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Heavy Equipment Dealers Are Finally Set to Enjoy the Ride

on Wed, May 13, 2015 @ 08:36 AM By | Tom Lombardo | 0 Comments | Heavy Equipment Construction
We have proof! The heavy equipment industry’s recovery must be solid because, over the course of last year, recreation and amusement park construction shot up 24%.
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Building Materials Reality Is Better Than the Popular Illusion

on Sat, Mar 21, 2015 @ 07:00 AM By | Tom Lombardo | 0 Comments | Building Materials Construction
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein Most of us know from experience that “perception” and “reality” often have nothing to do with one another, even when we desperately try to accurately perceive what seems like physical reality. For example, when trying to discern what building materials managers and owners can expect for the remaining three quarters of the year, industry analysts look at as many facts as they can and then try to “perceive” what they mean.
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Top 3 Lessons Building Materials Can Learn from Bendable Concrete

on Mon, Mar 16, 2015 @ 09:49 AM By | Tom Lombardo | 0 Comments | Building Materials Construction
The construction industry underlies our entire economy the way a concrete foundation supports a building, and as it turns out innovations in concrete – which don’t come along very often – can give us tantalizing insights into the building supply business. To see how, we should begin with the foundation of the construction industry: housing. Starts in 2014 finally surpassed a million homes for the first time since 2007. But the year ended on an anemic note, with new home sales flat and existing home sales actually declining.
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Building Materials: The Art and Science of Delivery

on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 @ 09:00 AM By | Tom Lombardo | 0 Comments | Building Materials Construction
Most successful building materials owners and managers would say that running their business requires a balance of both art and science, especially as we emerge from the recession. Scientists measure things, and on the science side the recession changed your market considerably. Post-recession, the richest 1% of Americans own 40% of the country and the top 5% of earners account for nearly a third of all consumer spending – while incomes for average Americans have declined more significantly than they have in generations:
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Two Out of Three: Heavy Equipment Demand in 2015

on Thu, Feb 12, 2015 @ 07:00 AM By | Tom Lombardo | 0 Comments | Heavy Equipment Construction
Now that the construction industry has finally regained its footing, heavy equipment dealership owners and managers face the difficult task of trying to foresee what their contractors will need and how they’ll want to pay to for it. We’re polishing our crystal ball as furiously as you are, and while it’s still not giving us clear answers there’s certainly a happy glimmer coming into focus.
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