Data & Markets

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    Can You Spare a Dime?

    Producers with strong balance sheets can secure loans.

     
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    TCP 100 An Uphill Climb

    Producers agree the worst is over. But demand remains elusive while the economy struggles.

     
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    M&A on the Mend

    Mergers and acquisitions have slowed with the economy, but have not entirely gone away.

     
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    Making a Quality Hire

    Q: We are a small but growing ready-mix producer. We have just decided to open a portable plant to service a multiyear project. We are considering hiring a full-time quality control manager. At what annual production volume does it make sense to make this hire?

     
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    Get A Load of This

    Agencies may target payload, not just miles per gallon, in setting standards.

     
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    The Big Fix

    Women meet at World of Concrete to discuss infrastructure and their common concerns and solutions.

     
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    The Housing Recovery: Is This the Year?

    More cash sales means stability has returned.

     
  • U.S. Concrete CEO to Step Down

    U.S. Concrete President and CEO Michael Harlan will step down later this year, the company announced. He will remain with the Houston-based producer while the board of directors searches for his replacement.

     
  • AI Buys Lattimore Materials

     
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    Scheduling With Dispatch

    Utilizing your fleet more efficiently saves time and money.

     
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    Betting on Vegas

    There was a time not too long ago when any business in and around the gambling mecca of Las Vegas could do no wrong. Tourists and conventioneers mobbed the casinos on the famed Strip to spend fistfulls of dollars earned while the nation's economy soared. Concrete producers were not left out...

     
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    Escaping the Housing Slump

    The vacation home market makes an unexpected recovery.

     
  • Health Care for All, but at What Cost?

    More provisions of the new law take effect in 2011.

     
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    Red Alert

    An increase in selling price kept the results from being even worse.

     
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    Let's Talk Infrastructure

    The Women in Concrete luncheon highlights concrete's important ‘supporting' role.

     
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    Space for Rent

    Rental units will drive the housing recovery.

     
  • The Power of Positive Thinking

     
  • The Secret is Out

    MIT provides the good news our industry needed to end the year.

     
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    Prepare to Repair

    Estimating and bidding a masonry restoration project is a complex process.

     
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    Speak Now

    The midterm elections could mean growth for our industry.