Day: June 18, 2013

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $11.5 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help six states cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters in the last year.

Representatives from Atlas Copco Construction Equipment gathered for a ribbon cutting at its new configuration center in Independence, Ohio. The first of its kind, 150-ft.-long facility, was built across from the current Atlas Copco service center. Staff in the 9,000-sq.-ft. configuration center will assemble hydraulic attachments and WEDA submersible pumps. The existing service center will continue to refurbish and provide…

Two of Atlanta’s leading environmental law firms are joining forces to form Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP (KMCL). With operations beginning June 1, Atlanta-based KMCL combines the practices of Kazmarek Geiger & Laseter (KGL) and Mowrey Meezan Coddington Cloud (M2C2). KMCL also has a Washington, D.C. office.

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes hit a significant milestone in June, surging eight points to a reading of 52 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Any reading over 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.

“ULSD…Not Your Same Old Diesel Fuel Anymore” is a new best practices guidance bulletin from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM); the bulletin warns of the greater static electricity ignition hazards associated with use of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD).