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Rock to Road: Alberta Sand & Gravel Association has concerns on aggregate demand

by Jay Koblun   

Operations Infrastructure


A look at how COVID-19 is impacting Alberta's construction aggregate industry

John Ashton, ASGA executive director. PHOTO: Rock to Road

Staff working from home has been the biggest COVID-19 related change to the Alberta Sand & Gravel Association’s (ASGA) daily operations, but the Alberta construction aggregate industry could face additional challenges as the pandemic continues.

John Ashton, ASGA executive director, said the price of oil is devastatingly low which will affect aggregate producers, and recently the government brought in austerity cuts that particularly targeted infrastructure spending.

Read more from Rock to Road, the magazine serving Canada’s road building industry, and one of Canadian Manufacturing‘s sister publications.

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