The National Stone Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) reminds members that the hotel room block deadline is January 7 for the group’s 2013 Fly-In on February 5 and 6. Reservations… Read More
Business and Finance
Dennis Wilmsmeyer president of the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals association writes: We all know the cost effectiveness of barges and that a 15-barge tow carries the same amount of product as 225 rail cars or nearly 1000 trucks in a far safer and less polluting manner. We certainly have the safest most cost-effective and least polluting transportation mode and we proudly share that with others. Why then is it so darn difficult to get ANY money directed toward maintaining or upgrading our locks and dams? Read More
Dennis Wilmsmeyer president of the Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals association writes: We all know the cost effectiveness of barges and that a 15-barge tow carries the same amount of product as 225 rail cars or nearly 1000 trucks in a far safer and less polluting manner. We certainly have the safest most cost-effective and least polluting transportation mode and we proudly share that with others. Why then is it so darn difficult to get ANY money directed toward maintaining or upgrading our locks and dams? Read More
Hawaii and Texas Top List of 20 States and D.C. Adding Construction Jobs Since November 2011 as Delaware and New York Trail; Vermont and Louisiana Led 19 States with Monthly… Read More
Hawaii and Texas Top List of 20 States and D.C. Adding Construction Jobs Since November 2011 as Delaware and New York Trail; Vermont and Louisiana Led 19 States with Monthly… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster has reconfirmed its intention to make an all-cash voluntary public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of heavy lift operator Dockwise. The offer will… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster has reconfirmed its intention to make an all-cash voluntary public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of heavy lift operator Dockwise. The offer will… Read More
Paraguayans are worried that their favorite resort lake could become a memory as it becomes increasingly choked with contamination and toxic algae. One of the proposed solutions to the problem is to conduct environmental dredging of the lake but leaders in Paraguay are still split about whether this is the most effective method to stop the bacteria. Read More
The National Research Council (NRC) committee on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science Engineering and Planning has released a report entitled Corps of Engineers Water Resources Structure: Deterioration Investment or Divestment? It reports that the Corps has been unable to maintain its navigation channels locks dams and levees in recent years because of constantly declining budgets. Read More
The National Research Council (NRC) committee on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science Engineering and Planning has released a report entitled Corps of Engineers Water Resources Structure: Deterioration Investment or Divestment? It reports that the Corps has been unable to maintain its navigation channels locks dams and levees in recent years because of constantly declining budgets. Read More
