PowerMachines - It’s About Excavators

More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have written to President Bush, asking him why the Department of Transportation apparently is ignoring what the legislators want.

The current round of construction materials inflation (as set out in the Producer Price Index series of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) continued in May 2007 with the index up 0.8%, the fourth consecutive increase after nine months of no change. Cement, plywood, plastics and steel all posted outsized increases. Prices for all of these products are quite sensitive to demand change.

WATSONVILLE, Calif., PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) announced today that Granite Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $37 million contract by the Texas Department of Transportation for the construction of a freeway in Lubbock, Texas.

A push for lower emissions from heavy-duty trucks, coupled with grants from state and localities in order to meet Southern California’s air-quality standards, are prompting interest in and sales of new trucks in the region, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported Monday.