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Viva La Industry
CIC Names Champion Crane Oper ators…18
Kobelco Regains Footing in North America…41
ConExpo Breaks Records in Vegas
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onExpo-Con/AGG and IFPE 2014 took center stage in Las Vegas March 4 to 8 with tremendous energy and serious buyers. Total registration of 129,364 soared past the last edition of the shows as they achieved the second-highest attendance in their history. The shows also set new records for exhibit space, number of exhibitors and education tickets sold. The co-located ConExpo-Con/AGG and IFPE, at the Las Vegas (USA) Convention Center, delivered a global showcase of the newest product innovations and technologies for the construction, construction materials and fluid power/power transmission/motion control industries with more than 1,000 new products and services on display.
Smart Tactics Preserve Tracks…52
Table of Contents ............4
see CONEXPO page 30
Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................59-63 Recycling Section ....67-91 Attachment & Parts Section ................105-109 Business Calendar ......110 Auction Section ..114-125 Advertisers Index ........126
Job Numbers Robust, Despite Harsh Weather Construction firms added jobs in 38 states between January 2013 and January 2014, while 27 states experienced construction employment gains between December and January, according to an analysis March 17 by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials said the fact so many states added construction jobs for the year and month despite harsh winter conditions in
many parts of the country is a sign that demand appears to be recovering. “Especially considering the fact many parts of the country experienced very harsh weather in January, these construction jobs figures are particularly robust,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Yet some of these gains will be at risk if federal transportation funding comes to halt this summer as predicted.”
Kansas led all states with a 10.7 percent rise (5,900 jobs) in construction employment between January 2013 and January 2014. Other states adding a high percentage of new construction jobs for the year included Oregon (9.4 percent, 6,600 jobs); Florida (9.2 percent, 32,700 jobs); Minnesota (9.2 percent, 8,900 jobs) and Alaska (9.1 percent, 1,500 jobs). Florida added the most jobs for the year, see JOBS page 120