Pit & Quarry, May 2018
UPtoSPEED ED UPt ICYMI I N C A S E Y O U M I S S E D I T PRODUCERS PETE LIEN SONS CHAIRMAN DIES Chuck Lien who built Pete Lien Sons into one of the nations top aggregate producers died last month at age 93 Lovingly known as Rock Chuck Lien started Pete Lien Sons in 1944 with his father and brother near Rapid City South Dakota He led the growth of the company over much of its 75 year history LOOK FOR THE U S CONCRETE CAR ON THE INDYCAR CIRCUIT The U S Concrete logo is now zipping around motor speedways across America as the company partnered with Andretti Autosport for six races of IndyCar competition U S Concrete is paired with third generation racer Marco Andretti branding the No 98 Honda for upcoming races In all the U S Concrete car will appear in six Verizon IndyCar Series races including the Indy 500 TRADE SHOWS INDUSTRY SHOW EARNS TOP RANKING ConExpo Con Agg was named the number one trade show on the Top Trade Show list which is compiled annually by the Trade Show News Network the online information resource for the exhibitions and events industry that ranks the top trade shows in the United States by exhibit space size INFRASTRUCTURE Martin Mariettas Nye visits with Trump on infrastructure artin Mariettas Ward Nye recently met with President Trump to discuss rebuilding M the nations infrastructure and he is optimistic about the road ahead following the visit It was a good dialogue says Nye Martin Mariettas chairman president and CEO in an interview with Fortune Im certainly not the first person to speak with him about this and Im sure I wont be the last person to speak with him about this But we have had an underinvestment for a long time in infrastructure and he wants to address that In the Fortune interview Nye also addressed the state of the gas tax the Trump border wall the trade tariff and the effects these areas might have on Martin Marietta and the construction materials industry As for the business environment Nye says reports from Martin Mariettas customers are very positive at the moment Im hearing from customers that they have better backlogs today than theyve had in more than a decade he says Im hearing that theyre having a need to hire more people and Im hearing that theyre having record years last year and looking at a better year this year 6 PIT QUARRY May 2018 pitandquarry com PHOTOS COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE ON FOTER COM CC BY SA BOTTOM LEFT MARTIN MARIETTA TOP LEFT U S CONCRETE CENTER RIGHT AND AEM BOTTOM RIGHT Lien President Trump who recently met with Martin Mariettas Ward Nye top has made clear his desire for Congress to pass a federal infrastructure bill which would have a direct impact on the aggregate industry Still the likelihood of a bill passing sometime this year is low considering the midterm elections
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