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Home Builders, Small Business Oppose House Tax Reform Bill

Businesses would get $1 trillion in cuts but new limits on mortgage-interest and local-tax deductions, and qualification for pass-through tax rates could hurt small construction businesses

Tax Reform

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The Metric That Reveals Your Energy Costs

Propane Education and Research Council (PERC)

Smart energy planning means factoring in “spark spread” to find affordable, efficient, and resilient solutions for commercial operations.

The Metric That Reveals Your Energy Costs

Construction Adds 11,000 Jobs in October Led By Residential Sector

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

The residential sector added approximately 13,000 net new jobs while the nonresidential experienced a net decline of 2,000 jobs

The nation’s construction sector added 11,000 net new jobs in October, matching the revised total from September.

Liebherr Climbs New Heights with Its Latest Product Developments

Liebherr USA, Co.

The company showcased its latest product innovations at the VA Erzberg mine, located in the mountains of Central Austria

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Portable Compressors (Under 85 Cfm)

AKHL1260E & AKHL1260EX PowerLite 500 PSI Compressors

Max USA's PowerLite 500 psi compressors feature an inverter circuit that adjusts the rpm to extract maximum performance at different voltage levels

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Construction News

2017’s 4% US Construction-Spending Growth to Accelerate to 5% in 2018

FMI’s third-quarter Construction Outlook projects segment-by-segment results for 2017, and forecasts leading growth sectors in 2018

FMI forecasts primary growth segments in 2018 to include residential, commercial, lodging, office and manufacturing.

Material Processing & Debris Handling

Morbark Acquires Rayco Manufacturing

The purchase of Rayco represents a significant move by Morbark toward the company’s strategic focus on broadening the range of tree care and industrial equipment, aftermarket parts, and service offered to their customers.

Lifting Equipment

Haulotte Chairman: Global MEWP Fleet Will Rise to 7 Million

Haulotte Group | BilJax

Saubot's prediction that the global MEWP fleet could grow to reach 7 million MEWPs worldwide in the next 20 years was even more bold considering that he was referring only to self-propelled MEWPs and not vehicle-mounted variants.

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Lew Hudson Sales Hires Austin Caskey as Executive VP of Sales

Austin Caskey, formerly of Sunbelt Rentals, has joined Lew Hudson Sales as their executive vice president of sales. Being third generation in the rental industry, Caskey has grown up in and been involved with the rental industry throughout his life.

Austin Caskey

Compact Track Loaders

ASV Secures $2-Million Rental Customer Order

This is the second large order received from this customer for delivery of equipment in 2017, which virtually doubles its most recent annual purchases of ASV machines.

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Two Rental Leaders Named to the Rental Hall of Fame

Carl Newman and the late Melvin Williams will be formally inducted during a ceremony at The Rental Show in New Orleans on Feb. 19.

General Pipe Cleaners Launches New Website

General Pipe Cleaners’ new, mobile-friendly website offers quick, easy, intuitive access to General’s full line of drain cleaning, inspection and repair tools – including how to use them and where to buy them.

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Construction Unemployment Rate Improves in 41 States

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate was 4.7% in September, down 0.5% from a year ago and the second lowest September rate on record behind the 4.6% rate in September 2000

With a 4.7% NSA construction unemployment rate, this was the second lowest unemployment September rate on record.

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