EquipmentWatch, which provides data, software and insights for the heavy equipment industry, announced the finalists for the 2nd annual Highest Retained Value Awards. The awards recognize manufacturers in 28 heavy equipment categories – spanning the construction, agriculture and lift/access manufacturing sectors – for products that show the highest retained value over the last five years. The finalists in the Large…
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CalPortland Constructing Industry’s First Burrowing Owl Habitat
CalPortland said it is now “perched” as the rock products industry’s first company to safely construct a burrowing owl habitat within one of its mining sites. The habitat is designed to support the burrowing owls in a safe, comfortable, environmentally efficient manner.
Read MoreHousing Starts Fall Back in November
After surging more than 27 percent and reaching the fastest pace in nine years during October, housing starts in November fell back, according to the Commerce Department. Housing starts plummeted by 18.7 percent to an annual rate of 1.090 million from the revised October estimate of 1.340 million. Economists had expected housing starts to dip to a rate of 1.230…
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