Jimmy Cotty, executive director of the Georgia Concrete & Products Association

The Georgia Concrete & Products Association (GC&PA) has hired Jimmy Cotty to as its new executive director.Cotty assumed his role on July 20, 2010.

Prior to joining the GC&PA, Cotty spent the previous four years on the staff of the Georgia Construction Aggregate Association (GCAA).

While there, he was an integral part of the association’s efforts in legislative and regulatory oversight.

He also played a key role in the development of member service programs such as its scholarship program and its dump truck certification program.

Cotty also was successful in modernizing the association’s communications efforts allowing it to keep membership more informed on current events as well as promote products, events and services to the industry’s end users.

Prior to GCAA, Jimmy also spent two years lobbying the Georgia General Assembly for a multi-client public affairs firm.

He also spent two years serving the citizens of the 8th Congressional District of Georgia on the staff of former United States Representative Mac Collins.

Cotty is a native of Columbus, Ga., and he is a proud alumnus of Auburn University.

He currently lives in Roswell, Ga., with his wife and son, and they eagerly await the arrival of their daughter in January.

Jason Kilgore, the former owner of Kilgore Paving and Maintenance, LLC will run Harper-Kilgore, LLC post-closing with support from a strong management team across the combined operations.

Tom Hill, CEO of Summit, says that Utah is an attractive business environment and “is pleased to form our third regional platform in Salt Lake City through these acquisitions. Harper-Kilgore comprises many skilled and experienced employees and we would like to welcome them all into the Summit group of companies.”

Kilgore says the two companies complement each other well. “This marks a significant and exciting development for Harper and Kilgore,” he says in a prepared statement. ”The combined employee groups bring many skills and synergies to the new Harper-Kilgore company. We look forward to building upon our existing strengths to further improve our products and services for our customers and community.”

Features:

• Easy retrieval of the photos by ticket number
• Provides ironclad proof of vehicle pickup without signatures
• Optional anti-theft module captures anomalous events
• Ability to print or e-mail photos to customers
• Single images along with raw video are stored for a complete accounting of any incident
• Ticket information on the video image is customizable
• Compatible with Apex software
• Multiple cameras may be utilized
• Total site security is available with add-on cameras
• Accessible via the Web

ROI may be as short as 1 year.

The base ‘Scale Watcher’ system provides hardware, software and (1) year software maintenance for one camera and one scale. The base system is capable of handling up to four PC hardware. More than four cameras requires a software and hardware upgrade.

New Anti-Theft Features

Valve Sensing

Scale Watcher II now allows your DVS to “listen” for when the valve/gates open and close to release your product from your silos and no ticket is generated from the software, then a Valve Alert will be captured with photos of the truck that was being loaded. You can also configure the system to automatically e-mail real-time alerts if desired.

Scale Sensing

Our new technology now allows your DVS to “listen” for tucks pulling on and off the scale. If one of the below events occur, a photo of the scale event will be captured and an e-mail alert can be generated.

Alert Triggers

• No Ticket- Truck was on the scale and left but no ticket was generated.
• Tare Weight Contamination- Tare weight was above the treshold.
• Gross Ticket Mismatch- The max weight read from the scale was not within a reasonable difference from the actual ticket weight.
• Overweight- The weight read from the scale exceeds the vehicle’s designated GVW.
• Scale Connection Lost/Restored- DVS cannot communicate with scale indicator.

The current federal highway/transit investment law, SAFETEA-LU, expired nearly a year ago on Sept. 30, 2009. It has been operating under a series of short-term extensions, the latest through Dec. 31, 2010.

The federal government is the source of nearly 45 percent of all public capital investments in surface transportation.

The two organizations have developed campaign advertising to appeal to the general public with signs asking, “Sick of Aging Roads?—Tell Congress to Act!”

Similar messages have been developed for traffic congestion, transit delays and unsafe bridges.

Billboard advertisements have been running in South Dakota and South Carolina, and will also be posted in Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee, Iowa and Maryland beginning during the congressional recess in August and running through September.

As part of the campaign, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) held a news conference with coalition partners in Columbia, S.C., to mark the ad campaign’s launch in that state.

The ads direct viewers to the Website www.fasterbettersafer.org, where an action kit, instructions for contacting members of Congress, educational videos and other materials about the highway/transit bill are available.

The TCC, co-chaired by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America, is comprised of 29 national construction groups and labor unions with a direct market stake in federal transportation programs.

The ATM is a nationwide effort by business, labor, transportation organizations and concerned citizens to advocate for increased federal investment in the nation’s aging and overburdened transportation system.

A respective list of members of each coalition is available at www.transportationconstructioncoalition.org and http://www.fasterbettersafer.org.

This was a 15-percent decrease from the 2,436,000 permit tons recorded in July and a 14-percent decrease from the July preliminary imports total of 2,415,000 NT.

Import permit tonnage for finished steel in August was 1,623,000 NT, down 10 percent from the preliminary imports total of 1,797,000 NT in July.

August total and finished steel import permit tons would annualize at 24,305,000 NT and 18,912,000 NT, up 49 percent and 33 percent, respectively, from the 16,215,000 NT and 14,179,000 NT imported in 2009.

According to a draft copy of the five workshop presentations, CARB is saying they overestimated excavator activity by 61 percent and dozer activity by 60 percent. They’ve also concluded the load factors used in their emission estimates should be reduced by 33 percent. In fact, almost everything in its emission estimates — equipment population, activity, load factor, growth and inventory — is lower than originally forecast, CARB says.

But it’s too early to declare a victory, says Davis. The CARB staff says it needs additional time to “evaluate and explore appropriate regulatory proposals and consider their economic impact on affected stakeholders, determine the effect of any changes on emissions over the next decade and determine how to best protect public health in light of the health impacts of fine particle pollution (PM2.5) currently underway.”

 ”This means two things,” Davis says. “They won’t be ready for the November 18 (CARB) board meeting, so any changes in the rule will come in December or perhaps next year. Second, they still don’t have the science to justify these rules from a public health standpoint, so they hope to piggyback on new federal … regulations that will roll out soon.”

The Cool Hard Hat is a revolutionary pantented air-cooled hard hat developed by Tom English, a general contractor for over 30 years. English claims than in all of his years and experience in construction, The Cool Hard Hat is the best tool he has ever used and couldn’t imagine having to work without it. The rechargeabe batteries (with the recharger built into hat) power two fans to blow air on the of the neck and top of the head at a rate of over 8 cubic feet of air per minute. This lowers the interior temperature of the hard hat by more than 20 degrees. Watch the Video on the Company’s website to see the incredible cooling demonstration. The natural evaporation cooling process helps workers stay cool, fight fatigue and increase productivity. Vented hard hats are now obsolete as the popular cooling option. The hat can run up to 12 hours per charge of the batteries and can be recharged overnight.

The Cool Hard Hat meets all OSHA and ANSI standards and is Intrinsically Safe.

The system starts with the Access Entry Station.  Loaded with features, this advanced entry unit greets vehicles arriving at a site, both audibly and visually, using a crisp color screen.  Its ability to integrate easily with truck scale and flow meters enables it to measure and weigh the amount of any material being dropped off or picked up.

The Access Entry station quickly captures essential transaction information and sends it to our MatreX Processing System.  MatreX is a powerful, SQL-based transaction processing system that provides real-time data.  It can consolidate transaction data from multiple sites, then produce a variety of reports or export data to billing systems.  The result:  fast, accurate data processing with minimum effort.

Our system’s ability to operate without an attendant can extend a customer’s operating hours while saving labor costs.  In addition, its ability to automatically identify and weigh vehicles reduces manual data entry and potential for costly errors.

Our system is ideal for a wide variety of applications, including landfills, transfer stations, quarries, recycling plants, paper plans and other material-handling operations.  The system’s ability to operate without an attendant and accept credit card payments is particularly valuable to operations that accept or sell consumer material for a fee.

The Access Entry Station’s intuitive screens and easy operation enable vehicle processing every 15 to 45 seconds without an attendant.  In addition, its ability to process credit cards while operating unattended can expand a customer base and extend the operating hours, while reducing labor costs.

The system is designed to complement and improve the performance of a customer’s management system.  Based on Microsoft’s latest platform, “.NET” and Microsoft SQL Server, the system can be integrated with any management system.

The Access Post Supports optional equipment that helps improve a customer’s operation’s speed and accuracy.  Easy-to-read signage quickly tells drivers what to do.  A long-range RFID reader can quickly identify a vehicle with an RFID transponder as it approaches the processing area.  The vehicle’s identification number is sent automatically to the MatreX system for processing.  Other options include a security camera to provide the ultimate in processing security.

Founded in 1830, Fairbanks Scales has become the leader in the industrial weighing market by creating and manufacturing an unrivaled range of weighing equipment solutions. From bench, parcel, counting, floor, and truck scales to animal, railroad track, and a full range of specialty scales, Fairbanks Scales has a reputation of being the most agile and attentive industrial weighing partner in the business. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., the company also is uniquely positioned to provide services for non-weighing products based on its nationwide contingent of technicians who can provide preventive maintenance and consistent, reliable service. To request more information or to obtain the name of the Fairbanks representative or authorized distributor nearest you, please call (800) 451-4107, or visit www.fairbanks.com.

If it has to be right…It has to be Fairbanks!