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Energy boom contributes to Houston’s shortage of...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 20, 2013
Like just about every other metro area of the country, the Houston-area construction industry is feeling the negative effects of ...
VIDEO: Central Texas Tool Company a family-run machine...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Apr 03, 2013
No computers. Drawings done in the dirt. 100 year-old machines driven by overhead belts. Some might think that the Central Texas ...
Husband and wife’s business savvy spell success for...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 27, 2013
Ken and Melissa Lester By the time he graduated from high school, Ken Lester, president of Lester Contracting, Port Lavaca, ...
Sany taps Dallas-Forth Worth’s Landmark Equipment...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 14, 2013
Sany has named its first Texas excavator dealer. Landmark Equipment has been selected as the Sany America excavator dealer for ...
Undocumented workers make up half of Texas’...
Posted by Tom Jackson on Feb 26, 2013
A report released Thursday alleges that half of the construction workers in Texas are undocumented, aka illegal aliens. Why is nobody ...
H & V Equipment Services distributes Doosan parts...
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Feb 21, 2013
H & V Equipment Services has been named a distributor of Doosan heavy excavators, wheel loaders, wheel excavators and parts ...
Video: Thief steals backhoe in broad daylight
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 30, 2013
The video below just goes to show you how much of a problem equipment theft is becoming. In Houston recently, a ...
AGC forecast promises mixed outlook for 2013 U.S....
Posted by Amy Materson on Jan 14, 2013
2013 should be a better year than 2012 for construction firms, but not necessarily a great one, said Ken Simonson, ...
Dallas transforms with $2.3 billion in development...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Dec 31, 2012
Residents of Dallas, Texas have seen their city literally transform around them in the past decade thanks to $2.3 billion ...
Manitou Americas adds Kirby-Smith as telehandler dealer
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Dec 04, 2012
Manitou has added Kirby-Smith as an authorized dealer for Manitou MT Series Construction Telescopic Handlers throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Kirby-Smith provides ...
LiuGong adds Noble Iron as authorized dealer in Houston
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Oct 18, 2012
LiuGong North America has added Noble Iron to the company’s dealer network. Noble Iron is located in Houston, Texas, and will ...
Hertz expands in Oklahoma
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Sep 28, 2012
Hertz Equipment Rental has acquired Pioneer Equipment Rental & Sales in Oklahoma. The Ponca City-based company, which has 10 branches ...





