Financing, Insurance & Leasing: Page 38

What's Your Best Bet to Get the Load Out

Wheel loader size and setup for efficient load out are a balancing act between production and versatility.

Poland Sand and Gravel demands versatilty and speed since its loaders have to perform several functions. They have found the 5- to 61/2-yd. machines best fit this application.

Highway-Bill Congressional Conference Takes Off, AED Urges Swift Action

Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)

Equipment distributors offer an easy way to tell conference committee members to move reauthorization forward before it expires June 30

Construction Safety

How Often Do Your Workers Discuss Safety?

ForConstructionPros Poll

Kansas City Mayor Proposes Tax Increase to Fund Infrastructure Construction

Increased sales and property taxes could help fund infrastructure maintenance and repair if Mayor Sly James can persuade voters to approve the proposal

USI Insurance Services Acquires Assets of National Insurance Specialists (NIS)

USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of certain assets of National Insurance Specialists (NIS). The acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $1.6 million in revenues to USI on an annual basis.

The Best Defense is a Good Rental Agreement

A well-written and clearly presented rental agreement creates a winning scenario for you as well as the renter and the insurance company.

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ARA Insurance Launches Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program

American Rental Association (ARA)

ARA Insurance, Kansas, City, MO, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Rental Association (ARA), has partnered with Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Southfield, MI, to provide ARA members with a new workers’ compensation program.

Highway Bill Heads to Congressional Conference May 8

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Combined House and Senate conference committee could deadlock over Keystone pipeline or regulatory streamlining provisions

Pavement Roundabout

Small Business Loans Lagging Recovery

The Federal Construction Sector: Understanding a Transforming Market

FMI white paper focuses on helping contractors recognize and adapt to the key forces accelerating change in federal construction priorities

Contractors Borrow with Familiarity

ForConstructionPros.com poll

It Takes Discipline

For those of us who can remember the last time the industry went through an intense period of consolidation, one of the downsides was the resulting market-wide drop in rental rates. I like to think this won’t happen again — or at least to the level it did a decade ago — but the key to prevention is, quite simply, discipline.

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