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$500,000 tax break available for work truck purchases
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America is reminding potential truck buyers that they may be able to find favorable tax treatment of commercial truck purchases this year. According to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Title 26, Section 179, a taxpayer may elect to treat the cost of any qualifying property as an expense, rather than […]
October 11, 2011
Business
Cherry opens fourth recycling center in Houston area
Cherry, the Houston-based recycling and demolition company, has just opened its fourth recycling center – the newest of which is located in Hitchcock, Texas. The new 14-acre Hitchcock Recycling Center, located at 5402 Highway 6, accepts concrete, asphalt and residential composition asphalt shingles for recycling. Cherry’s Hitchcock Recycling Center also pays for concrete. Cherry has […]
October 10, 2011
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Top HNTB executive Paul Yarossi elected ARTBA chairman
Paul Yarossi, a professional engineer with 40 years of experience and the president of HNTB Holdings Ltd, has been elected 2011-12 chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The election was announced during the association’s national convention, held Oct. 2-5 in Monterey. Yarossi first joined HNTB, one of the nation’s top engineering, […]
October 6, 2011
Business
On Record
Surviving By Marcia Gruver Doyle It’s been a long dry spell. I recently did a state-of-the-industry presentation and apologized for saying many of the same things I said to this audience in 2010: It’s flat out there, and its bound to be that way for awhile. The statistics aren’t encouraging. More than 2.2 million construction […]
October 5, 2011
Business
Maintenance
Alcohol Poisoning Ethanol is bad for engines, a big tax subsidy for corporations and bad for the environment. So why does EPA want to make us use more of it? By Tom Jackson Ethanol is a great social lubricant. It puts the buzz in booze, but it has the opposite effect on engines – especially […]
October 5, 2011
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist
G.C. Campbell and Greg Goodman Mooresville, North Carolina When two friends joined forces, they took a second- generation pipeline firm to the next level. By Tom Jackson G. Campbell Construction Year started: 1993 Number of employees: 50 + Annual volume: $5 to $7 million Markets served: Natural gas pipeline installation – distribution and transmission, horizontal […]
October 4, 2011
Business
Product Report
Caterpillar makes a big haul Unit Rig mining trucks have ‘market compatibility’ with existing Cat product line By Mike Anderson When the Caterpillar acquisition of mining equipment giant Bucyrus was finalized in July, the resulting announcement of new Cat Mining models seemed the perfect fit – almost. There were several products Cat didn’t have, including […]
October 4, 2011
Business
FHWA data: New freight traffic data point to more congestion on key highways
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released on Sept. 21 new freight data pinpointing key traffic chokepoints on some of the nation’s busiest roads that will help transportation planners, operators and private shippers and carriers better target their investments and plan their delivery routes. “It is more important than ever to make sure we spend hard […]
October 3, 2011
Business
Road Report: Cat’s CT660 vocational truck
On Sept. 9, Caterpillar’s internal verification process was completed, and the company gave the green light to begin CT660 vocational truck production for the North American market. At a high-level view,George Taylor, director of Caterpillar’s Global On-Highway Truck Group, says the CT660 is Cat’s most intensely researched product launch ever, with a lot of time […]
September 28, 2011
Business
ARA Insurance Services launches mobile app
What if a rental company’s driver is on the way to deliver equipment to its best customer and is involved in a minor fender-bender – what should the driver do first? What steps need to be followed? Will the equipment arrive on time? If a rental business is insured by ARA Insurance, the driver can […]
September 26, 2011
Business
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, IFPE expos dates set: March 4-8, 2014
Dates for the next CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014 and IFPE expositions have been set for March 4-8, 2014, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. According to show management for the expos, the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) approached CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE inquiring about the possibility of shifting the originally contracted for dates. This is […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Volvo Rents acquires Gulf South Machinery of Mississippi
Volvo Rents announces the acquisition of Gulf South Machinery of Mississippi, a two location construction equipment rental company with stores in Hattiesburg and Gulfport. The centers are located at 45 Blackwell Boulevard and 14411 Creosote Drive, respectively. Anchored by an increase in local construction spending that is projected to total more than $1.5 billion in […]
September 15, 2011
Business
Hundreds converge in O.C. to help get Americans back to work
More than 250 people came together on Aug. 31 in a first-of-its kind summit to discuss factors that create jobs and offer solutions to expediting transportation projects for America’s future, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The Jobs Now Summit brought together transportation officials, business leaders, economists, labor representatives and workers throughout the […]
September 14, 2011
Business
AEM names Deere & Co.’s Michael J. Mack as new director
Michael J. Mack, Jr., president of the Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division for Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the North American-based international trade group for companies that manufacture equipment, products and services used worldwide in the agricultural, construction, forestry, mining […]
September 14, 2011
Business
Obama’s $447 billion proposal will ‘provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled’
by Tina Grady Barbaccia In hopes to “provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled,” President Barack Obama on Sept. 8 introduced the bi-partisan “American Jobs Act,” a $447 billion measure he says has a simple purpose — “to put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who […]
September 9, 2011
Business
What Construction Needs from the President’s Jobs Plan: Associated Builders and Contractors
On the evening just before President Obama’s speech to unveil his jobs plan to the nation, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) on Sept. 7 called on the president to repeal costly regulations and offer bold, new public-private partnership policies to jumpstart the economy and get Americans back to work. “The torrential flood of costly and […]
September 7, 2011
Business
Trucks
New truck emissions rules claim fuel consumption reductions, cost savings By Marcia Gruver Doyle Diesel use would be cut by 4 gallons per 100 miles traveled, yielding a total fuel savings of $73,000 over a truck’s life, according to calculations used in the first-ever truck fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regulation, announced by […]
September 5, 2011
Business
Reporter
By Equipment World Staff Banks tighten up on construction loans With financing becoming more complicated for some contractors and dealers, many are asking, “Why?” The Associated Equipment Distributors filed a request with the Federal Reserve Board to learn about policies on construction lending, but the Board said they did not have “information specific to that […]
September 5, 2011
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