WASHINGTON (March 21, 2014) – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the March 2014 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $827 billion equipment finance sector.
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McCONNELLSBURG, PA. (March 18, 2014) - JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a global leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, announced that the company was selected by United Rentals as “Strategic Supplier of the Year.” The company also won this award in 2010.
(March 18, 2014) - Nationwide housing starts were virtually unchanged in February, inching down 0.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000 units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau.
(March 13, 2014) - Gray Construction of Lexington, Ky. was named the nation’s safest construction company in 2013 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association, which oversees the Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of construction safety programs, noted that 51 other companies were selected as winners for the quality of their safety programs.
March 17, 2014 - Builder confidence in the market for newly-built, single-family homes rose one point to 47 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released recently.
“The March HMI mirrors last month’s sentiment, as builders continued to be affected by poor weather and difficulties in finding lots and labor,” said NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly, a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del.
CHICAGO, IL (March 17, 2014) - Eric S. Kline, PCS, Charles W. Roeder, P.E., Raymond H.R. Tide, D.Sc., Christopher Higgins, Ph.D., P.E., John Moebes, James M. Ricles, Ph.D., P.E., Michael Culmo, P.E., William Wood, Dr. Eng., and Terry M. Zwick are receiving distinguished achievement awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) for their exceptional contributions to the advancement of the structural steel design and construction industry.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 14, 2014) -- Cahaba Media Group is happy to announce that it has added two employees to Construction Business Owner's sales department. Sonya Crocker has joined as the company’s marketing associate, and Sherry Smith has joined as national account executive for the magazine.
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