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Survivor Stories
Changing schedule pays off With the recession forcing professionals to re-evaluate their business practices, one New Jersey landscaper went back to his law-enforcement roots and watched as his profits grew. By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle “It’s the best year we’ve ever had,” says Patrick Donovan of Classic Landscaping in Edison, New Jersey, with 28 years of […]
May 24, 2012
Business
Survivor Stories
Adding business in tough times By Lauren Heartsill Dowdle While many contractors were struggling to keep their businesses in the black during the recession, Harrod, Ohio, native Randy Jones started a second company. Jones’s company, RD Jones Excavating, handles utility, road and public construction projects, with a client list including Procter and Gamble, Ford, Walmart […]
May 24, 2012
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How do construction marketers appeal to today’s end users?
By using traditional methods with an eye toward newer avenues, according to an end user generational panel at AEM’s Marketing Council Seminar. Two father-daughter duos headlined the panel. On stage were Roy Chipley, owner, and daughter Whitney Chipley Meade, consultant, with Chipley Company, a Florence, South Carolina, total site prep contractor. Joining them were Bill […]
May 24, 2012
Business
Foreclosure relief funds diverted by states
Foreclosure crisis, mortgage fraud, housing crisis, states attorney generals, federal government
May 24, 2012
Business
How do construction marketers appeal to today’s end users?
By using traditional methods with an eye toward newer avenues, according to an end user generational panel at AEM’s Marketing Council Seminar.    Two father-daughter duos headlined the panel. On stage were Roy Chipley, owner, and daughter Whitney Chipley Meade, consultant, with Chipley Company, a Florence, South Carolina, total site prep […]
May 24, 2012
Roadbuilding
Public says: we don’t need new roads
The always reliable transportation analyst Ken Orski reports in his latest newsletter something that might upset preachers of the “infrastructure is crumbling” meme. Apparently, the public doesn’t share your concern. According to the Pew Research center, the state of our national infrastructure doesn’t even rate in the top ten of public priorities. Says Ken: Why […]
May 23, 2012
Business
Volvo Rents acquires Action Equipment Rental
Volvo Rents has expanded in New Mexico with its acquisition of Action Equipment Rental, a three-location construction equipment rental company with stores in Alamogordo, Las Cruces and Silver City. Through such acquisitions, Volvo Rents has added 49 stores in the past 18 months and now has 120 outlets in North America, including four in New Mexico. The company’s other New Mexico store is located in Peralta.
May 23, 2012
Business
CNH teams with Thunder Creek Equipment to offer fuel, service trailer line
CNH Parts & Service, the product support business of agricultural and construction equipment maker CNH Global, on May 22 announced a new supplier agreement with LDJ Manufacturing Inc. of Pella, Iowa, to offer its Thunder Creek Equipment line of fuel and service trailers through Case Construction Equipment, Case IH, New Holland, New Holland Construction, and […]
May 22, 2012
Business
Ditch Witch partners with Ewing
Charles Machine Works, manufacturer of Ditch Witch underground construction equipment, has formed a partnership with Ewing, a distributor for the landscape, turf, golf and industrial industries. The Ewing Advantage Resource Network (EARN), program connects Ewing customers with companies that provide discounted products and business services. Under the program, EARN members who purchase select Ditch Witch […]
May 22, 2012
Business
Equipment financing confidence index dips slightly
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s Monthly Confidence Index for the equipment finance industry for May is 59.2, down slightly from the April index of 62.1, reflecting uncertainty about the pace of U.S. economic growth and concerns about global political and economic factors. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions […]
May 22, 2012
Roadbuilding
We Are Not Alone
I was reading a journalist’s work recently in which he makes the point that infrastructure problems are “impeding economic development.” George Okojie went to write: The problem has continued unabated because when transportation decision-makers at the federal, state, and local levels discuss possible investments in highway infrastructure and the impacts, they sometimes overlook one very […]
May 21, 2012
Business
LaHood attends Dubuque Millwork District TIGER project ribbon cutting
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood celebrated the ribbon cutting on the $137 million Historic Millwork District multimodal improvement project, a keystone in a strategy to reinvigorate the community by attracting both businesses and residents through expanded transportation options and improved livability. “Dubuque has overhauled the Historic Millwork District into a livable, walkable community that is […]
May 21, 2012
Business
Volvo’s big picture event
Volvo Construction Equipment brought together several hundred dealers, customers and members of the media May 16-18 to talk about their business, philosophy and the future of infrastructure and the environment.  The big powwow was held at Miami Beach May 16—18 and coincided with the only U.S. appearance of the company’s favorite sporting event, […]
May 19, 2012
Business
Indiana’s Cline Ave. new toll bridge completely financed with private funds
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland announced an agreement in principle with United Bridge Partners, a team of FIGG Bridge Companies, Lane Construction Corp. and American Infrastructure MLP Funds, to build a new toll bridge entirely with private funds in the footprint of the unsafe Cline Avenue structure.
May 17, 2012
Business
New products, technology headline Husqvarna event
At a media event Tuesday, Husqvarna showcased their latest products, stressing the company’s commitment to innovation and developing new technology. Mark Michaels, product manager, said that while mature markets are contracting globally, Husqvarna has continued to expand in the construction market, and in North America, which provides 41 percent of the company’s construction business. […]
May 16, 2012
Business
VMAC adds to its marketing department
VMAC has hired Ian Simpson as the company’s business analyst. In this position, Simpson will provide research and recommendations on which product development, promotional campaigns and communications decisions are based.  Simpson will represent VMAC at a number of tradeshows and industry events over the coming year and will use those experiences in the market […]
May 16, 2012
Business
Clark: Alternative fuels key to American economic prosperity
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark on Tuesday, May 15, said the investment, development and use of alternative fuel technologies in all sectors of American life is more than simply a means of weening the United States off foreign oil – it’s also the most important component for establishing a new golden age of economic […]
May 16, 2012
Business
Parsons Brinckerhoff to manage $950M Port of Long Beach Bridge Project
Parsons Brinckerhoff has been selected by the Port of Long Beach to provide program management and construction management services for the $950 million replacement of the Gerald Desmond Bridge. Groundbreaking for the new cable-stayed bridge is expected in early 2013, approximately 48 years after ground was broken for the original through-arch bridge. The existing Gerald […]
May 10, 2012
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