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Construction Safety

Video: Safety On the Construction Jobsite

Construction safety video on steps to keep work and the jobsite safe

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H&E Equipment Services Revenues Rise 13% on 26% Increase in Rental

Approaching record levels of time utilization and surpassing prior peak fleet size with Gulf-Coast energy market strength and commercial construction recovery

Essex Rental Reports 22% Revenue Rise to $27.2 Million for Q2 2012

Improving utilization, rental rates, equipment sales, and parts and service revenue, plus decreasing debt contribute to nearly 20% boost in gross profit margin

Ritchie Bros. Second-Quarter Results Show Revenue Rate Drop

Ritchie Bros.' quarterly results missed analysts' estimates as weak prices of used equipment and stiff competition weighed on its auction revenue rate, sending its shares down 13 percent to a six-year low.

IPAF and SAIA Reaffirm Alliance to Promote Powered Access Safety

International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

IPAF and the US-based SAIA have reaffirmed their alliance to work together in every way possible to promote safety in the use of powered access equipment throughout the USA and Canada.

IPAF and SAIA have agreed to continue alliance with goal of increasing safety for operators working at height.

Private Equity Partnership to Purchase Sullair Corp.

Sullair Corporation

United Technologies agreed to sell Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial to private equity firms The Carlyle Group and BC Partners for $3.46 billion

Compact Power Equipment Center Joins With 811 to Urge Equipment Renters to Call Before Digging

Compact Power Equipment Center (CPEC) is joining with 811 to encourage users to always call 811 at least two days before dirt starts flying so underground utility lines can be clearly marked.

Compact Power Equipment Centers joins 811 to urge renters to call before digging.

Business Services

Selling the Dream - Living the Nightmare

The Contractor's Business Coach

Get your sales and operations teams on the same page to avoid a sell the dream live the nightmare situation where a job is over promised and under delivered

Get your sales team and operations team on the same page working toward the same shared destiny - yours.

Web Training Preps Dozer Trainees for Productive Instruction

VISTA Training Inc.

Hour-long self-directed Internet course offers operator trainees a foundation of equipment and safety knowledge to get ready for classroom or field training

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Ready for the Big time

When Art's Rental Equipment & Supply began renting tools and light equipment to homeowners 45 years ago, an 18-inch chipper would not have fit very well into the fleet. Scarcely rented even by landscape contractors, these bad boys simply didn't make sense. Now they do.

Art's Rental has made a success out of renting 18-inch chippers to contractors.

ELFA Fact Sheet: Equipment Finance in the Construction Industry

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's fact sheet takes an overview look at construction equipment financing for 2011 and 2012

Sales by major category for the construction rental industry in June 2012 shows aerial work platforms at the highest amount of sales.

What Health Care Reform Means to Your Business

Whether you agree or disagree with health care reform, business owners are now faced with determining whether and to what extent this new law impacts businesses and how best to prepare for it.

Do you understand the effects health care reform will have on your business?

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