In Moore, just as in Tuscaloosa, the power of...

Posted by Tom Jackson on May 24, 2013

When tornados struck Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, a spontaneous army of tens of thousands of volunteers fanned out ...

U.S. needs to “Think Big” like Germany if...

Posted by Tom Jackson on May 03, 2013

More fun than a video game. Teens at Think Big were encouraged to try their hand and equipment simulators. Contractors ...

Copies of President Obama's 2014 Fiscal Year Budget. Credit: Associated Press

Obama budget slashes funding for DERA’s emissions...

Emissions

Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 12, 2013

Copies of President Obama's 2014 Fiscal Year Budget. Credit: Associated Press Let’s see...Solyndra gets $535 million in government cheese, goes ...

Smart, skilled class of contractors necessary to...

Business

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

In this era of partisan news both sides will spin any facts any way to make their side look better. ...

Why construction unions are wrong in fighting...

Workforce

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

Ah politics! Strange bedfellows. Even stranger enemies. One would think the universal brotherhood of union workers would welcome with solidarity the ...

We’ve got our walking shoes packed for Bauma:...

Equipment

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Mar 25, 2013

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers calls bauma “ a Disneyland for equipment lovers,” and we couldn’t agree more. Just watch the video ...

Opinion: Jeb Bush’s immigration solution...

Workforce

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 11, 2013

Jeb Bush One might have known that the best idea to come forth on immigration in decades is now being ...

Report: renewables will lead to blackouts in the...

Emissions

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 01, 2013

This is what happens when politics trump engineering. California is being warned of impending blackouts because there’s insufficient electrical generating ...