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• B.R. Amon & Sons in Wisconsin Closing Its Doors After 90 years

  
  Created: May 18, 2013

  Construction industry has been particularly slow to recover from the recession, and that forced this asphalt plant under, says Owner Tom Amon.

• Texas Increases Safety Focus - Fatality Rate Drops

  Source: Associated General Contractors of America
  Created: May 17, 2013

  Texas saw 26% drop in fatality rate between 2008 and 2011 - the eighth largest decline among states

• Government Tops List of Contractors' 2013 Business Concerns

  
  Created: May 17, 2013

  Contractors responding to the weekly poll said government concerns such as taxes and Obamacare are top of mind in 2013

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  April Housing Starts Slip with Multifamily Correction

  Source: National Association of Home Builders
  Created: May 16, 2013

  Nationwide housing starts dropped 16.5% in April 2013 but permits gained 14% in the month to an over-million-unit pace

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  New JLG Mobile Analyzer Provides Remote Access for Technicians to Troubleshoot Lifts

  Source: JLG Industries Inc.
  Created: May 16, 2013

  Tool combines a free mobile app and a wireless access module to provide remote access to equipment

• JCB Secures $41 Million Order from Leading UK Rental Firm

  Source: JCB Americas
  Created: May 16, 2013

  Order includes more than 800 micro, mini and midi excavators and 240 Loadall telescopic handlers.

• New Virginia Transportation Funding Law Pumps Additional $4B into Six-Year Program

  
  Created: May 16, 2013

  The enhanced draft program includes $11.1B - a $2.1B increase - for highways and bridges

• Passage of Water Resources Development Act Praised for Bipartisanship

  Source: Associated Equipment Distributors
  Created: May 16, 2013

  AED says passage of WRDA invests money in critical infrastructure projects that will create jobs and spur economics growth