Doosan Portable Power names Contractor’s Equipment Supply as dealer

Amanda Bayhi - May 15, 2013

Doosan Portable Power has named Contractor’s Equipment Supply (CESCO) as an authorized dealer. Headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, CESCO has three locations throughout Idaho--Meridian, McCall and Jerome--and serves customers in southern Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. The company serves several markets, including residential ...

The Man Who Slides Bridges

John Latta - Apr 08, 2013

Any story is valuable if it can show us how to do our work better. And especially when that work is big, massively expensive, part of our daily lives and paid for by tax dollars. For example, an old bridge that ...

The fuel tax heist: Robbing Peter Highway to pay Paul Non-Highway

John Latta - Apr 04, 2013

Here comes another one. A state politician – this time it’s Oregon Democratic Representative Jules Bailey – who sees money raised by fuel taxes as a sort of cookie jar he can raid to buy stuff he likes. But the jar the ...

Woods Equipment sees double-digit growth

Lauren Heartsill Dowdle - Apr 07, 2011

Woods Equipment Company’s construction division advanced its market position in 2010 with double-digit growth. The company attributed these results to its ability to deliver products to its dealers within 10 days of ordering. This quick turnaround helps the company ensure ...

TRIP report ID’s Oregon’s 50 worst highway, multi-modal ‘chokepoints’

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 13, 2010

The I-5 Columbia River Crossing tops the list of Oregon’s worst transportation chokepoints, along with the I-5/I-84/I-405 Interchange, the OR 212/224 Corridor, the I-205/I-5 Interchange and the OR 217/I-5 Interchange. according to a new report released today by TRIP, a ...