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Roadbuilding

Driving Texas. Cautiously

OK so this example is from Texas and won’t match your situation at all. But the inner working of the  transportation system in your state may not be so different. So when TRIP reports that deficient roads are costing Texas motorists $23 billion a year via traffic crashes, congestion related delays and costs, and additional […]

October 3, 2012

Business

Hertz expands in Oklahoma

Hertz Equipment Rental has acquired Pioneer Equipment Rental & Sales in Oklahoma.  The Ponca City-based company, which has 10 branches in Oklahoma and another in north Texas, focuses on rental to the construction, rental and energy markets and serves the Oklahoma, southern Kansas and north Texas areas. Pioneer Rental is expected to add $25 million […]

September 28, 2012

Construction Equipment

Equipment theft means easy money

Skid steers, tractors and backhoes make up 68 percent of all reported construction equipment thefts, according to Corporal Daniel Pearson, a detective with the Haltom City Police Department, speaking at the Construction Symposium in Dallas yesterday. And the losses to contractors don’t stop with the machine. “You also have figure in the downtime you have […]

August 24, 2012

Maintenance

Tadano announces new hires

Tadano has filled two positions at the Tadano America headquarters in Houston, Texas. Tadano promoted Tony Trosclair to general manager of customer support for Tadano America, a position in which he will manage after sales support in the Americas, supervise a staff of 33 in the United States and Canada and act as a liaison […]

July 20, 2012

Construction Equipment

Volvo Rents expands in Texas

Volvo Rents has acquired Camrus Development, a single-location construction equipment rental company based in Bryan, Texas, and previously owned by Volvo Rents franchisee Martin Walker. With this acquisition, Volvo Rents now has 11 locations in Texas. In addition to Volvo compact equipment, the rental centers carries equipment and tools for the construction, commercial, industrial and […]

June 5, 2012

Safety

Miller and ITW Welding North America to host welding expos

Miller Electric and the ITW Welding companies of North America, including Hobart Brothers, Bernard, Tregaskiss, Weldcraft and Smith Equipment, will bring the “Under the Hood 2012: Learn  | Weld | Connect” welding expos to four cities across the United States. Tour stops for this expo include Atlanta, Georgia (May 2-3), Ft. Worth, Texas (May 23-24), […]

May 16, 2012

Construction Equipment

Peterbilt names Dealers of the Year

Peterbilt has named three companies as 2011 dealers of the year in three different categories. Rush Peterbilt Truck Center is the 2011 Medium Duty Dealer of the Year, Allstate Peterbilt Group is the 2011 PACCAR MX Engine Dealer of the Year and Stahl Peterbilt is the 2011 Peterbilt North American Dealer of the Year. Peterbilt […]

May 16, 2012

Roadbuilding

K-Tec constructs facility in Manitoba

K-Tec Earthmovers has begun full-scale production at a new manufacturing plant located in Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada. The 12,280 square foot facility houses the pre-fabrication division and welding team and features a mezzanine to hold several shop offices. The facility is solely dedicated to the production of K-Tec construction equipment scrapers. This building is the first […]

May 3, 2012

Roadbuilding

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana expands in Texas

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana has relocated to a larger facility in both Waco, Texas, and Cypress, Texas. The Waco store sits on 4.1 acres of land within the city limits of Ross, Texas, just north of Waco and along Interstate 35. The Cypress store, which is a relocation of the Houston stores, replaces the two stores previously […]

May 3, 2012

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Vermeer Texas-Louisiana expands in Texas

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana has relocated to a larger facility in both Waco, Texas, and Cypress, Texas. The Waco store sits on 4.1 acres of land within the city limits of Ross, Texas, just north of Waco and along Interstate 35. The Cypress store, which is a relocation of the Houston stores, replaces the two stores previously […]

April 26, 2012

Technology

Holt Cat slated to open Texas ProTech facility in September

Holt Cat, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new ProTech facility location at the company’s San Antonio campus. This new 10,651 square foot facility will be built to silver LEED standards designated by the U.S. Green Building Council. The building […]

March 31, 2012

Construction Equipment

Volvo Rents acquires DixEquip in Texas

Volvo Rents has acquired DixEquip, a single-location construction equipment rental company in Houston, Texas. This acquisition brings Volvo Rents’ statewide presence to a total of 12 rental centers. In addition to Volvo Rents’ line of Volvo compact equipment, the more than 7,000-square-foot rental center carries equipment and tools for the construction, commercial, industrial and homeowner […]

March 14, 2012