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Rebuilding beaches after hurricanes is costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars more than expected as the Army Corps of Engineers pumps mountains of sand onto storm-obliterated shorelines. Congress approved more than $770 million since 2018 for emergency beach “nourishment” projects after five megastorms struck Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Those costs shattered government expectations about… Read More
Duxbury Beach will have a different look starting this season. Thousands of tons of sand are being trucked onto the six-mile barrier beach to help fight erosion caused by storms. Scientists believe climate change may be causing more powerful and destructive storms than ever before. Along with adding sand, the work to rebuild and protect Duxbury… Read More
Alexandria, VA – National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association President & CEO Michael Johnson issued the following statement on today’s release of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA) final rule reducing silica dust exposure. “Though this final rule extended the compliance date to two years, we are greatly disappointed that our input during the comment period was… Read More
FRANK ADAMS (CHIEF, UPPER MATTAPONI INDIAN TRIBE): My name is Frank Adams. I’m Chief of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe. This is approximately 855 acres of reclaimed soil that used to be a sand and gravel mining operation. And when this property came onto the market, came up for sale, we decided that we could buy this… Read More
Sailing over the St. Paul River, the dredging machine moves slowly from one point of the water to another in Waterside, Virginia. Residents here are worried that the continuous dredging of sand from the river would cause erosion and affect their homes. But for Lichi Inc., sales are important so the dredging continues. “We are… Read More
Southeast Arkansas College (SEARK) is pleased to announce the receipt of a land donation from Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Company containing 34.27 acres southwest of SEARK College’s Main Campus. The partially cleared land also includes wooded sections. This generous contribution is a testament to Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel’s commitment to supporting education and… Read More
This past week, hundreds of trucks began entering Key Biscayne loaded with sand, all part of the Village’s beach renovation project. The incessant parade of heavy vehicles causes traffic congestion during the day, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. No beach restoration work is scheduled on weekends. A total of 1,625 trucks… Read More
The Town of Fort Myers Beach announced that its sand haul project will begin on the northern shoreline April 15 with the construction of a berm and the filling in of scours. The project will entail the hauling of more than 50,000 tons of sand onto the beach, Fort Myers Beach Communications Director Nicole Berzin… Read More
A Santa Rosa sand and gravel operation that is facing a record $8.6 million fine over stormwater runoff at its 120-acre Mark West Quarry, is being sold to a global building materials company. The pending acquisition of BoDean Company Inc., was announced Friday by CRH Americas Materials, the North American division of Ireland-based CRH, which has operations… Read More
RALEIGH, N.C., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM) (Martin Marietta or the Company) today announced that, on April 5, 2024, it completed its previously announced acquisition of 20 active aggregates operations in Alabama, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia from affiliates of Blue Water Industries LLC (BWI Southeast)… Read More
Irving, Texas, April 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heidelberg Materials North America is pleased to announce that Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, its fifty-fifty joint venture with Eagle Materials Inc., will be starting production at a new slag cement facility in Houston, Texas, this summer. Construction of the new slag cement facility is substantially complete…. Read More
Chaney Enterprises is excited to announce its new partnership with Chandler Concrete Co Inc. Founded in 1974 by Tom Chandler, Chandler Concrete is a family-owned and operated ready-mix, block masonry, and hardscapes leader operating in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Eastern Tennessee. Chandler Concrete is led by Ted Chandler and Bob Chandler and has… Read More