Aug. 4, 2019 – Need a good argument for safe and efficient roads? Millions in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are facing evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Dorian’s possible landfall in the Southeastern United States. The storm, which has been downgraded to a Category 2, is continuing north after ripping through the Bahamas over Labor Day weekend. In Georgia, evacuation plans…
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Doosan Adds Ellens Equipment to Dealer Network
Doosan Infracore North America announced the addition of Ellens Equipment, Inc. as an authorized sales, service, parts and rental provider of Doosan equipment in northern Michigan. McBain, Mich.-based Ellens Equipment serves all agriculture, construction and logging industries as well as government agencies in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. The dealer will now offer customers a wide range of Doosan equipment, including crawler…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Rises; Highways Lagging
Construction spending during July 2019 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,288.8 billion, 0.1% (±1.3%) above the revised June estimate of $1,288.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The July figure is 2.7% (±1.6%) below the July 2018 estimate of $1,324.8 billion. During the first seven months of this year, construction spending amounted to $733.8 billion, 2.1% (±1.2%) below the $749.9…
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