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Construction News Tracker

[VIDEO] AGC Survey Measures How Contractors are Raising Pay to Attract Workers

Survey found 77% of contractors have raised their pay scales to attract more employees; plus more construction industry news on the September 20, 2018, edition of Construction News Tracker

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Upfitter Backlogs Created by Strong Truck Demand

‘Our upfit partners are ready to add employees to meet the demand, but many are having challenges finding qualified candidates’

Work Truck Upfitter

World of Concrete 2019 Announces Attendee Registration is Now Open

World of Concrete

World of Concrete attendee registration has officially opened and expectations are this will be the largest WOC event in over a decade.

Lifting Equipment

IPAF Presents Collaborative Work-Platform Conference in Houston

International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)

Problem-solving workshops focus on safety and efficiency innovation with colleagues from manufacturers, rental companies, contractors and service companies – managers, drivers, mechanics, salespersons and operators

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2018 Contractors’ Top 50 New Products Winners

In this industry exclusive awards program, construction equipment owners and end users decide the winners.

Construction News

AEM: $200 Billion in Tariffs Hurts U.S. Access to Global Market

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)

'Everyone loses in a trade war. This administration should improve our trade relationship with China, not double down on tactics that only lead to retaliation' AEM President Dennis Slater

Equipment Management

FMCSA Launches Potential Reform of Truck-Driver Hours of Service Rule

Trucking safety agency is ‘considering revisions,’ including expanding the 100 air-mile “short-haul” exemption to 14 hours

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Equipment Leasing and Finance Confidence Declines for the 7th Time in 8 Months

Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation

'Between the administration's trade strategy, the mid-term elections and the president's political challenges, decision makers are taking a wait-and-see approach to business investment'

Backhoe Loaders

Equipment Management

ABC Applauds Reauthorization of Perkins Act to Drive Workforce Education

Bipartisan Congressional support reauthorizes annual funding up to $1.3B for improving access to career and technical education aligned with local workforce needs

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Trucks & Accessories

EPA Announces Largest Voluntary Recall of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks

Cummins Inc. will voluntarily recall roughly 500,000 model year 2010-2015 medium- and heavy-duty trucks to replace a faulty emissions control systems component

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Used Truck Prices Up 15% Over Last Year

‘As the year progresses, increasing supply due to increasing new truck sales, along with a softening demand will likely slow price appreciation’ ACT Research

Auction and retail used-truck markets show year-over-year increases of 41% and 23%, respectively, but the wholesale channel was down 18% compared to June 2017

A Mid-Year Follow-Up on Used Construction Equipment Trends

RDO Equipment Co.

Here's what has happened so far and what it means for the used equipment outlook in the second half of 2018 and further down the road.

Used equipment presents a great opportunity, with lower price tags making it feasible to add needed machines to fleets.

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