Aggregate operations press on while exuding strength, vibrancy Strader As we approached 2020, having come off a successful 2019, the question we as an industry faced was can we continue to ride the 10-year increase in business that we all experienced? Little did we know what was in store for us. With 2020 being an election year and no national road bill in place, we continued to remain cautiously optimistic regarding the New Year. Most industry economists predicted flat or slight increases in the markets we serve, and that business would remain solid industry-wide. Dramatic shift Enter COVID-19. We, along with everyone else, had no idea that a worldwide pandemic was upon us.