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Financing Tech at WOC to Match Equipment Buyers with Funding Choices

This software-as-a-service (SaaS) application created by KWIPPED, will be used by at least seven equipment sellers at World of Concrete to offer potential buyers immediate financing options from multiple competing lenders.

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Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Hits Highest Level in Three Years

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Theo Build Announces New Construction Payment Management System Coming Soon

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Pent-up Demand Drives Confidence Upward Among Equipment Finance Leaders

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The Art of Selling Your Business: An Excerpt

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Top 10 Trends That Will Influence Equipment Acquisition in 2021

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The Dirt on Dozers: Push More Profits with Your Next Machine

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Today’s dozers are more efficient, powerful and high-tech, available with more options than ever. Caterpillar machine applications experts offer the keys to making the right choices to get a dozer that maximizes profit in your operation

Talon helps field teams capture and collaborate on field service information; enable that field data to be converted into actionable data; and deliver more efficient workflows..

Real-time Visual Data Capture Plus Artificial Intelligence Improves Construction Processes

AI can analyze image data captured on job sites by drones and other sources and deliver insights in real time, which enables you to improve processes while there's time to save money and course-correct before mistakes get buried

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NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE

The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.

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Equipment Finance Confidence Remains Largely Unchanged in January

While the Monthly Confidence Index was changed for the month, there was a notable uptick in optimism for business conditions over the next four months.

Through financing, you can take on projects with significantly less cash up front.

How Financing Can Exponentially Grow Your Business

Contractor financing can open a world of opportunities for construction companies, allowing them to exponentially grow their businesses.

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4 Tips to Manage the Impact of COVID-19 in the Construction Industry

Plan for the future and mitigate additional coronavirus impacts to your business.

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During the COVID-19 Crisis, a New Type of Business Borrower Emerges

The finance sector is seeing a new type of B2B equipment financing customer emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Is it a trend that will continue?

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Daimler Trucks Rolls Out ‘Pay-As-You-Drive’ Lease Program For Fleets

The manufacturer’s chief executive said the new offering was developed to meet demand for options that help fleets “navigate the uncertainties of running a business.”

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What All General Contractors Need to Know About Subcontractor Workers’ Compensation

A subcontractor with inadequate workers’ compensation could cause severe damage to your construction company.

NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE

NEW ROUGH TERRAIN LINE

The new line of JLG Rough Terrain Scissors has an answer for every task. When we say upgrade, we mean business – yours.

Buying new lets you to take advantage of the performance enhancements provided by the latest technology, but a used purchase can significantly reduce the initial capital investment required.

How to Get the Best Bargain When Buying a Compact Excavator

A little homework can help you get the best deal when buying a compact excavator and other compact construction equipment

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Which Insurance Carrier Is Responsible For Damages On A Construction Project?

Understand that you may have changed insurance carriers during a construction project and there may be multiple sources of coverage depending on the type of loss and when the loss occurred

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Confidence in the Equipment Finance Market Increases in February

Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry increased over three points from January to February 2019

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Morgan Stanley Tops List of Top Financial Advisers in the Construction Sector

Morgan Stanley topped GlobalData's latest table of the top 10 financial advisers in the construction sector for fiscal year 2018

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6 Areas New Technology Can Help Construction Finance Professionals

Deployed strategically, new tools can help construction finance teams resolve many challenges

JLG Retail Financing Program Offers 100% Financing

New financing program supports all makes and models of new or used equipment

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Travelers, Gilbane and Triax to Test Safety Benefits of Wearable Tech in Construction

Travelers will review data collected using Triax’s Spot-r devices worn on Gilbane jobsites to gain insights into worker incidents and equipment usage in order to make jobsites safer

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Buy, Borrow, Rent or Lease Construction Equipment: 4 Tips to Minimize Risk

When acquiring new equipment, there are parameters to consider that can effectively lower your risk

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Citi, Cat Financial Offer Private Label Credit Card Program

Cat Card Program offers commercial and consumer financing options to give customers flexibility to finance parts, servicing and rental needs at participating Cat dealers

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2018 Economic Outlook Forecasts 7.0% Expansion in Investments

While construction machinery investment growth should hold steady, investment growth may peak later this year

New Website Connects Construction Contractors with Equipment Financing Companies

EquipmentWallet.com makes it simple for business owners to apply for equipment financing through a bid-and-quote process

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Watch The Latest Construction News

The Construction News Tracker is the industry's only regular newscast featuring developing and breaking news, products, information, and industry analysis specifically for construction professionals.

A fire hit their facility at 1:20 p.m., March 19, 2015, and Asphalt Solutions, Youngstown, OH, lost everything, including $1 million worth of equipment.

Rebirth by Fire

How Asphalt Solutions rebuilt after fire destroyed the business on the brink of the 2015 season

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How to Manage Risk Before You Start the Job

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Tax Breaks Can Provide an Unexpected Financing Source for Equipment

Whether you’re purchasing new or used, make sure you’re in a position to use tax benefits to your advantage.

Make sure to properly track your work in progress. If all your costs – both direct and indirect – are not included in cost of goods sold, then the company’s balance sheet will be incorrect, and inevitably lead to an inaccurate profit/loss statement.

Four (Not So) Common Tax Mistakes Construction Contractors Make

Properly track your work, understand vehicle depreciation expense and know whether to use the cash or accrual accounting method will all help in avoiding tax mistakes

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How Rental Companies Can Stay Competitive With a New Approach To Financing

Some owners perceive the total equity of owned equipment as a reflection of the total value of their company, but a rental company’s value is centered around the quality of equipment they are able to provide, and how quickly they can rent it to customers.

One construction risk consultant shared that in most of the cases that he’s investigated the common thread appears to be lack of clear and strong leadership. Did you get that? That’s the senior leaders of our companies not paying enough attention to what our crews are doing.

Risk Management: Avoiding Safety Sinkholes

Three steps to protect workers and those around the work area - and limit legal fall-out - with a safety first construction project mindset

Risk management is really about more than just safety. If you're reading this article and recognizing these risks for the first time, don’t leave your reading with anything less than a commitment to make sure you are cleaning up the risk that your company might be experiencing.

A Risk Management Conversation with a Risk Management Expert

Ten tips to help construction contractors of all specialties improve their risk management

Prevention in the form of educating, reminding, and having needed safety resources and safe working equipment and tools can reduce your risk ten-fold. But, we need to clearly communicate safety and be consistent in practicing what we are preaching about safety.

Risk Management: Safety First

Risk management is essentially the effort you take as a contractor or construction leader to limit, reduce or eliminate any construction effort that would pose a safety risk

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Q4 2015 Middle Market M&A Summary

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ELFA Announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2016

Construction and other equipment sectors are poised for growth amid a moderate business investment environment

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Named Endorsed Broker of Insurance Program for the Concrete Foundations Association

The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) has named Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. as its exclusive group insurance broker to implement an insurance program that will help members reduce their total cost of risk, CFA officials announced.