Pit & Quarry, February 2019
CONTENTS VOLUME 111 FEBRUARY 2019 NO 8 ONLINE NOW PITANDQUARRY COM PREPPING FOR INDY The full AGG1 Academy education session schedule The 2019 AGG1 Academy Expo will feature more than 60 educational sessions for producers manufacturers and all industry employees to learn more about how to improve their operation Check out a list and description of the educational sessions at pitandquarry com agg1 2019 education P Q 2019 Hall of Fame inductees This month P Q will induct four new members into its Hall of Fame including Fisher Industries Gene Fisher Polydeck Screen Corp s Manfred Freissle McLanahan Corp s George Sidney and W S Tyler Haver Boeckers Washington Samuel Tyler Learn about each of these members and how they revolutionized the crushed stone sand and gravel industry at pitandquarryhalloffame com CONNECT facebook com PitandQuarry twitter com PitandQuarry pitandquarry com linkedin youtube com PQTV3 instagram com PitandQuarry P Q BUSINESS 78 BUSINESS UPDATE Aggregate industry forecasts stocks economic news and more 80 CONSTRUCTION Highways bridges rise to top Public works projects are in an advantageous position this year relative to other construction areas BY KEVIN YANIK 82 LABOR Staffing solutions The need for workers is becoming more prevalent across the industry BY ZACH MENTZ 92 INFRASTRUCTURE The road of the future Roads around the world remain largely the same but this might soon change EDITED BY KEVIN YANIK 96 TAXES IOUs and the IRS There are perfectly legitimate strategies that can minimize and even eliminate the fines and penalties that often result from late tax payments BY MARK E BATTERSBY SAFETY 100 SAFETY UPDATE Safety and environmental news including the latest from MSHA 102 MOBILE EQUIPMENT Why water tank design matters Tips to enhance safety and efficiency at your operations BY JOSH SWANK 104 FOOTWEAR When work boots wear out NIOSH is nearing completion of a study measuring work boot tread wear to determine the safety and health of miners BY ASHLEY WHITSON AND LYDIA KOCHER 11O MSHA THE LAW Yes POV is still a thing BY BILL DORAN AND MARGO LOPEZ IN THE BACK 111 P Q PROFILE Fred Gross A conversation with IRocks sales and business development director 115 QUARRY FACES A look around the aggregate industry 116 A LOOK BACK Photos from the Pit Quarry historical archives CLASSIFIED AD INDEX 112 CLASSIFIED ADS 114 ADVERTISER INDEX ALLISON BARWACZ TOP WORLD OF ASPHALT INSIDE MUST SEE EXHIBITS Dont miss Pit Quarrys 29 page pullout supplement appearing after page 36 dedicated to key exhibits at this years AGG1 Aggregates Academy Expo 4 PIT QUARRY February 2019 pitandquarry com
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