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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?

Webcast: Social Media Summit for Construction Brands

This free webcast will take a look at case studies and best practices for leveraging social media brands to realize results for your construction business

Equipment Finance Activity Grew 16.5% in 2011

Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation

Equipment finance activity marked a second year of growth following a 3.9% growth in new business volume in 2010

Construction Unemployment Dips to Almost-4-Year Low

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Decline of 1,000 construction jobs in July suggests workers drawing paychecks from other industries, but overall job growth soothes fears of near-term recession

Nonresidential building lost 500 jobs for the month but has added 1,500 jobs, or 0.2%, since July 2011. Residential construction employment has increased by 5,800 jobs since June and 6,900 jobs since 2011.

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