Tina Grady BarbacciaRoadbuildingHow new healthcare may affect you starting in 2015Beginning in 2015, employers with more than 50 employees are required to offer healthcare coverage to their full-time employees or otherwise be hit with a significant financial penalty. In 2016, this kicks in for smaller firms. A Willis Group Holdings P.L.C. survey found that 62 percent of the employers surveyed said they plan to comply […]October 20, 2014RoadbuildingSix tips on how to sustain your business modelDo you know how to sustain your business model and be a profitable dealer for the future? At the Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)/Infor Executive Forum held in mid-September in Rosemont, Illinois, Steve Leonard, president and owners of Annapolis, Maryland-based American Bus Sales Inc., offered these six areas to consider to sustain profit in your business […]October 14, 2014RoadbuildingDo you drive one of the 20 ‘most-ticketed cars’ in the United States?When I first read this list in CNN’s Money online section, I was pretty sure that my minivan (which is far from new and has certainly seen better days and cleaner times), didn’t make the list. After going through the list, yep, I was right. I’ve had a lead foot at times, but it’s good […]October 13, 2014RoadbuildingDon’t underestimate the transportation construction industryThe transportation construction industry was hit pretty tough with this latest recession. In a 2014-2018 Construction Outlook from the Portland Cement Association’s (PCA) Dave Zwicke, senior regional economist, at the Associated Equipment Dealers (AED)/Infor Executive Forum, he noted that this past recession was the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. There was an 8.5 […]October 9, 2014RoadbuildingConnecticut leans on federal funding for transportation while others find alternativesDespite some states – and even some counties and municipalities – finding a way to fund transportation projects without relying on the federal government, the state of Connecticut isn’t one of them. (To read, “States Aren’t Waiting Around for Federal Support, click here.) A Pew Charitable Trusts report has found that Connecticut is actually relying […]October 6, 2014RoadbuildingA giant pothole swallows up a school bus tireOur nation’s roads are becoming so bad that potholes are apparently starting to look more like sinkholes. At least that was the case with a pothole in Detroit that was big enough to swallow a bus wheel, according to an online report from Detroit’s WDIV/ClickonDetroit.com. The tire on a Detroit Public Schools’ First Student bus […]September 23, 2014RoadbuildingIllinois Tollway opens new interchange as part of $2.5 billion projectThe Illinois Tollway opened a new ramp connecting Irene Road to the eastbound Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) in Belvidere on Sept. 12 as part of the I-90 Rebuilding and Widening Project. This work is part of the project that will complete a new, full-access Irene Road Interchange by the end of 2015, according to […]September 15, 2014RoadbuildingConstruction Angels to help families in needAt any given daylight moment across America, nearly 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010, according to a “Traffic Safety Facts Research Note” from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each day in the United States, more than nine people […]September 12, 2014RoadbuildingTransportation TalkI challenge you to challenge Congress to come up with a solution for our crumbling infrastructure.September 5, 2014Roadbuildingbauma China 2014With more than 2,800 exhibitors from 38 countries, the 300,000 square-meter bauma China construction equipment show will be larger than the previous 2012 show, say show organizers.September 5, 2014Previous PagePage 5 of 218Next PageTop StoriesWheel LoadersCase CE Expands Wheel Loader Range with New 651GThe 31,000-pound model is loaded with new features for better visibility, easier operation and increased operator comfort.Market PulseQuick Data: Top-Selling Skid Steers and Sales Trends 2024Graders/ScrapersMotor Graders Getting Easier to Operate, More VersatileExcavatorsVideo: Watch Komatsu’s First High-Reach Demolition Excavator for U.S.Featured SponsorSelecting the Correct Construction Tire Solution