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Cover Story/Contractor of the Year: Tom Brinley, Sr.

For Tom Brinley, having a successful grading company with a stellar reputation isn’t enough. Although “Big Tom” – as he’s known around Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina – is one of the busiest contractors in the area, he’s rapidly assimilating ideas from his three sons on untapped markets to pursue, new areas to serve and how best […]

September 18, 2007

R.W. Moore adds branch service manager

Robbie Miller has been hired as branch service manager at R.W. Moore Equipment, a full-service equipment provider specializing in John Deere machinery. Miller will be responsible for overseeing the daily service operations at the Wilmington, North Carolina, branch. Prior to joining R.W. Moore, Miller spent 14 years as a technician and service manager with a […]

September 18, 2007

Sponsor Content

Cut Cycle Times and Fuel Costs With These Operator Habits

Volvo Construction Equipment

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Cut Cycle Times and Fuel Costs With These Operator Habits

Highway Technologies acquires T& R Striping and Traffic Control

Highway Technologies, a leading provider of traffic safety services and equipment for the road repair and maintenance industry, has recently acquired T & R Striping and Traffic Control. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. T & R is located in Greenfield, Indiana, and specializes in thermo-plastic and paint road striping, as well as traffic […]

September 18, 2007

Wacker celebrates 50th anniversary in United States

This month, Wacker Corporation is celebrating its 50th year of business in the United States. German-based Wacker founded its first foreign affiliate in 1957 and today has more than 30 affiliates around the world. What began with only one product and three employees has become an international operation. In 1957, brothers Peter and Hermann Wacker […]

September 17, 2007

Marketplace

Integrate robotic total stations with layout system to lay out, measure jobsites Built to withstand tough jobsite conditions, Trimble’s SPS710 and SPS610 Robotic Total Stations for construction layout can be used with the Trimble LM80 Layout Manager to perform jobsite layout and measurement tasks. The stations feature easy-to-follow user interfaces and can lay out control […]

September 6, 2007

Final Take

Extreme Machine Makeover “When selling machinery on the Internet, appearance is everything,” says Jim Goodall, a 35-year construction industry veteran who sells used construction equipment online. Having trouble selling a Gradall telehandler in good mechanical condition that looked a little worse for wear, Goodall tried Dakota Shine, a biodegradable product for color and luster restoration. […]

September 6, 2007

Contractor of the Year Finalist: Terry and Cinda Alexander

Shortly after Terry Alexander opened Strata Construction, a general contractor approached him at church asking how he had amassed such a large fleet of new Mack trucks in such a short time. He wondered at seeing trucks emblazoned with the company’s logo “all over town”, as he put it. Terry had to hide his smile. […]

September 6, 2007

Sponsored Information: ’07 Annual Demolition Supplement

In a recent survey of Equipment World readers asking which type of business they would like to diversify into, the most popular answer was demolition. Today, the demolition industry is made up not only of pure demolition contractors, but also general contractors, civil engineering firms and recycling, landfill and salvage operators. Just as many demolition […]

August 10, 2007

Training Tips: Management school

As fast as the construction industry is changing, so is the information you need to run your business. New tax laws, human resource rules, insurance issues, environmental standards, technology and all things fiscal beg for your attention everyday. How you get that type of training and who provides it is changing, too. Responding to the […]

August 10, 2007

Contractor of the Year Finalist: Mark Rose

Mark Rose’s farm background gives a natural connection to his business, which he started in 1989 at the age of 23. He relishes the growth his firm has seen – the company realized $8.5 million in sales last year. “We’re maintaining about a 20-percent growth margin per year, and it’s all because of our employees,” […]

August 10, 2007

On Record: A more modest proposal

“Biofuels, especially biodiesel, simply make sense. I firmly believe they are the key to Oregon’s long-term energy security.” – Randy Leonard, Portland, Oregon, city commissioner, as quoted in US States News. “The use of biodiesel is good for agriculture, good for economic development and good for taxpayers,” – South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds in a […]

August 10, 2007

City leaders push for construction of tunnel under New York Harbor

More than 70 years after it was first proposed, plans for a $2 billion rail freight tunnel under New York Harbor could be underway, if approved by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. MoveNY, an initiative for the construction of such a tunnel, has gained popularity recently from prominent leaders in the […]

August 7, 2007

New safety gear lets workers wear water

If drinking water isn’t keeping you cool enough while working in this summer’s heat, a new manufacturer of safety gear hopes you’ll consider wearing water. Kelly Butler heads CoolCLAD, a six-month-old business that sells vests, hardhat liners, neckbands and several other products that contain a layer of water to keep those who labor in direct […]

August 7, 2007

Equipment World, Rock & Dirt form web alliance

August 7, 2002 — TUSCALOOSA, ALA. – Randall Publishing Co.’s Equipment World, the leading monthly business journal for construction equipment users, and Rock & Dirt, the leading buy/sell publication for heavy equipment, are teaming up to provide new content for the magazines’ respective web sites. The goal of the web alliance is to increase the […]

August 7, 2007

March 2007

NTEA Work Truck Show March 6-9, 2007 Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome- Indianapolis, Indiana www.ntea.com 800-441-6832 World of Asphalt March 19-22, 2007 Georgia International Convention Center- Atlanta, Georgia www.worldofasphalt.com 800-867-6060 Auction Days at Iron Planet March 8 and 22, 2007 www.ironplanet.com 888-433-5426 ASA Business Forum and Convention March 22-24, 2007 www.asaonline.com 703-684-3450 CMAA Building […]

July 24, 2007

First Word: The debate draws near

It’s been nice, but it may be ending soon unless we can offer better solutions. After 14 years without an increase in the federal fuel tax, such action will be likely when Congress reauthorizes the highway program in 2009. Too many things depend upon it, including the continued profitability of American companies and the United […]

July 16, 2007

On Record: Why contractors fail

For a truly fascinating read, get a copy of construction consultant FMI’s just-released “Why Contractors Fail: A Causal Analysis of Large Contractor Bankruptcies.” Although FMI concentrated on construction companies with annual revenues of more than $250 million, don’t let that make you discount this report. There’s a lot here for smaller guys, too. This is […]

July 9, 2007

Trucks: Superdump solution

For many years, asphalt producers viewed a large truck fleet as a sure sign of success, a sure sign the company was winning bids and hauling more material to jobsites. But Jack Wheeler, president of Wheeler Coatings in Austin, Texas, wasn’t so sure that was true anymore. With fuel prices and other operating costs rising […]

July 9, 2007

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Yellow excavator demolishing abandoned concrete building under stormy sky

KOBELCO Releases Two New Straight Boom Excavators for Demolition

The SK300LC-11 and SK350LC-11 feature extended height and attachment capacity and less repositioning when tearing structures down.

Orange and black Landcros articulated dump truck with six wheels and roof rack, shown in three-quarter view

Hitachi, Bell to Launch First Landcros Articulated Trucks for North America

Purple and gold John Deere compact track loader on display at an indoor equipment exhibition with visitors

Deere Debuts Its First Stand-on Mini Track Loaders: The New 10 G-Tier and 12 G-Tier

Heavy construction equipment displayed at a work site with text asking what machines are most popular, featuring a bulldozer, wheel loader, and compact track loader

Iron Insider: The Top-Selling Construction Equipment So Far in 2026

Keep Your Business Strong During Slower Months

Keep Your Business Strong During Slower Months

How upgrading excavator machine control boosts your productivity