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