West Virginia’s September Iron Index is 27 (Weak). The September 29 cycle contains one awarded resurfacing contract with a $589,589 lowest listed bid. This small cycle does not represent all September construction activity.
One score summarizing project activity, demand, capacity, operating pressure, and near-term opportunity.
The September 29 cycle has one awarded contract; lowest listed bid: $589,589.
Resurfacing defines this small cycle, not all September construction.
Lower Atlantic diesel was $5.953 per gallon in the week of September 28.
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Executive read: West Virginia’s September Iron Index is 27 (Weak), Iron Sheepdog’s proprietary assessment. The latest completed September letting is a small resurfacing cycle. Treat it as a narrow procurement signal, and validate actual hauling packages before assigning equipment.
WVDOT lists The Truesdell Corporation at $589,589.00, the lowest bid for contract 2026200047, and marks the contract Awarded. The published work type is resurfacing. The feed does not separately identify a final award amount; the dollar figure here remains a listed bid value.
Surface-treatment work does not establish a large excavation or aggregate-hauling program. Ask the project team about deliveries, equipment needs, staging and start dates. A contract’s full value is not hauling revenue.
Lower Atlantic diesel was $5.953 per gallon for the week of September 28. This is a regional benchmark, not a West Virginia pump price. Include return mileage, fuel adjustments and waiting-time terms when pricing a specific route.
Seasonally adjusted West Virginia construction employment was 34,000 in September, compared with 35,400 a year earlier, a decline of approximately 4.0%. September employment is preliminary. The employment-based Hauler Capacity proxy suggests looser conditions, but it does not measure available trucks or drivers.
This edition assesses completed letting activity, work mix, September regional fuel and September construction employment. Project Pipeline and Broker Opportunity are not scored because comparable forward-project dollar coverage is unavailable. This inaugural edition has no month-over-month Index trend.
The activity assessment uses the latest completed cycle, September 29, with historical comparison drawn from WVDOT’s published bid results for awarded contracts. Earlier September lettings are separate cycles. Local, municipal, private and separately procured construction is outside this assessment.
Prepared October 28, 2026. Letting, fuel and employment observations are anchored to September.
The Iron Index is Iron Sheepdog’s proprietary market assessment, built from public DOT, EIA and BLS data. Its scoring derivation is proprietary and is not published.
Hauler Capacity is an employment-based proxy, not a measurement of truck supply. Scores describe observed conditions and are not forecasts or guarantees. Bid values are not hauling revenue or confirmed loads.
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