Pete Sigmund was a longtime editorial consultant and journalist of Construction Equipment Guide for which he wrote incisive, biweekly news articles and features for more than three decades. Mr. Sigmund authored many standout features for Construction Equipment Guide.
In a recent Construction Equipment Guide story (“Rage Over New Roadless Rules”), the Sierra Club and other environmental groups criticized the Bush Administration’s new rule allowing states to propose plans on managing 58.5-million acres designated as “roadless” areas of national forests....
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Look no further than Ingersoll-Rand (IR) for the keys to success in business. Celebrating its 100th year in 2005, IR has been everywhere, it seems, and done everything, while seizing the moment and diversifying into new fields....
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As the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) observes its 100th anniversary this year, environmental groups are locking horns with the Bush Administration over an issue that has drawn 4.2-million public comments: how to protect 58.5-million acres of roadless areas in U.S....
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The Bush Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) strongly support big changes in highway operation to alleviate horrific congestion and save billions of dollars....
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Congress is close to permanently repealing the federal estate tax this year, freeing thousands of family-owned contractors and dealers from the burden of planning how to pay (or evade) this “death tax.”The U.S....
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Tires for construction equipment can be as much as 8 ft. in diameter and cost $8,000 each. Now, as demand for them is booming, the construction industry is suffering from a serious global shortage of large and medium-size off-road tires for wheel loaders and other equipment....
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A long-delayed new six-year highway and public transportation bill, very important to motorists, the nation’s road system, the economy and contractors, must pass before this summer to push forward this year’s construction season, and avoid delays in planning for future projects....
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Blazing new trails has always been part of America. In the 21st century, you still have to chart the route, cross rivers and mountains, and get enough funding to do the job....
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When President Bush held tight last year to his $256-billion proposal for a new six-year highway and public transportation bill, many in the construction industry worried that he would never budge in the future....
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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....
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“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 and roared from the sea and up the river on the morning of Dec....
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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....
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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....
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“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....
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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....
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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 Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)....
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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....
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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....
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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....
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If you received a zero on an exam in grammar school, you were in deep trouble. Now some states have received it on a report card from the American Subcontractors Association Inc....
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