Weather Guard Introduces Drop-Down Ladder Racks

WEATHER GUARD's next generation EZGlide2 Drop-Down Ladder Racks improve user safety when handling heavy ladder loads, especially with many of the new high-roof van models. It is also 50 percent easier to operate than competitor drop-down racks. The heavy-duty design is built with long-lasting powder coated aluminum for continual use and, because it is the lightest weight drop-down ladder rack, it maximizes the roof weight capacity of the van and improves vehicle gas mileage.

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Robins & Morton Opens Miami Office to Enhance South Florida Services

MIAMI, Fla. — Robins & Morton recently opened a new Miami, Florida office.  Robins & Morton has worked in South Florida for more than 15 years and has more than $500 million in South Florida healthcare construction underway. Some notable South Florida projects include the Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida, Miami Children's Hospital, Doctors Hospital, West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Jackson South Community Hospital, South Miami Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center. “The opening of Robins & Morton's new Miami office is an important step in further establishing our South Florida presence,” Robins & Morton Florida division manager […]

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AEM Releases New Underground Utility Awareness Video

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — “Everyone has a part to play” to help ensure underground utility safety and damage prevention. That's the message of a new video and related online and print resources from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. “Contractors, manufacturers and dealers all play a critical role in keeping our communities safe when it comes to underground utility awareness,” said William “Bernie” Bernhard, AEM technical and safety services manager. “AEM is committed to making sure all industry stakeholders are aligned and work together; communication and cooperation are essential.” The new AEM video and resource materials, which spotlight the roles of key […]

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CMD's June Starts Treaded Water

CMD Group recently announced that June's $30.3 billion of construction starts, excluding residential work, was almost unchanged versus May, -1.0 percent. Starts treaded water in the latest month, which is unusual given CMD's long-term May-to-June gain, due to seasonality, of 4.5 percent. June's month-to-month inertia was a pause after May's extraordinary 37.3 percent leap. May included a couple of mega-sized project groundbreakings, the likes of which weren"t repeated in June. Year-to-date starts in 2015 have also been -1.0 percent relative to the same January-to-June period of last year. Compared with its counterpart month last year, standalone June in 2015 was […]

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Dodge Momentum Index Declines in June

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Dodge Momentum Index fell to 118.3 (2000=100) in June, down 1.3 percent from 119.9 in May, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. With the June decline, the index continued its lackluster performance thus far in 2015, and is up just 2.2 percent when compared to June 2014. Of the two major building sectors covered by the index, commercial building has recently shown […]

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