Pit & Quarry, October 2016
CONTENTS VOLUME 109 OCTOBER 2016 NO 4 Transloading At the L G Everist transloading facility in Sioux City Iowa aggregate is unloaded from a 60 to a 100 car train each day PAGE 10 Cover photo courtesy of iStock com wandee007 art 4 art UP FRONT 4 AN INSIDE LOOK Manufacturers moving industry forward BY DARREN CONSTANTINO 6 UP TO SPEED The latest industry happenings P Q TECH 8 CUTTING EDGE The latest in equipment and technology for the industry 10 CONVEYING MATERIAL HANDLING From trains to trucks An Iowa based aggregate transloading facility boosts productivity with a new unloading system BY CAROL WASSON 16 Equipment and technology Mobile conveyors idlers belt trainers feeders pumps and more 24 OPERATIONS Boomtown USA As the Dallas Forth Worth area rapidly expands two Hanson Aggregates plants prove essential to the markets growing material supply needs BY KEVIN YANIK 32 PLANT DESIGN Teamwork The aggregate producer and engineering contractor must work as a team to achieve successful plant design BY JEFF HIGH 38 SCREENING Vibrating screens portable screening plants screen media accessories and more P Q BUSINESS 44 BUSINESS UPDATE Aggregate industry forecasts stocks economic news and more 46 GOVERNMENT Down to the wire Transportation infrastructure hasnt exactly driven the presidential campaign but both major candidates have articulated their positions on the issue as Election Day approaches BY KEVIN YANIK 49 EVOLUTION SERIES The evolution of highway funding as seen in the pages of Pit Quarry the past 100 years BY MEGAN SMALLEY pitandquarry com October 2016 PIT QUARRY 1
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