KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Jan 21, 2015)—A 22-year-old apprentice ironworker fell more than 30 feet to his death while standing on a 9-inch-wide steel girder on a building under construction in Kansas City.

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (Jan. 23, 2015)—Atlas Copco ranks 23rd among the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World index—a list presented on Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The company was also listed first overall in the machinery industry.

WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 22, 2014)—The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) recently released the January 2015 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $903 billion equipment finance sector.

WASHINGTON (Jan. 20, 2015)—The site has improved navigation for a better user experience and offers a wider range of resources focused on how companies of all types and sizes can use leasing and financing to their strategic advantage to acquire the equipment they need to operate and grow.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Dec. 30, 2014) - Total construction put in place for 2014 will be $62 billion greater than last year—a 7 percent increase, according to the latest report from FMI. CPIP should finish this year around $972 billion and is expected to top $1.04 trillion in 2015. Commercial and manufacturing construction are two of the largest growth sectors, accounting for more than $111 billion in new construction.