AGC - Tue April 07, 2020
Trump Administration Guidance Allows Firms With 500 of Fewer Employees to Qualify for Paycheck Protection Program Loans
The Associated General Contractors of America announced that the Trump administration released new guidance that now allows firms with 500 or fewer employees to qualify for the new Paycheck Protection Program Loans....
Leake Auctions - Tue April 07, 2020
Leake Auctions Offers Online Assistance to Collector Car Community
As COVID-19 has resulted in the cancellation of many collector car auctions and events, Leake Auctions has a new opportunity for the collector car community and its clients: sell online. Leveraging the massive global audience of its parent company, Ritchie Bros....
AEM - Tue April 07, 2020
Equipment Manufacturers Call for National Manufacturing Strategy
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is calling on the federal government to develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy for manufacturing to strengthen the economy, create new jobs and opportunities, and ensure the United States is the best place in the world for equipment manufacturers to innovate, manufacture, and do business....
Fleet Advantage - Mon April 06, 2020
Fleet Advantage's Foundation Donates $10K to COVID-19 Relief
Fleet Advantage, a truck fleet business specializing in analytics, equipment financing and lifecycle cost management announced it's foundation, Kids Around the Corner, founded in 2014, made a $10,000 donation to the First Responders Children's Foundation to aid in its emergency response fund amid COVID-19....
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Mon April 06, 2020
Ritchie Bros. Continues to Support Its Customers
To say the last few weeks have been a challenging time for people around the globe is a huge understatement. But we want you to know that no matter what, Ritchie Bros. is here to support you and your business through this crisis – whether you need to buy or sell– while doing everything we can to protect the health & safety of our customers and employees....
American Institute of Steel Construction - Wed April 01, 2020
Steel Industry Groups Urge Congress to Include Infrastructure in Next Stimulus Bill
Five major steel industry groups strongly urged Congress to include significant infrastructure investment in the next phase of COVID-19 stimulus legislation to provide a clear path toward our nation's recovery....
Tue March 31, 2020
PennDOT Announces Urgent Infrastructure Work to Continue
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced March 31 that 61 emergency and critical highway and bridge projects will be active statewide this week. While the normal highway and bridge construction program has paused as the commonwealth addresses COVID-19 response, urgent emergency work has continued to ensure a reliable transportation system as circumstances surrounding COVID-19 continue to unfold.On March 17, in response to Gov....
ClearSpan - Tue March 31, 2020
ClearSpan Reacts to COVID-19 with Disaster Response Structures
ClearSpan Structures has adjusted its manufacturing facility to provide governments, medical centers and communities with rapidly deployable disaster response structures and medical buildings. ClearSpan is now able to ship these buildings in fewer than 24 hours, and because of this quick turn around, the company already has buildings being used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic....
JCB - Tue March 31, 2020
JCB's UK Factory Joins Global Call to Action Over Ventilator Shortage
JCB in the United Kingdom is poised to re-start production at a factory closed as a result of the Coronavirus crisis in order to join the global effort to manufacture ventilators, the company announced March 30....
By Chuck MacDonald - Fri March 27, 2020
State-By-State Breakdown: Paving Industry Responds to COVID-19
It's business as usual in the paving industry — almost. Construction and infrastructure work, which includes paving, have been classified as essential services. Only two states, Pennsylvania and Washington, have put this work on hold....
