Perrymandering a Rainy Day Fund

John Latta - Apr 15, 2013

Change the boundaries of an electoral district and you get the person you want heading into office. Ah, the power of Gerrymandering. Change the rules for cashing in a Rainy Day Fund and suddenly you have found money for favorite/pet/essential ...

Kobelco USA opens North American headquarters in Houston

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 11, 2013

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA has opened its new North American headquarters in Houston, Texas. This comes on the heels of the termination of a 10-year agreement with CNH in December. The company will begin directly marketing Kobelco excavators in the United ...

SFC Bridge Systems completes $658,000 bridge in Texas

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 10, 2013

SFC Bridge Systems has completed construction of a $658,000 two-lane vehicular bridge along Bay West Boulevard in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. SFC Bridge Systems, a division of Fort Worth-based general contractor Speed Fab-Crete, designed, manufactured and assisted in the installation of the three-sided ...

Let’s Mess with Taxes

John Latta - Apr 09, 2013

Something had to give. People want better roads and less congestion. So politicians promise to deliver. But people don’t want to pay more for their better roads. So politicians promise to deliver them at no extra cost. Result: stalemate, with deteriorating ...

Bigge adds Grove RT9130E and RT9150E rough terrain cranes to fleet

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 09, 2013

Bigge Crane and Rigging has added two new Grove rough terrain crane models to its Houston operation’s fleet: the RT9130E and the RT9150E. The addition of the two models brings the company's Houston, Texas, fleet to a total of six machines, ...

Driving Texas. Cautiously

John Latta - Oct 03, 2012

OK so this example is from Texas and won't match your situation at all. But the inner working of the transportation system in your state may not be so different. So when TRIP reports that deficient roads are costing Texas motorists ...

K-Tec constructs facility in Manitoba

Amanda Bayhi - May 03, 2012

K-Tec Earthmovers has begun full-scale production at a new manufacturing plant located in Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada. The 12,280 square foot facility houses the pre-fabrication division and welding team and features a mezzanine to hold several shop offices. The facility is solely ...

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana expands in Texas

Amanda Bayhi - May 03, 2012

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana has relocated to a larger facility in both Waco, Texas, and Cypress, Texas. The Waco store sits on 4.1 acres of land within the city limits of Ross, Texas, just north of Waco and along Interstate 35. The Cypress store, ...

Holt Cat slated to open Texas ProTech facility in September

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 31, 2012

Holt Cat, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer for South, Central, North and North East Texas, will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new ProTech facility location at the company’s San Antonio campus. This new 10,651 square foot facility will be ...

Three SITECH dealers established to serve Texas, Oklahoma heavy, highway contractors

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 14, 2010

Trimble announced today that SITECH Texoma, SITECH Tejas and SITECH Southeast Texas have been established to serve heavy and highway contractors in Texas and Oklahoma. The three SITECH Technology Dealers join the premier network of SITECH dealerships — the first ...