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Safety

Demolition Academy precedes NDA’s Annual Convention

The National Demolition Association will offer its 17th Demolition Academy at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas, March 9-10, immediately preceding the NDA’s Annual Convention. The Demolition Academy is an intensive safety and management training program aimed at professionals involved in all aspects of the demolition process. On both days, NDA Board Member Mike […]

February 23, 2012

Business

Industry economist to keynote NDA’s Annual Convention

Demolition industry economist Anirban Basu will be the keynote speaker at the National Demolition Association‘s 39th Annual Convention. The event, which will be the first convention the NDA has held in Texas, will take place at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio from March 10-13. Basu will address attendees on March 12 […]

January 23, 2012

Home

Midwest Architects, Engineers Supply join GeoShack

Midwest Architects and Engineers Supply, located in Richardson, Texas, joined with GeoShack North America. Current operations will remain open in Richardson but will begin to use the GeoShack name. The company and its basic scope of services will not change significantly. GeoShack is the Topcon Master Dealer for all of Texas. To learn more, visit […]

October 18, 2011

Business

Heil Trailer hires Greg Casey as manager of human resources

Greg Casey has joined Heil Trailer International as the manager of human resources for the Gatesville, Texas, location effective August 16th, 2011. Casey brings over 10 years of business experience and five years in human resource leadership roles. Casey has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Human Resources from the University of Central Texas.

August 24, 2011

Technology

Travis gains Everlite Alumatech assets

Travis Body and Trailer acquired the assets of Everlite, the former manufacturer of the Alumatech Trailer product line. The purchase includes all of the manufacturing assets, intellectual property, drawings, extrusion dies and all production and sales records. The assets will be relocated to Travis’ 17-acre, 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas, where trailer and body […]

February 22, 2011

Business

United Rentals expands operations in three states

United Rentals announced further investment in its branch network with the opening of three speciality locations in the fourth quarter. The locations extend the company’s power and HVAC operations in Tacoma, Washington; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Beaumont, Texas. The United Rentals branch network integrates the company’s general rentals and trench safety, power and HVAC businesses […]

December 1, 2010

Construction Equipment

Cat auction heads to Houston

Cat Auction Services will hold an unreserved public auction in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 27. The auction will begin at 9 a.m. at Houston Raceway Park, located at 2525 FM565 South, Baytown, Texas. This marks the company’s fourth Houston-based auction in the past year-and-a-half and will include a broad assortment of heavy equipment from a […]

October 1, 2010

Construction Equipment

JCB adds dealer for Texas, Oklahoma area

JCB Equipment added Darr Equipment Company to its North American dealer network. Darr covers the northeast Texas and Oklahoma area with locations in both states, and the dealer will provide JCB rentals and sales as well as 24-hour parts and service. Darr’s Texas locations are now up and running as JCB dealers, and the company’s […]

July 22, 2010

Business

Doggett buys Houston equipment business

Rush Enterprises signed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Doggett Heavy Machinery Services selling its John Deere equipment business. With a $37 million purchase price, the agreement covers all equipment and assets in the Rush Equipment Centers in Houston and Beaumont, Texas. The transaction between the two companies will close in the third quarter 2010.

June 23, 2010

Safety

Three SITECH dealers established to serve Texas, Oklahoma heavy, highway contractors

Trimble announced today that SITECH Texoma, SITECH Tejas and SITECH Southeast Texas have been established to serve heavy and highway contractors in Texas and Oklahoma. The three SITECH Technology Dealers join the premier network of SITECH dealerships — the first fully dedicated global distribution network offering the most comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available […]

May 14, 2010

Home

Have you driven America’s scariest roads?

California, Hawaii, Colorado, Alaska, Utah, Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas have some of the country’s scariest roads — narrow, desolate, between volcanoes and hugging cliffs above the ocean. Click here to find out which roads are considered the most daunting in America and see some pictures of them, too.

January 15, 2010

Maintenance

There are bigger concerns than one piece of legislation

In a recent phone call with Jeff Solsby, director of communications for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), I asked him about the proposed legislation by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Texas’ senior senator. She has introduced legislation that will allow states to opt out of the federal highway program. Rather than receiving […]

January 6, 2010