands of years ago left behind the large, varying deposits...

Reincarnation of a quarry: an aggregates producer hopes to combine quarrying with a museum and education center--all on a historic cave site.(Community Relations)(Cobleskill Stone Products Inc., )
May 1, 2004... In what municipal planners term "adaptive re-use of abandoned industrial facilities," a long-abandoned limestone quarrying and mining operation is on its way to becoming an economic revival force in a distressed community. It will be a national...

Working the Work Truck Show: attendance jumped 20 percent at the 2004 Work Truck Show, which featured a wide variety of commercial trucks and accessories.(Truck Show)
May 1, 2004... Fleet managers, equipment distributors, manufacturers, leasing company representatives and aggregates producers involved in buying, selling or using commercial trucks and equipment visited the Baltimore Convention Center for The Work Truck Show...

Wheel loader.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... Volvo Construction Equipment's latest edition to its E-Series wheel loaders is the L50E. With the addition of the L50E, the E-Series, which includes Volvo CE's mid-range wheel loader product line (L60E, L70E, L90E), is now complete. The L50E is...

Classifier.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... The new Gradex 3000 particle size analyzer from Rotex is designed to improve or expand quality-control programs by providing reliable, fully automatic sieve analysis for the gradation of aggregate material. Product can be analyzed more often...

Control module.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... To give users convenient access to plant-floor information, Rockwell Automation introduced the Allen-Bradley 1756-EWEB module for ControlLogix controllers. The EWEB module supports EtherNet/IP communications and offers a suite of Web...

Cone crusher plant.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... The new Terex Pegson 1000 SR Maxtrak features the exclusive Automax "all-in feed" cone crusher with two-deck, 5-ft. x 11-ft. product-sizing screen; input conveyor/hopper; product conveyors and oversize return conveyor on a single chassis. The...

Belt conveyor scales.(Product Highlight)
May 1, 2004... Schenck offers two lines of belt conveyor scales--the BX Series and the BEMP. The BX Series includes two models, the BX-2 and BX-4, which are heavy-duty, two-idler and four-idler scales, respectively. The BEMP includes both a single-idler and...

Motion failure alarm.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... An enhanced MFA 4p motion failure alarm from Siemens is now CE compliant and has CSA approvals. The new product improvements build on the unit's reliability as a cost-effective way to protect valuable process equipment. The newly designed MFA...

Portable plant.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... Finlay Hydrascreens' Supertrak Model 694 portable plant can produce up to four or five products in a single pass. It features a 20-ft. x 5-ft. triple-deck screen box, four on-board stockpiling conveyors and a 14-ft. belt-feed hopper. This...

Hard helmets.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... MSA has designed the V-Gard Freedom Series caps. The bright designs have a superior, shiny finish that the company says gives a classy look. Five styles are available, incorporating American flag, Canadian flag and Mexican flag themes. The...

Hydraulic excavator.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... Komatsu America Corp.'s new PC400LC-7 hydraulic excavator is powered by Komatsu's own SAA6D125E-3 engine. The machine features major increases in power, productivity, reliability, comfort and a notable decrease in fuel consumption over the...

Rotary deck bushing.(Equipment showcase: your productivity marketplace)
May 1, 2004... Drill Pro's All-In-One rotary deck bushing is a ball bearing rotating extended inner bushing with rotating dust deflector, available for all models of top drive drills. The company says the product was designed to provide drill rig operators...

House approves six year, $275 billion highway bill.(National affairs: key issues)(Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (TEA-LU) was approved by a 357 to 65 vote in the House of Representatives. The bill provides for $275 billion in federal funding for highway and transit projects over the next six years. The...

Pit & Quarry's legal highlights columnist interviewed on '60 Minutes'.(National affairs: key issues)(Ellen Smith)
May 1, 2004... Ellen Smith, Pit & Quarry's Legal Highlights columnist and publisher of "Mine Safety and Health News," was interviewed by Bob Simon on the CBS news show "60 Minutes." The segment, which aired April 3, was entitled "Who Is Jack Spadaro?" It...

Congressional panel urges EPA, Corps to clarify inconsistent wetlands regulations.(National affairs: key issues)(Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
May 1, 2004... Members of a congressional subcommittee and a panel of witnesses representing regional and local government agencies, public works contractors, farmers and a small business contractor called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the...

EPA's Leavitt unveils 500-day plan.(National affairs: key issues)(Environmental Protection Agency, Mike Leavitt )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Mike Leavitt released a 500-day plan listing his priorities for policies that would affect the environment for the next decade-plus. Priorities cited include working with states to implement...

NSSGA: Supreme Court decision a win for aggregates industry.(National affairs: key issues)(National Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association, BedRoc Limited LLC)
May 1, 2004... Calling it a "major victory" for western states aggregates producers, NSSGA President and CEO Joy Wilson welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning a Ninth Circuit Court ruling that returned the rights to sand and gravel deposits on...

NSSGA hires Carmenates, Dougherty.(National affairs: key issues)(National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association, Diana Carmenates, Andrew Dougherty)
May 1, 2004... Diana Carmenates, an association meeting planner with more than 10 years experience, has accepted the position of director of meetings, education and training for the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). "As a certified...

DOT funds go unspent.(National affairs: key issues)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... For the third time in six years, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General has identified millions of dollars worth of transportation obligations sitting idle in states' coffers. "In today's tight budget environment, when...

EPA: engine makers on track to comply with diesel rules in 2007.(National affairs: key issues)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Engine manufacturers are on target to introduce cleaner diesel engines in 2007, according to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released March 4. In "Highway Diesel Progress Review, Report 2," EPA found that diesel particulate...

MSHA Web site available to file required, commonly used forms.(National affairs: key issues)(Mine Safety and Health Administration)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) urges mine operators and other mining industry groups to use the agency Internet site at www.msha.gov to file required or commonly used forms. "We're encouraging...

North Carolina.(Southeast)(review of monopoly by Ashland Paving and Construction, )(American Asphalt Paving Co.'s labor contract)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The U.S. Department of Justice asked the state for more information about the activities of the road building company Ashland Paving and Construction. State transportation officials asked the antitrust division to review whether the Atlanta...

Illinois.(North Central)(Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Illinois The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) is holding its 36th Annual IAAP evening reception on Thursday, May 13, at the Springfield Crowne Plaza. The reception will be held in the Plaza E-J located on the Crowne's...

Iowa.(North Central)(Iowa Limestone Producers Association's annual convention)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Members of the Iowa Limestone Producers Association gathered at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines for its 59th annual convention. Chris Dinsdale, general manager, Basic Materials Corp. in Waterloo was elected president of the association...

Minnesota.(North Central)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Ten million gallons of clean water gushes through quarry pumps in Burnsville every day, headed for the Minnesota River. Since the late 1980s, the city has been looking for a way to capture the water that flows from the ground into the quarry...

Missouri.(South Central)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... O'Fallon and St. Charles County officials are at odds over who should pay for enforcing toughened blasting rules proposed for the Fred Weber Inc. quarry in O'Fallon. "We are at an impasse," says County Councilman Bob Schnur, 3rd District. "As...

Oklahoma.(South Central)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Prosecutors at the murder trial of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols used a drill bit Wednesday to try to connect him to the theft of blasting caps and detonation cord from a rock quarry. James Cadigan, a retired FBI tool-mark...

South Dakota.(Mountain)(new highway bill)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... South Dakota Senators Tom Daschle and Tim Johnson are trying to get more money included in the new highway bill as it goes into conference committee. Because South Dakota lacks a member of the US House of Representatives, the state fared poorly...

Alaska.(Pacific)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... In Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) v. the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Air Permitting, the Supreme Court has ruled that the federal EPA can override state officials and order some anti-pollution measures that...

California.(Pacific)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Despite county supervisors' attempts to have the courts settle the controversy surrounding the San Rafael Rock Quarry, a Marin Superior Court judge is tossing the political hot potato back to the county. "The community has every right to expect...

Washington.(Pacific)(Glacier Northwest)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... King County officials have denied permission to operators of a Maury Island gravel mine to barge their product off the island to markets elsewhere in the Puget Sound. King County's Department of Development and Environmental Services denied...

Chemical energy 101.(Safety: key issues)
May 1, 2004... Despite the chemically active nature of cement and lime, MSHA reports that there were only 196 chemical burn injuries in stone, sand and gravel from 1998 to 2002. That is an average of 39 per year. In those years, there were no chemical-related...

Industry fatalities in 2004.(Safety: key issues)(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... 1. On January 29, a 24-year-old laborer with four days mining experience was fatally injured at a cement operation. The victim entered a large transfer duct and walked in ankle deep dust until he reached a point where the duct work joined with...

Fall protection: looking high and low.(Law: key issues)
May 1, 2004... Too many accidents occur from falls from elevated locations, but what is an elevated location? Typically, most people think of any place where a person could fall many feet through the air before landing violently. MSHA regulations provide...

FMSHRC agrees to review dismissal of miner's complaint.(Legal highlights: key issues)(Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission)
May 1, 2004... The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) agreed to review a judge's dismissal of a discrimination complaint filed by a miner who claimed that Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. refused to hire him because of his safety activities...

President Bush, fiscal conservatives oppose strong highway bill.(Economics: key issues)
May 1, 2004... As Pit & Quarry headed to press, a no-holds barred battle over transportation funding was shaping up between President Bush and both houses of Congress. The House passed a six-year, $275 billion bill last month by a veto-proof margin of 357-65....

Construction rebounds 4 percent in February.(Economics: key issues)
May 1, 2004... At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $535.6 billion, new construction starts in February increased 4 percent relative to the previous month, it was reported by McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Gains were...

Lafarge acquires assets of The Concrete Company in southeast.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(Lafarge Building Materials Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Lafarge Building Materials Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lafarge S.A., which holds the former cement and ready-mix assets of Blue Circle in the United States, has completed the acquisition of the assets of the ready-mix concrete and cement...

NRMCA elects new slate of officers.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Hardy Johnson)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) elected Hardy Johnson as chairman of its board of directors. Johnson, president of the Florida Business Unit of Tarmac America (a Titan America Co.) in Deerfield Beach, Fla., was elected by...

Industry pioneer honored for mixer design.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(Stephen Stepanian)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) selected Stephen Stepanian, a former chairman of the association, as one of the 20th century's leading transportation construction figures. The award was recently announced by the American...

Concrete, masonry industries respond to fire storms.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... A string of fires that have destroyed multi-family housing construction projects across the United States has raised questions about the safety of buildings. In conjunction with Building Safety Week, the Portland Cement Association (PCA), fire...

Ash Grove, Alamo strike deal.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(Alamo Cement Co., Ash Grove Cement Co.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Overland Park, Kan.-based Ash Grove Cement Co. reached an agreement in principle with San Antonio's Alamo Cement Co. to add 1.5 million metric tons of cement capacity per year to meet the needs of the growing construction market in Houston and...

Concrete Advantage Forum launched.(Supply chain: news from affiliated industries)(by Aggregate Research Industries)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Aggregate Research Industries (ARI) launched The Concrete Advantage Forum, an initiative to create a worldwide community of technical and professional individuals interested in furthering the advancement of concrete and cement as a construction...

Asphalt events.(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... June 6-10, 2004 SURF 2004--Fifth International Symposium on Pavement Surface Characteristics Toronto www.jegel.com/surf June 7-9, 2004 International Symposium on the Design and Construction of Long-Life Asphalt Pavements...

Coming in June.
May 1, 2004... * Crushing * Hauling * Off-highway tires * Portable plants

Looking to buy? Contact these advertisers for your equipment and service needs.(Directory)(Illustration)
May 1, 2004... Associations/Shows/Auctions Coal Prep Show 800-927-5007 www.coalprepshow.com Messe-Munchen 89-949-2 www.baumamining.de MINExpo 202-463-2611 www.minexpo.com ...

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