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Terex AWP names Genie North American sales executives
Terex AWP has named a new Genie vice president of North American sales and promoted two others to Genie regional vice presidents. Details on Equipment World.
June 18, 2019
Roadbuilding
PCA forecast: Cement consumption to see growth through 2016
According to the latest forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA), cement consumption in the U.S. will see steady gains over the next three years.
September 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
How robot designed for Disney could extend lives of bridges
A new robot dubbed C2D2 developed by a team of Swiss researchers is able to move atop, underneath and across any surface, checking structural integrity as it roves, and could greatly extend the lives of bridges. Both de-icing salt and CO2 in the atmosphere corrode the reinforced concrete that most bridges are made of […]
September 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Nonresidential projects push construction spending to largest monthly gain in more than 2 years in July
After seeing its first drop in one year during June, construction spending in the U.S. fully recovered and then some in July, with its largest monthly gain in more than two years. Construction spending rose 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $981.3 billion in July, according to preliminary estimates by the Commerce […]
September 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
Highway Trust Fund 2014: Timeline of Events
It felt like an eternity went by before Congress passed a bill to fund the Highway Trust Fund through May 2015. Unfortunately, for or as long as it took, nobody ended up happy with the outcome. Congress had months to work out a long-term deal and all they could agree on is a short-term plan […]
August 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
BigRentz.com secures deal with United Rentals, adds more than 800 locations
BigRentz.com announced last week that it has added more than 800 new equipment rental locations in the past month. The additional locations are the result of a deal with United Rentals, which allows BigRentz.com to provide equipment through all of United Rentals’ branches in the U.S. and Canada. United Rentals has more than 830 locations […]
August 19, 2013
Business
Construction spending up 0.4% in April despite another dip in government spending
Spending on construction projects in the United States rose 0.4 percent in April, continuing a volatile trend in 2013 of ups and downs, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department Monday. After dropping 4 percent in January, spending rose in February only to drop again in March. But in April things are back […]
June 3, 2013
Business
Senate bill would create incentives for private transportation investment
As the federal government continues to search for ways to grapple with the country’s slowly crumbling infrastructure, two Senators have introduced a bill to the U.S. Senate that would establish a Department of Transportation fund designed to create incentives for private investment into transportation, our sister site CCJ reports. Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John […]
March 5, 2013
Business
U.S. needs new bridges but states lack funding
The average age of the 600,000 bridges in the United States is 43 years old, according to a new report from the Washington Post. And considering that bridges are built to last about 50 years, that means a great deal of them will soon need to be replaced. In fact, as the Post reports, 70,000 […]
January 3, 2013
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