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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741</id><updated>2024-03-13T08:50:44.502-07:00</updated><category term="Infrastructure"/><category term="construction"/><category term="frac sand"/><category term="industrial sand"/><category term="Industry professional"/><category term="Economy"/><category term="MnDOT"/><category term="mining"/><category term="Jobs"/><category term="regulation"/><category term="Legislation"/><category term="transportation"/><category term="Aggregate"/><category term="News"/><category term="bridges"/><category term="Environment"/><category term="MPCA"/><category term="permits"/><category term="cement"/><category term="EPA"/><category term="Energy"/><category term="Stormwater runoff"/><category term="gravel pit"/><category term="housing"/><category term="gravel"/><category term="railroads"/><category term="concrete pavements"/><category term="fracking"/><category term="transportation funding"/><category term="air quality"/><category term="shutdown"/><category term="DNR"/><category term="Sustainability"/><category term="truck weights"/><category term="Compliance"/><category term="economic development"/><category term="water quality"/><category term="Trucking"/><category term="EQB"/><category term="Operation Flatwork"/><category term="Homeowner"/><category term="Research"/><category term="gravel roads"/><category term="pavement"/><category term="Aggregate Industries"/><category term="Pervious concrete"/><category term="freight"/><category term="low-impact development"/><category term="DEED"/><category term="Winona"/><category term="Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association"/><category term="aggregates"/><category term="natural gas"/><category term="real estate"/><category term="rivers"/><category term="Lafarge"/><category term="Minnesota Industrial Sand Council"/><category term="NSSGA"/><category term="fly ash"/><category term="hydraulic fracturing"/><category term="miscellaneous"/><category term="moratorium"/><category term="Holcim"/><category term="MDH"/><category term="Renewable energy"/><category term="mine reclamation"/><category term="roundabouts"/><category term="Anoka County"/><category term="Tiller Corporation"/><category term="Unimin"/><category term="Winona County"/><category term="home building"/><category term="newsletter"/><category term="workforce"/><category term="EIS"/><category term="MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub"/><category term="Portland Cement"/><category term="Recycling"/><category term="highways"/><category term="life-cycle analysis"/><category term="locks and dams"/><category term="testing"/><category term="Portland Cement Association"/><category term="Promotion"/><category term="Training"/><category term="Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources"/><category term="municipal projects"/><category term="potholes"/><category term="silica sand"/><category term="FMCSA"/><category term="MSHA"/><category term="Martin Marietta"/><category term="NRMCA"/><category term="barges"/><category term="groundwate"/><category term="hours of service"/><category term="quarries"/><category term="technology"/><category term="trains"/><title type='text'>Aggregates and Concrete Today</title><subtitle type='html'>This is the blog for the Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default?start-index=26&max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>678</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-3397202823018981254</id><published>2015-10-26T10:51:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2015-10-26T10:51:17.052-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Check out our new blog</title><content type='html'>We are no longer writing this blog. Please check out our new blog at <a href="http://byebyepotholes.com/">ByeByePotholes.com</a>.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.<br /><div class="grammarly-disable-indicator"></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3397202823018981254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3397202823018981254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/10/check-out-our-new-blog.html' title='Check out our new blog'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-1800506675390849415</id><published>2015-08-31T08:28:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2015-08-31T08:28:59.634-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="concrete pavements"/><title type='text'>Corrigan Op-ed: Superior Street reconstruction project a model for state</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWG6-xzCScH7R79-KmWDV3rYEWjVmfQqP2_pKnC0QwhVmGUdsVV7kux059JI7qw9td6dohVgxnpTYEc4eIW9ERpYZMAdLV8sNlqBzwLE9_62YbYkWomuVuwPSuBNgGqlZQhyYntzOM5Z4/s1600/Superior+Street+and+Lake+Ave+250+px.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWG6-xzCScH7R79-KmWDV3rYEWjVmfQqP2_pKnC0QwhVmGUdsVV7kux059JI7qw9td6dohVgxnpTYEc4eIW9ERpYZMAdLV8sNlqBzwLE9_62YbYkWomuVuwPSuBNgGqlZQhyYntzOM5Z4/s200/Superior+Street+and+Lake+Ave+250+px.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Duluth isn’t alone when it comes to the need for street repairs. Unlike many other cities, however, Duluth’s mayor and City Council members have taken an aggressive, proactive approach in their fight to fix, maintain and even improve crumbling streets.<br /><br />An estimated 15 to 20 miles of city streets are being fixed each year. That’s quite an accomplishment for a community that once considered five miles of road repairs a good year. And this at a time when the city is dealing with the loss of about $6 million it once received through a casino revenue-sharing agreement with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.<br /><br />Duluth is to be commended for its efforts to maintain and improve city streets and infrastructure. One project in particular, the planned reconstruction of Superior Street from Sixth Avenue West to Fourth Avenue East, may very well serve as a model for other cities and counties.<br /><br />Running through the heart of downtown, Superior Street is one of Duluth’s oldest streets and is a major connector for commerce and tourism. Each day more than 11,000 vehicles travel over the brick pavers that have donned the street for more than 20 years. In 2013, portions of the brick were removed and replaced with asphalt due to deterioration. At that time, city officials said the temporary solution was initiated with the understanding that a long-term design process would be taken, and the public was encouraged to be involved.<br /><br />Since then, five public hearings were held with well over 100 people attending each meeting. At least one more public meeting I’m aware of is scheduled before a final plan emerges.<br /><br />The city no doubt has had to consider competing interests each step of the way, including parking needs, pedestrian use and traffic flow. And it’s heartening to know city leaders have listened to the people who have taken the time to participate in the process and offer their feedback on proposed design alternatives.<br />Current plans call for diagonal parking on the upper side of Superior Street and parallel parking on the lower side. And, to make the streetscape more inviting for people, the city has looked to provide space for outdoor dining, trees, shrubs, flowers, benches and public art. Below the surface, the existing water and sewer lines, first installed in the 1880s and 1890s, will be replaced. Above ground, those bricks probably will be replaced by a brighter decorative concrete design.<br /><br />With proper maintenance, it should be another 40 years before the city will have to tackle another Superior Street reconstruction project.<br /><br />The city’s transparency throughout this whole process has been commendable. In addition to encouraging public participation, city leaders have been diligent in their efforts to keep the public fully abreast as the project develops.<br /><br />Visitors to the project’s website — duluthmn.gov/planning/superior-street — can find project presentations, summaries of each public hearing, survey results and even a compilation of individual responses to questionnaires about the project.<br /><br />While the overall price tag of the street’s reconstruction, including the utility infrastructure below, could be as much as $20 million, once completed, the project will properly showcase downtown Duluth to residents and visitors.<br /><br />And those first impressions do matter in a city that boasts about 3.5 million tourists each year with an estimated economic impact of $780 million.<br /><br />In his 2011 State of the City speech, Mayor Don Ness talked about the importance of investing in the city’s streets and infrastructure and the cost of failing to do so.<br />“Decades of pinching pennies on infrastructure now forces us to spend massive amounts of tax dollars to do nothing more than provide an emergency patch,” he said. “After decades of neglect, we are now paying the price.”<br /><br />Unfortunately, Ness was right. Decades of neglect are forcing many Minnesota cities to turn to quick fixes or pavement alternatives that cost less initially but are not as long-lasting and may result in more costs in the long run.<br />That’s just one more reason to admire the Superior Street reconstruction project. City officials aren’t looking for a quick fix; they’re looking for a long-term, concrete solution to their transportation infrastructure needs.<br /><br />Well done, Duluth.<br /><br />Fred Corrigan, executive director, Aggregate &amp; Ready Mix Association<br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1800506675390849415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1800506675390849415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/08/corrigan-op-ed-superior-street.html' title='Corrigan Op-ed: Superior Street reconstruction project a model for state'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWG6-xzCScH7R79-KmWDV3rYEWjVmfQqP2_pKnC0QwhVmGUdsVV7kux059JI7qw9td6dohVgxnpTYEc4eIW9ERpYZMAdLV8sNlqBzwLE9_62YbYkWomuVuwPSuBNgGqlZQhyYntzOM5Z4/s72-c/Superior+Street+and+Lake+Ave+250+px.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-8447789618832216031</id><published>2015-08-10T07:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-08-10T07:30:41.096-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><title type='text'>Oldcastle® Architectural Acquires Anchor Block Company and Anchor Wall Systems</title><content type='html'>Oldcastle® Architectural has acquired Anchor Block Company and Anchor Wall Systems, giving North America’s largest producer of concrete masonry and hardscape products an increased presence in the high-growth region of the upper Midwestern United States.<br /><br />Anchor Block Company manufactures a broad range of concrete masonry and hardscape products and is the licensed manufacturer of Anchor Wall Systems products. The range of Anchor products includes retaining walls, pavers, edgers, architectural block, concrete masonry units and outdoor living products. The company’s primary manufacturing facility is located just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br /><br />“The additions of Anchor Block Company and Anchor Wall Systems to Oldcastle’s masonry and hardscapes business will serve as a platform for continued growth throughout the Midwest,” said Tim Ortman, president of Oldcastle Architectural. “Each company brings expertise and commitment to product innovation that will ultimately benefit Oldcastle’s collective business, customers and employees, well into the future.”<br /><br />Learn more about <a href="http://www.oldcastlearchitectural.com/">Oldcastle® Architectural</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8447789618832216031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8447789618832216031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/08/oldcastle-architectural-acquires-anchor.html' title='Oldcastle® Architectural Acquires Anchor Block Company and Anchor Wall Systems'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-1498056680793598686</id><published>2015-07-19T12:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-19T12:32:04.479-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="construction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Economy"/><title type='text'>Construction industry strapped despite adding 2,600 jobs in June</title><content type='html'>Construction outfits in Minnesota added 2,600 jobs in June, continuing a solid run during the summer months that has offset a slight lag earlier in the year.<br /><br />The additions extend growth in the sector going back to April, according to seasonally adjusted data released Thursday by Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development. June’s gains pushed total construction jobs to about 110,000 – the most since July 2008.<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://finance-commerce.com/2015/07/minnesotas-construction-sector-adds-2600-jobs-in-june/#ixzz3gMqKYnV5" target="_blank">Finance &amp; Commerce</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1498056680793598686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1498056680793598686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/construction-industry-strapped-despite.html' title='Construction industry strapped despite adding 2,600 jobs in June'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-6331895165875983356</id><published>2015-07-14T13:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-19T13:03:48.024-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EPA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="regulation"/><title type='text'>PCA, Chamber sue EPA, Corps of Engineers over Waters of U.S. rule</title><content type='html'>Portland Cement Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three other plaintiffs are mounting perhaps the most decisive challenge yet to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) final rule, imploring a federal judge to vacate the measure in its entirety.<br /><br />If the final rule takes effect, the complaint states, “Plaintiffs’ members will suffer real economic harm to their businesses and property values because they will be forced to submit to expensive, vague, burdensome, and time-consuming federal regulations before they can perform the most mundane activities on their property. Numerous industries representing a broad swath of the U.S. economy will feel the brunt.”<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://concreteproducts.com/news/9133-pca-chamber-sue-epa-corps-of-engineers-over-waters-of-u-s-rule.html#.VawB_Iu6_ww" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6331895165875983356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6331895165875983356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/pca-chamber-sue-epa-corps-of-engineers.html' title='PCA, Chamber sue EPA, Corps of Engineers over Waters of U.S. rule'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-1316971823428397207</id><published>2015-07-13T09:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-13T09:25:33.044-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Infrastructure"/><title type='text'>The many misconceptions about Minnesota's new buffer program</title><content type='html'>During a face-to-face dialogue Tuesday with local legislators, the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners left no doubt about their priorities: infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.<br /><br />Read more in the <a href="http://www.wctrib.com/news/local/3782404-kandiyohi-county-board-meets-legislators" target="_blank">West Central Tribune</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1316971823428397207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1316971823428397207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-many-misconceptions-about.html' title='The many misconceptions about Minnesota's new buffer program'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-3926589800529381966</id><published>2015-07-07T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-07T09:28:59.813-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EPA"/><title type='text'>27 states sue EPA over waters rule</title><content type='html'>According to the National Stone, Sand &amp; Gravel Association (NSSGA), 27 states have filed lawsuits alleging federal expansion over state waters. The challenges say the Waters of the U.S. rule violates the Clean Water Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.<br /><br />Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana filed a joint complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, claiming the rule is unconstitutional. Ohio and Michigan filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, alleging the expansion of jurisdiction includes dry land. Montana, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, saying the final rule would harm states as regulators of the waters and lands. Finally, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, asking the court to vacate the rule and block its enforcement by injunction.<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://www.pitandquarry.com/27-states-sue-epa-over-waters-rule/">Pit &amp; Quarry</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3926589800529381966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3926589800529381966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/27-states-sue-epa-over-waters-rule.html' title='27 states sue EPA over waters rule'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-8484379367366457355</id><published>2015-07-06T08:58:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-06T08:58:43.496-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mining"/><title type='text'>Rare Blanding's turtle could go on federal endangered list</title><content type='html'>The federal government is considering adding the Blanding's turtle to the endangered species list, as the yellow-throated reptile that once thrived throughout the Upper Midwest can now only be found in large numbers in parts of Minnesota and Nebraska.<br /><br />Read the story at <a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/07/05/rare-blandings-turtle-could-go-on-federal-endangered-list" target="_blank">Minnesota Public Radio</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8484379367366457355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8484379367366457355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/rare-blandings-turtle-could-go-on.html' title='Rare Blanding's turtle could go on federal endangered list'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-6444732923058050108</id><published>2015-07-03T06:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-03T06:33:20.014-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><title type='text'>New leaders for League of Minnesota Cities</title><content type='html'>Steve Nasby, the Windom City Administrator, has been elected president of the League of Minnesota Cities, which provides more than 800 member cities with advocacy and training.<br /><br />Nasby has worked in Windom since 2006; before that he worked in Iowa City.<br /><br />The League also has hired David Unmacht as executive director, replacing Jim Miller, who retires this summer after 22 years as head of the organization.<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2015/07/league-minnesota-cities-gets-new-president-and-new-executive-director?utm_source=MinnPost+e-mail+newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=c621044ede-7_3_2015_Daily_Newsletter7_2_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3631302e9c-c621044ede-123371218" target="_blank">MinnPost</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6444732923058050108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6444732923058050108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-leaders-for-league-of-minnesota.html' title='New leaders for League of Minnesota Cities'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-4256859021386978448</id><published>2015-06-29T13:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-29T13:28:20.046-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="air quality"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MPCA"/><title type='text'>PCA ordered to shut N. Mpls air monitors or justify them to court</title><content type='html'>A judge has ordered the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to shut down two air monitors that bracket property owned by the Northern Metal scrap yard in north Minneapolis or explain by July 27 why not.<br /><br />Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann issued his order last Thursday in an action brought by Northern Metals, which alleges that it is unfairly being singled out by the agency as it investigates five instances in which an area monitor recorded air particles over the allowable standard.<br /><br />Read more in the <a href="http://www.startribune.com/pca-ordered-to-shut-n-mpls-air-monitors-or-justify-them-to-court/310717931/" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/4256859021386978448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/4256859021386978448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/pca-ordered-to-shut-n-mpls-air-monitors_29.html' title='PCA ordered to shut N. Mpls air monitors or justify them to court'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-9112573291425949818</id><published>2015-06-27T15:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-06T15:18:30.301-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="News"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="trains"/><title type='text'>Oil train traffic down on BNSF lines in Minnesota, Wisconsin</title><content type='html'>New documents show BNSF Railroad is hauling fewer crude oil trains through Minnesota and Wisconsin than it was last winter.<br /><br />BNSF now averages 25 unit trains per week along its line that follows the Mississippi River from the Twin Cities to Illinois, according to a report released Friday by the Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management. That’s down from an average of 36 reported in September, a drop of about 25 percent.<br /><br />Read article in the <a href="http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/oil-train-traffic-down-on-bnsf-lines-in-minnesota-wisconsin/article_e527264b-47ab-573f-95ba-c04c27fe84f7.html" target="_blank">LaCrosse Tribune</a>.<br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/9112573291425949818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/9112573291425949818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/oil-train-traffic-down-on-bnsf-lines-in.html' title='Oil train traffic down on BNSF lines in Minnesota, Wisconsin'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-8794419053794850254</id><published>2015-06-20T07:19:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-20T07:19:48.165-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MnDOT"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="roundabouts"/><title type='text'>Roundabouts make state roads safer and slower</title><content type='html'>Jan Jech has been coming to a place not far from where her husband spent his final moments for some time. But until June 9, she couldn't bring herself to look at the intersection of state highways 14 and 42, where Marvin Jech died two years ago.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Workers are building a roundabout at the intersection, the latest in a series of roundabouts constructed since state transportation officials built the first one 15 years ago in Medford, Minn. Studies show the circular intersections reduce serious accidents, improve commute time, curb pollution and cut gas usage.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Read more at <a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/06/19/minnesota-roundabouts" target="_blank">Minnesota Public Radio</a>.</div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8794419053794850254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8794419053794850254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/roundabouts-make-state-roads-safer-and_20.html' title='Roundabouts make state roads safer and slower'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-6414933709330692660</id><published>2015-06-17T09:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-06T09:32:33.103-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="construction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="housing"/><title type='text'>After years of downsizing, big houses make a comeback</title><content type='html'>Sprawling single-family houses, spurned just a few years ago by buyers, are back. And they’re bigger than ever. For the first time, the average size of a new single-family home built in the United States topped 2,600 square feet in 2014. About a third of the houses built last year were larger than 3,000 square feet.<br /><br />“You have seen the homes just growing bigger and bigger and bigger,” said Teresa St. Amant, a Twin Cities architectural designer. “There are people that don’t want really huge houses, but the reality is everybody wants a lot in their home, so they tend to creep up in size.”<br /><br />Read more in the <a href="http://www.startribune.com/after-years-of-downsizing-big-houses-make-a-comeback/307269161/" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6414933709330692660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6414933709330692660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/after-years-of-downsizing-big-houses.html' title='After years of downsizing, big houses make a comeback'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-4719881216498012643</id><published>2015-06-15T15:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-15T15:12:12.612-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="construction"/><title type='text'>Construction bids for municipal work going up, up, up</title><content type='html'>Call it a sign of the times. The lowest bid to construct station platforms for Metro Transit's "A Line," a bus rapid-transit service along Snelling Avenue and Ford Parkway in St. Paul, has come in at $11.5 million -- 45 percent above initial projections.<br /><br />The original estimate was $8.2 million, said Katie Roth, project manager with Metro Transit's Bus Rapid Transit Small Starts program, which received only two bids.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Read more in the <a href="http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_28302638/construction-bids-municipal-work-going-up-up-up?source=most_viewed" target="_blank">St. Paul Pioneer Press</a>.</div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/4719881216498012643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/4719881216498012643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/construction-bids-for-municipal-work.html' title='Construction bids for municipal work going up, up, up'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-837906046852731957</id><published>2015-06-15T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-15T08:00:00.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Caterpillar plans major Brooklyn Park expansion</title><content type='html'>Caterpillar Paving Products will add 31 production jobs and invest $3 million to expand and update its manufacturing facilities in Brooklyn Park.<br /><br />Caterpillar Paving Products, part of Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc., makes paving machines used in road and highway construction. The company plans to manufacture small and large asphalt compactors at the Brooklyn Park facility.<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_28304653/caterpillar-plans-major-brooklyn-park-expansion" target="_blank">Forum News Service</a><br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/837906046852731957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/837906046852731957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/caterpillar-plans-major-brooklyn-park.html' title='Caterpillar plans major Brooklyn Park expansion'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-5583234552760145752</id><published>2015-06-14T06:34:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-15T15:13:32.375-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="construction"/><title type='text'>The art and science of construction detours in Minnesota</title><content type='html'>The word “detour” comes from the French, meaning “to turn away” or “change direction.” But it can also mean “evasion” or “excuse,” and as any driver knows, Minnesota’s contracted construction season can be synonymous with frustration.<br /><br />Though it might seem like a simple matter of erecting orange signs, creating good detours can be maddeningly complex. How long will the road be closed? What kinds of roads are the nearest alternatives? What to do about unpredictable bicycles and pedestrians?<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2015/06/art-and-science-construction-detours-minnesota?utm_source=MinnPost+e-mail+newsletters&amp;utm_campaign=2b58a17b20-6_14_2015_Sunday_Review6_12_2015&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3631302e9c-2b58a17b20-123371218" target="_blank">MinnPost</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5583234552760145752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5583234552760145752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-art-and-science-of-construction.html' title='The art and science of construction detours in Minnesota'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-5568419147958874819</id><published>2015-06-13T06:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-14T06:37:13.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marcus & Millichap’s prediction: Expect plenty of retail activity through rest of 2015</title><content type='html'>The retailers are following the people. That’s why so many new shops are opening in the downtowns of Midwest cities today. Retailers need shoppers. And a growing number of the most valued shoppers — young adults under the age of 35 — are moving into the downtowns of cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus and Louisville.<br /><br />And Minneapolis/St. Paul, of course.<br /><br />Read more in<a href="http://rejblog.com/2015/06/10/marcus-millichaps-prediction-a-big-year-on-tap-for-retail-in-2015/" target="_blank"> REJBlog</a>.<br /><div><br /></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5568419147958874819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5568419147958874819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/marcus-millichaps-prediction-expect.html' title='Marcus & Millichap’s prediction: Expect plenty of retail activity through rest of 2015'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-7114643545489689203</id><published>2015-06-11T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-11T10:00:00.861-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frac sand"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="industrial sand"/><title type='text'>Study says frack sand mining is boon for Midwest communities</title><content type='html'><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f5nBeCQJb-jvozuAVYl03kVvLrB7zvKroMFrAIhWnfBNyfShPMVYNJqoDeLwrg5zr7_aVbuPCwWMH_4HY37jBVL4In38HNLOKqtU_NyvY-7D2QAS6kIRv_vpG5TwXgRUcWzcvjvBQwTf/s1600/Sand+pile+200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f5nBeCQJb-jvozuAVYl03kVvLrB7zvKroMFrAIhWnfBNyfShPMVYNJqoDeLwrg5zr7_aVbuPCwWMH_4HY37jBVL4In38HNLOKqtU_NyvY-7D2QAS6kIRv_vpG5TwXgRUcWzcvjvBQwTf/s200/Sand+pile+200px.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an environmentally responsible manner, the study finds, “it can be an important source of employment and earnings for decades to come.”</div><br />The study, titled “Economic Impacts of Industrial Silica Sand (Frac Sand) Mining,” is the second in a series by Heartland Institute Research Fellow Isaac Orr and geologist Mark Krumenacher, who is principal and senior vice president of GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., addressing the mining of industrial silica sand, known as “frac sand.”<br /><div><br /></div>Read more in the <a href="http://bit.ly/1HvMWcx">Akron (Ohio) Journal Beacon</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/7114643545489689203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/7114643545489689203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/study-says-frack-sand-mining-is-boon.html' title='Study says frack sand mining is boon for Midwest communities'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f5nBeCQJb-jvozuAVYl03kVvLrB7zvKroMFrAIhWnfBNyfShPMVYNJqoDeLwrg5zr7_aVbuPCwWMH_4HY37jBVL4In38HNLOKqtU_NyvY-7D2QAS6kIRv_vpG5TwXgRUcWzcvjvBQwTf/s72-c/Sand+pile+200px.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-7026453124481759122</id><published>2015-06-09T15:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-08T15:20:17.439-07:00</updated><title type='text'>International Building Code allows light-framed buildings: DC example</title><content type='html'>It's about to get easier to build mid-rises in DC. Soon, it might be a lot easier and less expensive to build mid-rise buildings along transit corridors in DC. This is thanks to a 2015 update to the International Building Code.<br /><br />The code now permits light-framed buildings of wood or steel, which are often faster and less expensive to build than equivalent heavy-framed structures, to reach eight stories and up to 85' high—just shy of the 90' limit the Height Act imposes outside of downtown.<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://bit.ly/1G8bkPs" target="_blank">Greater Greater Washington</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/7026453124481759122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/7026453124481759122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/international-building-code-allows.html' title='International Building Code allows light-framed buildings: DC example'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-8787847520452603943</id><published>2015-06-08T15:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-08T15:10:43.286-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Legislation"/><title type='text'>In time of plenty for state, Minnesota local governments fume over delayed sales tax break</title><content type='html'>Local governments are fuming over an impending Minnesota law change that will cost them $20 million in sales taxes that won't go away as planned, an unwelcome prospect given the hundreds of millions of dollars lawmakers set aside to enable possible tax cuts next year.<br /><br />The Legislature is set to delay by a year a previously approved sales tax exemption for cities, counties and other government entities that team up to provide services through "joint powers" arrangements. Local officials say the change, which is part of an education bill that will come up in a special session, came out of nowhere in May and runs contrary to the state's demands they deliver services more efficiently.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Read more in the <a href="http://strib.mn/1F4Yayz" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune</a>.</div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8787847520452603943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/8787847520452603943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/in-time-of-plenty-for-state-minnesota.html' title='In time of plenty for state, Minnesota local governments fume over delayed sales tax break'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-1229535760150450125</id><published>2015-06-06T13:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-07-19T13:59:42.592-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Infrastructure"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="transportation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="truck weights"/><title type='text'>How a Decaying Infrastructure Hurts U.S. Manufacturing</title><content type='html'>Make or buy all that you want in the U.S., but if the transportation system doesn’t work, your business will suffer. That’s why the U.S. must address the huge problem of decaying infrastructure.<br /><br />Manufacturing is physical—not virtual—regardless of the amount of digital technology used to organize, guide and control it. It is dependent on places and the transportation connections among them.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Read more in the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2015/06/04/how-a-decaying-infrastructure-hurts-u-s-manufacturing/" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal.</a></div></content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1229535760150450125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/1229535760150450125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-decaying-infrastructure-hurts-us.html' title='How a Decaying Infrastructure Hurts U.S. Manufacturing'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-3913511132512503826</id><published>2015-06-04T06:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-22T06:45:40.206-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="EPA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="frac sand"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="industrial sand"/><title type='text'>Fracking Has Not Had Big Effect on Water Supply, E.P.A. Says While Noting Risks</title><content type='html'>A landmark Environmental Protection Agency report on the impact of hydraulic fracturing has found no evidence that the contentious technique of oil and gas extraction has had a widespread effect on the nation’s water supply, the agency said Thursday.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the long-awaited draft report found that the techniques used in hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, do have the potential to contaminate drinking water.<br /><br />Read more in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/us/epa-hydraulic-fracking-water-supply-contamination.html" target="_blank">The New York Times</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3913511132512503826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3913511132512503826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/fracking-has-not-had-big-effect-on.html' title='Fracking Has Not Had Big Effect on Water Supply, E.P.A. Says While Noting Risks'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-3567692326737281738</id><published>2015-06-02T04:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-06-02T04:15:57.563-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Holcim"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lafarge"/><title type='text'>LafargeHolcim executive committee formed</title><content type='html'>Lafarge and Holcim confirmed that Holcim CFO Thomas Aebischer would be in charge of finance for the group. Saad Sebbar, who heads Lafarge Morocco, would lead the Middle East and Africa region. Pascal Casanova, who leads Lafarge France, would be in charge of Latin America, the companies said in a joint statement.<br /><br />According to Reuters, the appointments mean Holcim and Lafarge will each have five executives on the combined committee. Lafarge’s Eric Olsen will lead as chief executive.<br /><br />June 1, 2015 Pit &amp; Quarry</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3567692326737281738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/3567692326737281738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/06/lafargeholcim-executive-committee-formed.html' title='LafargeHolcim executive committee formed'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-6066388304665236305</id><published>2015-05-28T07:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-05-28T07:07:25.709-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Economy"/><title type='text'>Rising apartment rents aren’t turning renters into homeowners</title><content type='html'>Are U.S. adults buying more homes now that apartment rents are on the rise? It doesn’t look like it. According to the latest research from Freddie Mac, most renters are staying with apartment living even as rents in cities across the country continue to creep higher.<br /><br />Read the<a href="http://rejblog.com/2015/05/27/freddie-mac-rising-apartment-rents-arent-turning-more-renters-into-homeowners/" target="_blank"> REJ Blog</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6066388304665236305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/6066388304665236305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/05/rising-apartment-rents-arent-turning.html' title='Rising apartment rents aren’t turning renters into homeowners'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365423823985899741.post-5434996936855416527</id><published>2015-05-28T07:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2015-05-28T07:04:02.221-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bridges"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="railroads"/><title type='text'>Rail bridge fire near International Falls closes crucial rail corridor</title><content type='html'>A timber rail bridge burned and collapsed early Wednesday in Koochiching County, tipping two rail cars onto the banks of the Rat Root River and temporarily blocking a Canadian National rail artery that connects the Pacific Coast with Chicago.<br /><br />Read more in the <a href="http://www.startribune.com/bridge-collapse-near-international-falls-closes-crucial-rail-corridor/305185711/" target="_blank">Minneapolis Star Tribune</a>.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5434996936855416527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/365423823985899741/posts/default/5434996936855416527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chooseconcrete.blogspot.com/2015/05/rail-bridge-fire-near-international.html' title='Rail bridge fire near International Falls closes crucial rail corridor'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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