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Miller extends financing on equipment
Miller Electric extended its PowerLine 0 percent, 12-month financing program for welding and cutting equipment through June 30, 2010. Miller partnered with Wells Fargo Financial to create a financing program for businesses small and large that enables expansions and upgrades while conserving cash flow and managing capital expenses. The program applies to Miller-brand arc welding […]
January 15, 2010
Safety
Good news from the underground
Utility strikes were down forty percent last year. Much of this can be attributed to the work being done by the Common Ground Alliance and the creation and promotion of the national “811” Call-before-you-dig phone number. In 2005 Equipment World did a Special Report on the Alliance, excavation safety, sub-surface engineering and utility locating and marking–well […]
January 15, 2010
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Florida inks deal to build $1.8 billion toll road
And the money is going to a Spanish lead group that will design, build and operate three new toll lanes alongside Interstate 595 near Fort Lauderdale. According to the article the state will set rates and pocket the tolls but the design build group will be paid according to how well they build and maintain […]
January 15, 2010
Equipment
CA transit, air quality projects receive $235 million
Public transit and air quality projects across California are receiving bond funds to upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations, build new park and ride facilities and for other transit-related purposes that will reduce emissions. 107 projects will receive $235.4 million from Proposition 1B, the 2006 transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to […]
January 15, 2010
Construction Equipment
Terex agrees to pay $8 million to settle fraud charges by SEC, admits no wrongdoing
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged Westport, Conn.-based heavy equipment manufacturer Terex Corp. with accounting fraud for making material misstatements in its own financial reports to investors, as well as aiding and abetting a fraudulent accounting scheme at United Rentals, Inc. (URI), another Connecticut-based public company. Terex has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges […]
January 15, 2010
Business
Opportunities galore
If you’re looking for work to keep your crews and equipment busy, there’s one client that has money and is spending–the Federal Government. You can find daily updated information about contracting opportunites from the Feds at the website FedBizOpps.gov. There are lots of potential jobs listed there. Our relatively small state of Alabama lists more than 500, […]
January 15, 2010
Construction Equipment
Hopes dim for a highway bill this year
A few people in Congress have made polite gestures towards bringing a House transportation bill to the floor before the end of the month, but transportation analyst and author of the Innovations Newsbriefs news letter Ken Orseki thinks any such legislation is bound to die on the vine this year. The chief problem is that with just three […]
January 15, 2010
Maintenance
Product Focus – October 2009
SHARP STEERING Steer with pinpoint precision with Wirtgen America’s W 150 compact milling machine, which features a “wasp-waist” shaped chassis section that enables an improved view of the milling edge. ·Equipped with a four-fold full floating and height adjustment system ·Optional 4-foot, 4-foot 3-inch or 5-foot working widths ·Four crawler track units provide reliable traction. […]
January 15, 2010
Safety
Machine Matters – October 2009
14-to-15-foot-dig-depth-class backhoes address control preferences With backhoes, it’s all about the hydraulics, especially in the production-minded 14- and 15-foot dig depth size classes. Still-popular manual controls, mechanically connected to the hydraulic spool in the valve block, give operators a sense of feel, but also have longer throws, requiring more effort. And so another option appeared […]
January 14, 2010
Business
First Word – November 2009
In February, I wrote about the kickoff for Equipment World’s Contractor’s Dream Package – a spectacular assortment of prizes worth nearly $100,000 – that goes to a single winner. That prize package was awarded October 29 to Cathy Lothes, president of R & L Excavating in Newark, Ohio. Lothes was thrilled with the package and […]
January 14, 2010
Construction Equipment
Caltrans allocated $139 million for transportation, $2 million from stimulu
The California Transportation Commission allocated $139 million to improve the state’s transportation system and provide further support for the state’s economy. The allocations include $2 million in federal stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The remaining $137 million in allocations came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal […]
January 12, 2010
Construction Equipment
Caltrans awards $8.7 million to improve transportation in local communities
Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced the release of more than $8.7 million allocated for transportation planning grants with 68 agencies, including local governments, planning groups, community-based organizations, and tribal governments. Click here for the news release containing details.
January 12, 2010
Construction Equipment
House OKs three-month extension of SAFETEA-LU
And it looks like the extensions have begun…but at least we won’t be running on empty Sept. 30. The House on Sept. 23 passed a three-month extension to the surface transportation bill SAFETEA-LU, which is set to expire on Sept. 30. Its predecessor, TEA-21, endured extensions during a nearly two-year period. The extension, H.R. 3617, […]
January 12, 2010
Business
‘Clunkers’ cripples auto sales for September
If you had any business sense you knew this was going to happen. The cash for clunkers program spiked automotive sales in August followed by a huge drop off in sales last month. If you want to teach your kids something about economics this is great lesson in how the government can’t create wealth or […]
January 11, 2010
Construction Equipment
Transportation bill back in play?
Facing unrelentingly bad employment news the White House and Congress seem to be floating some trial balloons about the possibility of a second stimulus bill favorable to transportation infrastructure, according to Bloomberg’s news service. Key quote: “If there was to be another round of stimulus, additional infrastructure would be at the top of the list,” […]
January 11, 2010
Construction Equipment
“They’ll tax the pennies on your eyes…”
So goes the lyrics to a popular Beatles song. Equipment dealers in Kentucky weigh in on that state’s crippling “inventory tax,” which if you’ve got a few dozen pieces of yellow iron in the yard adds up pretty quickly.
January 11, 2010
Business
The construction industry says, ‘We’re not gonna take it!’
At Chicago’s Soldier Field Today (Home of the Chicago Bears football team) local business leaders, laborers and construction workers rallied in a caravan of construction equipment to urge the federal government to stop job loss and to move quickly on the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. A caravan of idle construction equipment including a motor grader, rough terrain […]
January 11, 2010
Equipment
Clean technology revolution
According to Merrill Lynch, the world is on the cusp of a clean technology revolution. This could very well turn out to be true if the EPA goes after the rest of the industrial world as hard as it has diesel engine emissions. Exhaust emissions from today’s diesels are more than 90 percent cleaner than […]
January 11, 2010
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