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Officials Urge More States to Adopt Quake Building Codes

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Pete Sigmund - The catastrophic tsunami that rose from an earthquake near Sumatra on Dec. 26 and swept toward Thailand and India for 90 minutes with few alerts from warning networks despite feverish seismographs raises some questions.Is the United States vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis, and are we...

Huge Iron Needs Loom for Cleanup of Tsunami-Hit Areas

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Pete Sigmund - “I haven’t seen a single bulldozer,” said a CNN newscaster reporting from a Indonesian fishing village where pieces of homes, trees, piers and boats lay as far as one could see, like large pieces of broken kindling, after being swept away by massive tsunami waves, which churned ...

Imports Continue at Breakneck Pace

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Pete Sigmund - The U.S. trade deficit reached a record of an estimated $600.6 billion in 2004, significantly affecting the U.S. economy, including the construction industry.In October 2004, the last month for which figures are available from the U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC), imports of goods and s...

Precision Husky Sprouted From Sapling Company

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Pete Sigmund - Precision Husky Corp., Birmingham, AL, has been celebrating 40 years of growth as a manufacturer of a wide array of sawmill and logging equipment this year — from huge loaders that lift logs as heavy as 17 tons (15 t) to chippers that chop up logs into chips.If large oaks from sma...

Cat Used Equipment Managers Meeting: 20 Years Later

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Pete Sigmund - “We knew that one of the wonders of the world was in Niagara Falls and that if we could ever get Caterpillar dealers talking to each other it would be another wonder of the world.”That’s G.N. “Jerry” Volk, recalling the first Caterpillar Used Equipment Manager...

Yancey Bros. Turned Picks, Shovels Into Thriving Dealership

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Pete Sigmund - Yancey Bros. Co., which celebrated its 90th anniversary in April, has progressed from the days of picks and shovels to one of the nation’s leading Caterpillar dealers, as well as the oldest one. Brothers Goodloe H. Yancey, Jr. and B. Earle Yancey founded the company in 1914 as Yance...

Archer Takes Aim at 2007 Greensboro Loop Finish

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Pete Sigmund - Archer Western Contractors Ltd, is on schedule in meeting one of the most daunting challenges in its history –– building the western section of a new concrete loop around the city of Greensboro, NC, under a $117-million contract –– one of the largest ever let by the North ...

Sewage Infrastructure Needs at ’Staggering’ Level

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Pete Sigmund - By Pete SigmundWater and wastewater facilities often lie hidden under the earth, forgotten by the general public. Yet they are the largest public works infrastructure in the United States except for the interstate highway system, and, unbeknown to many, they are in big trouble.The E...

Experts Weigh In on Next Four Years

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Pete Sigmund - How will the reelection of President George W. Bush affect the construction industry? Here are the opinions of industry economists and other observers on such pressing issues as taxes, highway spending, social security and trade.Simplifying the Tax System...

Satellites, Software Render Iron Service Data in Minutes

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Pete Sigmund - A quiet revolution is taking place in equipment management.Advanced satellite-aided computer maintenance systems can now monitor entire fleets — picking out which units need servicing — and even compare the productivity of different operators. This allows equipment managers at ...