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For Strength, Show Weakness

"There’s not a single act of courage that doesn’t involve vulnerability," says Brené Brown, research professor and bestselling author. "It is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change."

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Construction News

Caterpillar Group President Rob Charter to Retire Effective June 1

Caterpillar - Cat

Caterpillar expects to announce a replacement for Charter in the near future

Rob Charter, Caterpillar group president of Customer & Dealer Support

Construction News

Komatsu America Announces Plans to Move North America HQ to Chicago

Komatsu America Corp.

Open, collaborative work spaces, better access to O’Hare, public transportation and Chicagoland’s diverse talent pool all cited as leading factors in the decision

Site Of Komatsu America's New North American Headquarters In Chicago Triangle Plaza

Construction News

Doosan Bobcat North America Acceleration Center Officially LEED Certified

The center is one of only a few test lab facilities of its kind in North America to achieve LEED certification

Bobcat Acceleration Center 2

CASE Announces 2018 Dire States Grant Winner

CASE awards the $25,000 Dire States Equipment Grant to Surrey, ND for much-needed road drainage revitalization and flood control projects throughout the city.

City Entrance Sign

Disappointing US Home Sales Tamp Down 2018 Recovery Hopes

Wells Fargo Construction

While home affordability is high nationally, it’s perilously low in regions that are holding up national job growth

Home Affordability

Rammers/Tampers

Weber MT SRV 300 Rammer

Weber MT introduces its lightweight SRV 300 vibrating rammer specifically designed for compacting around conduits or pipe supports with one-centimeter accuracy.

Weber Sv300

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

Dodge: Tariffs Will Add to Trend of Increasing Construction Material Prices

Dodge Construction Network

Industry less concerned about price of structural steel and more concerned with effect of tariffs on products, equipment derived from steel and aluminum

Excavators At Jobsite Freedigitalphotos

Epiroc Adds Chicago Pneumatic Hydraulic Excavator Attachments to Product Line

Epiroc now offers all the hydraulic attachments previously marketed under the brand names of Atlas Copco and Chicago Pneumatic

Epiroc Rx Breaker

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

FMI Forecasts More Construction Mergers in 2018

FMI Corporation

Respondents to a construction-industry survey measures increased financing capacity and willingness to use the power to make acquisitions

More than 60% of FMI's survey respondents indicated their ability to finance a transaction improved in the last 12 months, and more than a third said that power increased the likelihood that they would make an acquisition.

Lifting Equipment

Skyjack President Brad Boehler Eyes Future of Remotely Controlled and Autonomous Aerial Equipment

"The industry focus on return on investment will ensure that Skyjack will continue to bring simple and pragmatic solutions..." says Boehler. "Longer term, being able to perform tasks at height remotely or autonomously will certainly come eventually."

Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack

Lifting Equipment

Snorkel CEO Matthew Elvin Predicts Aerial Market Strength Through 2019

"Certainly, the underlying business foundation is solid," says Elvin, " however we may feel some bumps in the road from the uncertainty around economic and political situations, such as tariffs, trade wars and the realization of Brexit."

Matthew Elvin, CEO, Snorkel & Xtreme Mfg.

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