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$10 Million FAA Grant to Extend Fort Worth Alliance Runways

U.S. Department of Transportation

Airport Improvement Program grant will pay for continued work to extend each of Alliance’s two runways to 11,000 feet

FAA to Issue $9.6 Million Grant to Rehab Orlando International Runway

U.S. Department of Transportation

Runway 18R/36L rehabilitation project will extend the useful life of pavement, realign Taxiway A and purchase an aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicle

US DOT Issues $18 Million Grant for Repaving Van Nuys Airport

U.S. Department of Transportation

FAA Airport Improvement Program grant will pay for rehabilitating the entire 8,000-foot-long primary runway

$16.5 Million Federal Grant Will Complete Niagara Falls Rail Station

Federal Railroad Administration grant will finish a regional transportation gateway for trains, buses, tour vehicles, taxis and pedestrians

Construction Technology

New Online Equipment Auction Site Caters to Global Community

Quantos Auctions is a new online auction website with the goal of sales without borders and will hold its first auction on November 29, 2012

Quantos Auction is a new online auction site to sell and remarket equipment to global buyers.

Reachmaster Announces MBO of Skako Lift Inc.

ReachMaster Inc.

ReachMaster Inc. has taken over the assets and activities of Skako Lift Inc., which include the representation of the well-known ReachMaster Falcon, Bluelift and Denka compact aerial lift product lines.

Ebbe Christensen heads up Reachmaster Inc., now divested from parent Skako Lift Inc.

Coneqtec Corp. Announces Sale of Its Interests in TerraQuip

Coneqtec - Universal

Coneqtec continues its strategy of increasing production capabilities and developing new products and product lines.

Construction Unemployment Falls to 11.3% in August 2012

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Heavy and civil engineering - which could be a leading indicator for the nonresidential construction industry - continues to expand and added more than 17,000 positions during the past year

The construction industry added 1,000 jobs in August 2012, lowering the unemployment rate from 12.3% in July to 11.3% in August.

Carlyle Buys Into Brazilian Rental Business

Private equity firm the Carlyle Group has acquired a 25 percent stake in Grupo Orguel, one of Brazil’s largest equipment rental companies.

Volvo Rents Makes Used Equipment More Visible to Customers

Thanks to a recently launched section on the company’s website dedicated to used equipment sales, the worldwide provider of small-to-medium sized construction equipment is making such equipment more visible to customers.

Custom Equipment Names New North American Sales Manager

Hy-Brid Lifts / Custom Equipment LLC

Schneider comes to Custom Equipment/Hy-Brid Lifts with 20+ years of manufacturing industry experience in general management, sales & marketing management, business development, corporate planning, and service distribution.

Custom Equipment names Dan Schneider new North American sales manager.

Billy Goat Industries Announces New Northeast Regional Sales Manager

Billy Goat Ind.

Billy Goat Industries Announces New Northeast Regional Sales Manager

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