Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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Editor's note: To join our panel, email Editor-in-Chief Therese Dunphy at tdunphy@randallreilly.com. See you at Booth 2121 in the North Hall! AIM FOR UPTIME Increase your safety and uptime with a RigScan audit to identify equipment issues before they occur. 800-732-6762 www.atlascopco.us See you at Booth 2121 in the North Hall! AGGREGATES MANAGER / September 2016 7 Commercial and residential continue to perform strongly. New infrastructure and maintenance con- tinues to lag, though more agencies continue to seek funding solutions. — Damian Murphy, Regional President, Summit Materials While the passing of the FAST Act highway bill brought us a stable promising future of infrastructure work, the reality of it is the states have seen little change in the status quo. In New York, we have been promised an equally great long-term outlook with the PAVE-NY long-term infrastructure plan. Neither program has in- cluded a funding source, and the money is not being allocated timely. — Bill Schmitz, Vice President, Quality Control and Sales, Gernatt Asphalt Products, Inc. We are starting to see a drop in residential and com- mercial work in the Houston market. — Rob Van Til, Managing Partner, River Aggregates, LLC Projects and sales are still running strong along with fi rst half of the year. (It is a) much better outlook than previous years. If things stay with the trend, it should fi nish out a good year. — Grant Smith, Production/Mine Manager, Transit Mix Concrete Co. Second quarter profi ts of the two largest producers surged, as predicted. However, tonnage volumes have still yet to recover in most market areas. Companies continue acquisitions, and interest is up in greenfi eld sites. All in all, things look pretty good. — O.F. "Russ" Patterson, III, Chief Geologist, Patterson Exploration Services Aggregate sales in the Ohio area seem weaker this time of year compared to 2015, whereas our recycled materials (RAP & RCA) asphalt/concrete sales have surpassed last year, mainly due to lower cost and increasing popularity of recycling. — Jerry Mock, Chief Executive Offi cer, Zanesville Materials LLC We seem to be encountering the same mysterious mid-season slump in aggregate sales to construc- tion interests as has been reported elsewhere in the four-state region. I've heard explanations from a mild winter/early spring construction start-up just catching up to us to tight budgets for states and private developers awaiting the fall election outcomes. Things could and should be busier this time of year and with this much work needing to get underway. — Robert L. Stone, Manager of Sales and Compliance, Hunter Sand & Gravel, LLC COMMENTS