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Mentoring spirit enables Pennsylvania contractor Doug Thomas to build a people-first company
There are two red chairs in Doug Thomas’ office. Sitting in one when Thomas closes the door is not where you want to be. That means it’s time for a serious talk and, fortunately, it doesn’t happen too often. Such talks are reserved for the most blatant of safety violators at Thomas Construction, located in […]
June 1, 2014
Dealers
Ditch Witch, Volvo, Talbert Manufacturing name top dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup
Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! Ditch Witch honors top 10 dealerships for superior […]
May 30, 2014
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Minnesota construction firms likely need to boost pay, reduce expectations to find enough workers to meet demand
Construction is Minnesota’s fastest growing industry, and as demand continues to pile up, construction firms there are having a hard time finding enough skilled workers. And one labor analyst suggests they might need to make some serious changes to fill those vacancies. According to a report from Minnesota Public Radio, the skilled trades in Minnesota […]
May 27, 2014
Business
42,000 construction jobs lost for a lie: Billionaire green activist flashes cash, democrats put off Keystone decision until 2016
Funny how good people with good intentions wind up doing bad things when they enlist politicians to their cause. In February, the New York Times featured a profile of billionaire Tom Steyer’s bid to raise $100 million to defeat the Keystone pipeline project and promote the democratic party’s green agenda. After endless backpedaling, the State […]
May 23, 2014
Business
5 steps to effective conflict resolution at your construction company
We all experience some conflict from time to time, whether it’s in our personal lives or on the jobsite. Minor disagreements are to be expected, and in many cases, should not be perceived as negative. Differing opinions in the workplace are healthy sources of creative and innovative solutions. The important thing is to be able […]
May 23, 2014
Business
A guide to the dangers of the sun and 21 tips to keeping construction crews safe from those harmful rays
As the construction season rolls on, the workload isn’t the only thing that increases. The amount of hours crews put into a day extends throughout the hotter months, but with longer hours comes the inevitable exposure to UV rays. Time and time again the topic of sun exposure is addressed in construction firms nationwide, but […]
May 22, 2014
Dealers
Caterpillar pushes dealers missing out on billions in sales each year to increase use of telematics data
Contractors aren’t the only ones not using telematics. Dealers of the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world are also being urged to up their use of the valuable data the technology creates. Caterpillar says its dealers are failing to capture somewhere in the range of $9 billion and $18 billion in revenue each year, […]
May 21, 2014
Business
President Obama, VP Biden treat 4 construction workers to burgers and fries
The President and Vice President took their lunch outside the White House on Friday and treated four construction workers to burgers and fries as part of the Obama administration’s push to increase highway construction funding. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ate at a Shake Shack restaurant a few blocks away from the […]
May 21, 2014
Business
RER’s Top 100 firms reach highest-ever total equipment rental volume
The RER 100 topped $15.4 billion, the highest-ever total rental volume, according to RER magazine, which annually ranks North American rental firms based on volume. Total volume increased by 10.4 percent over last year, when RER calculated volumes totaled $13.967 billion. Behemoth United Rentals once again topped the list with a total rental volume of […]
May 19, 2014
Business
Senate committee approves 6-year highway bill but funding questions remain
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill Thursday morning. Top committee members Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), committee chairman; David Vitter (R-La.), committee ranking member; Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and John Barrasso (R-Wy.), subcommittee ranking member unveiled the bill, known as the MAP-21 Reauthorization […]
May 19, 2014
Business
Global warming: There is no solution…as long as we look to Washington to provide it
There was panic all around this week with reports of ice sheets breaking up in Antarctica and usually dependable journalists like Robert Sameulson declaring that there is no solution to global warming. No solution? Nonsense. Of course there’s a solution. What’s holding everything back is that most of the media and nearly all of our […]
May 16, 2014
Dealers
Doosan, Hyundai, Kenworth and others add dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup
Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! Doosan adds new authorized dealer in New York […]
May 16, 2014
Business
Gimme shelter: Jobsite chaplains there for construction workers in troubled times
Review the news we’ve reported in just the past two weeks, and you get an idea of how stressful jobsites can be: a blowtorch sparks the destruction of bridge, pushing back a project completion by months, possibly years; a work zone fatality and even a shootout. But those are headline events. Jobsites are also filled […]
May 15, 2014
Business
John Deere profit drops 10% in 2Q, sales and revenues fall 9%
Snapping a streak of 15 consecutive quarters with record earnings, John Deere announced Wednesday declines in both profit and revenues during the second quarter. As a result, the company revised its sales forecast for the rest of the fiscal year downward. The company announced profit of $980.7 million, or $2.65 per share, for the second […]
May 14, 2014
Business
Pittsburgh contractors say their problem is finding work, not workers… for now
Contractors in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania say it’s not a skilled worker shortage that’s causing them problems. It’s a shortage of construction jobs that’s to blame for a lack of production. In the last year, construction firms across the country have seen work pile up while they struggle to find workers skilled enough to meet demand. But […]
May 14, 2014
Business
Senate committee unveils text of highway reauthorization bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on Monday night revealed the text of its surface transportation reauthorization bill. Dubbed the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, the six-year bill would reauthorize surface transportation projects through fiscal year 2020 and is indexed for inflation. Highlights outlined in the bill’s summary include: Six years of fully-funded highway programs Greater transparency of Highway […]
May 13, 2014
Business
JCB sales dip, profit drops 14% in FY 2013
British equipment maker JCB saw profit and sales fall during fiscal year 2013, mostly impacted by a slowdown in emerging markets. JCB announced this morning a profit of $528 million (£313 million), down 14.2 percent from fiscal year 2012. Sales were down 0.7 percent to $11.6 billion (£6.88 billion). Sales volume was down as well, […]
May 12, 2014
Business
Work zone crash on I-69 in Indiana kills 2 construction workers
Two highway construction workers died Friday morning in a work zone crash on Interstate 69 in Fishers, Indiana, WANE TV reports. According to the report, the workers were cleaning up their work zone in a southbound lane when the driver of a pickup truck struck the two men. The workers were employed by Rieth-Riley Construction—not the Indiana […]
May 12, 2014
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