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Construction Equipment

RANKED: The top-selling financed construction equipment of the past decade

[imagebrowser id=31] Using Randall-Reilly’s Equipment Data Associates to find out the unit count winners, we calculated the top-selling construction equipment types and specific models over the past 10 years. EDA tracks financed units only—so if you bought a machine with cash or by a letter of credit, it doesn’t have the data. What’s left, however, […]

February 24, 2014

Telematics

AEMP-AEM collaborate on telematics; new data points will revolutionize mixed-fleet equipment management

A historic collaboration between the Association of Equipment Management Professionals and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced today will bring about a new set of voluntary standards for telematics data feeds. In practical terms, the new standards mean that you won’t have to chase down your telematics data on multiple OEM websites, but rather have […]

February 23, 2014

Business

FMI nonresidential construction index reaches highest score to date

FMI’s first quarter Nonresidential Construction Index came in at 64.9 points, showing a 7.5 point increase from the fourth quarter 2013 index, as well as a 6.8 point increase from the first quarter of last year. It’s also the highest NRCI score to date. Industry consultant FMI says nearly half of panelists in the index […]

February 20, 2014

Business

Housing starts fall 16% in January after major revision to December estimate

Housing starts in the U.S. suffered a large fall in January, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Housing starts were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 880,000, 16 percent below the revised December estimate of 1.048 million. The January figure is 2 percent below the January 2013 figure of 915,000. That December figure […]

February 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

7 Tips for Your First Week in Highway Construction

If you’re considering working in highway construction for the first time, you may be looking for some advice for your first few days on the job. You probably know it will be a lot of hard work and that hard hats are involved, but what else do you need to know? Our sister site, Equipment […]

February 13, 2014

Home

Maryland shadow program works to draw high school students to construction training

Through the end of this month a vocational school in Fredrick, Maryland is offering students the opportunity to get a taste of the industry by shadowing its construction training program. The Fredrick County Career and Technology Center (CTC) is the home of several construction technology programs. Each year, the CTC gives its construction students hands-on […]

February 12, 2014

Construction Equipment

Tunnel-boring machine Big Bertha shut down for “months” due to complexity of needed repairs

Washington State Department of Transportation officials say Big Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine, is likely out of commission for months. An inspection conducted after the machine overheated in late January found that several cutterhead openings were clogged with dirt along with considerable damage to seals around the machine’s main bearing, according to a report […]

February 11, 2014

Business

Construction companies join forces, commit to hiring more than 100,000 veterans

More than 100 construction companies have joined forces in committing to hiring more than 100,000 veterans over the next five years. First announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed written by First Lady Michelle Obama, the move is part 0f Joining Forces, a White House initiative to find more private sector jobs for U.S. military veterans. As […]

February 10, 2014

Construction Equipment

State orders Google to move its mystery barge construction site from San Francisco Bay island

The mystery surrounding whatever it is Google is building atop a barge moored to an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay generated a lot of buzz last year. Speculation ran rampant with some wondering if it was a “floating data center” while others thought it was most likely a cool new retail location […]

February 7, 2014

Business

How 5 construction companies are passing the baton to the next generation

[Editor’s Note: This is Part Two in a four-part series chronicling the stories of contractors who are making hard choices about their end game in the business: liquidate? Sell to family or employees? Seek a third party buyer?] [Editor’s Note II: The names in the article below have been changed due to the personal nature of […]

February 4, 2014

Business

How to choose who to sell your construction company to and when

[Editor’s Note: This is Part Four in a four-part series chronicling the stories of real contractors who are making hard choices about their end game in the business: liquidate? Sell to family or employees? Seek a third party buyer?] Stever Robbins, executive coach with Stever Robbins Incorporated, says assuming you’ll pass your business along to your […]

February 4, 2014

Business

When selling your construction company is the best option

[Editor’s Note: This is Part Three in a four-part series chronicling the stories of real contractors who are making hard choices about their end game in the business: liquidate? Sell to family or employees? Seek a third party buyer?] If you’re in the market to sell your business, you may be in luck, especially if […]

February 4, 2014