Highway Contractor

Better Roads Staff - Jan 12, 2012

Another Testing 12 Months The recovery continues. Slowly. Slowly. It’s frustrating (again) to have to say it, but it appears that this new year will offer us more of the same. Last year virtually repeating itself, as did the year before that and ...

Outlook report: Equipment rentals showing recovery

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 13, 2010

Economic forecasting firm IHS Global Insight reports in data prepared for the American Rental Association (ARA) and Rental Management magazine reports that the equipment rental industry is starting to show signs of recovery from the national recession. “The Outlook report indicates that, ...

RoadWorks: Down but not out

Better Roads Staff - Jun 01, 2010

Recession ruthless to equipment distributors. By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Tom Anderson Just as a rising tide is said to have the power to lift all boats, the Great Recession apparently leaves no-one behind. Equipment distributors have taken a pounding. While ...

Lattatudes

Brooke Wisdom - Mar 01, 2010

Goodbye Kansas I was struck at trade shows I attended over the past couple of months by a sense of déjà vu. It was all so very 2009. OEMs, contractors, media, design and support companies, parts producers and attendees were hearing, ...

Portland Cement Association: Residential, nonresidential sectors likely to remain weak

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 03, 2009

Although recent economic news and activity may suggest a technical end to the “Great Recession,” the conditions facing the construction industry are likely to remain weak for another year or more, causing a drag on cement consumption, according to the ...