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Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
MAP-21 is not progress at all.
August 5, 2012
kirk.landers@att.net
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Reauthorization — first glimpses, second guesses
So compromise wins. So it should; that’s what a Senate/House conference committees does. But looking at the first details of the new reauthorization bill, it’s impossible not to feel that this is a compromise that could have happened way sooner. Much of it is simply dumping Senate clauses. Not too much discussion needed here because […]
July 3, 2012
Roadbuilding
M&A activity may pick up as spring nears
A number of the multi-national companies made acquisition overseas, and the battle continues between Martin Marietta Materials Inc. and Vulcan Materials Co.
March 21, 2012
Business
M&A activity may pick up as spring nears
There were no deals to report in the construction materials sector in January. That said, a number of the multi-national companies made acquisition overseas, and the battle continues between Martin Marietta Materials Inc. and Vulcan Materials Co. Before one thinks that the lack of deals in January is an indication of a slowdown in merger […]
March 21, 2012
Roadbuilding
Tower to Air Congress: Land that thing!
Okay so the President today calls on Congress to extend the surface transportation authorization before the current extension runs out September 30th. He is supported by nearly all the major stakeholders. Even Republican House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica who grudgingly said one more extensions (it will be the 8th) would be okay […]
August 31, 2011
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