CEG Search results for "elfa"

Infographic: ELFA Survey Shows New Business Growth

/infographic-elfa-survey-of-equipment-finance-activity-shows-new-business-growth/36364
CEG - New business volume grew 2.5 percent in the equipment finance industry in 2016, according to the 2017 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA). The rise in new business volume marked the seventh consecutive year that businesses i...

ELFA Reports New Business Volume for July Up 13 Percent Over Last Year

/elfa-reports-new-business-volume-for-july-up-13-percent-over-last-year/36152
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for July was $7.9 billion, up 13 p...

ELFA Releases June's Monthly Leasing and Finance Index

/elfa-releases-junes-monthly-leasing-and-finance-index/35499
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for June was $9.8 billion, d...

ELFA Study Reveals Financing to Acquire Equipment Rises by Six Percent

/elfa-study-reveals-financing-to-acquire-equipment-rises-by-six-percent/31306
CEG - Seventy-eight percent of respondents in a survey of businesses used at least one form of financing when acquiring equipment in FY 2015, according to the U.S. Equipment Finance Market Study: 2016-2017 released Oct. 24 by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. This is up from 72 percent of re...

ELFA Releases July Economic Survey

/elfa-releases-july-economic-survey/30636
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for July was $7.0 billion, d...

ELFA Report Shows June Spending Up Three Percent

/elfa-report-shows-june-spending-up-three-percent/30440
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for June was $10.0 billion, ...

ELFA: June New Business Volume Up 3 Percent

/elfa-june-new-business-volume-up-3-percent/30066
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for June was $10.0 billion, ...

ELFA President Petta Blames Economic, Political Uncertainty for Mixed Report

/elfa-president-petta-blames-economic-political-uncertainty-for-mixed-report/29492
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed its overall new business volume for April was $7.3 billion, do...

ELFA Announces Top 10 Forecasted Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2016

/elfa-announces-top-10-forecasted-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2016/27410
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2016. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencie...

ELFA Hosts Equipment Management Conference

/elfa-hosts-equipment-management-conference/24474
CEG - Nearly 300 asset managers, equipment appraisers and remarketers will convene in Miami, Feb. 22-24, for the 26th Annual ELFA Equipment Management Conference. The conference will allow professionals in the equipment leasing and finance industry to evaluate the current market conditions, portfolio q...

ELFA: New Business Volume Decreased 6% YOY in February

/elfa-new-business-volume-decreased-6-yoy-in-february/20075
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for February was $4.7 billion, d...

ELFA: January Equipment New Business Volume Up 16 Percent Year Over Year

/elfa-january-equipment-new-business-volume-up-16-percent-year-over-year/19926
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for January was $5.9 bill...

ELFA Announces the top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013

/elfa-announces-the-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2013/19657
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $725 billion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013 on Jan. 14. Given that every year U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies spend in excess of $1.2 trillion in ca...

ELFA: January New Business Volume up by 21 Percent Over Last Year

/elfa-january-new-business-volume-up-by-21-percent-over-last-year/17739
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index, which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for January was $5.1 billion, up 21 percent from volume of $4.2 billion in the same per...

ELFA Index Finds January New Business Volume Up

/elfa-index-finds-january-new-business-volume-up/15805
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25 ), which reports economic activity for the $521 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for January was $4.2 billion, up 24 percent compared to the same period in 2...

ELFA Releases Monthly Leasing, Financing Report

/elfa-releases-monthly-leasing-financing-report/15145
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) which reports economic activity for the $521 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for September was $5.8 billion, up 23 percent compared to the same period in 2...

Obel Tower Raises Belfast’s Waterfront to Great Heights

/obel-tower-raises-belfasts-waterfront-to-great-heights/13157
Lori Lovely - Northern Ireland’s capitol city of Belfast will soon be home to the country’s tallest residential building. Designed to reach 265 ft. (80.7 m), the Obel Tower (a condensed blend of “old Belfast” and “obelisk”) will surpass the city’s current tallest skysc...

Crane & Machinery Keeps New Cranes Rolling ’Off Shelf’

/crane-and-machinery-keeps-new-cranes-rolling-off-shelf/1493
CEG - Despite market conditions, Crane & Machinery Inc. is increasing its new equipment orders. The company attributes this to its commitment to product support and long-time customers. Three companies have recently placed orders for machines, with two buying multiple units. wThe W.L. H...

ASCE Announces 2026 Nominees for Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award

/asce-announces-2026-nominees-for-outstanding-civil-engineering-achievement-award/70304
ASCE - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) announced the 2026 recipients of its Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award nominations, which recognize exemplary civil engineering projects. The award honors projects that exemplify state-of-the-art engineering skills and pr...

OKC Council Approves Plans for $42M Animal Shelter

/okc-council-approves-plans-for-42m-animal-shelter/66642
KFOR and The Journal Record - The Oklahoma City Council on Nov. 19, 2024, approved the final plans for a new, more modern animal shelter, KFOR.com reported. The 69,602-sq.-ft. facility will replace OKC Animal Welfare's existing building. "Our goal is to create a space that prioritizes animal care, community ac...

Louisville Pump Station Receives $230M Update

/louisville-pump-station-receives-230m-update/66527
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Louisville, Ky., construction crews are tasked with replacing a flood pump station (FPS) with a new facility. The roughly $230 million project will more than double the existing FPS pumping capacity from the current 875 million gal. per day (gpd) to 1.9 billion. "The original Paddy'...

Equipment Financing On Uptick for Second Half of 2023

/equipment-financing-on-uptick-for-second-half-of-2023/62010
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - The equipment finance picture is encouraging, six months after a report indicated it would be a so-so year. The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) reports that June new business volume was up 6 percent year-over-year. That's an excellent indicator of a healthy construction indus...

Assessing Your Assets: Now Is Good Time to Optimize Fleet

/assessing-your-assets-now-is-good-time-to-optimize-fleet/60263
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - With the bipartisan IIJA committing hundreds of billions to fund infrastructure projects over the next five years, now is the time for contractors to assess off-road fleets and start shopping for machine upgrades. Technology that checks boxes for economy, ecology and efficiency continues to dicta...

Ex-President, Chairman of CNH Industrial Capital Joins DCR Technologies

/ex-president-chairman-of-cnh-industrial-capital-joins-dcr-technologies/55784
DCR - Industry leader, Brett Davis, has joined DCR Technologies to help redefine commercial equipment sales, finance and insurance. Davis will be leading DCR's construction and agriculture vertical as division president Davis joins DCR from CNH Industrial where he held nume...

John Deere Stops Shipping to Russia, Belarus Over Invasion of Ukraine

/john-deere-stops-shipping-to-russia-belarus-over-invasion-of-ukraine/55722
CEG - John Deere announced March 9 that it has suspended shipments of its machines to Russia and Belarus in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Moline, Ill.-based manufacturer o...

VIDEO: Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2022

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-announces-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2022/55019
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the nearly $1 trillion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquis...

Industry Urges Workers to Get COVID Vaccine

/industry-urges-workers-to-get-covid-vaccine/52090
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Right now, the construction industry is tackling critical coronavirus vaccine issues: Should employees have the vaccine or not, and does it matter? Can an employer mandate employees be vaccinated before entering a job site? How can an employer successfully overcome vaccine hesitancy? Deem...

VIDEO: AGC, Partners Urge Workers to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

/agc-partners-urge-workers-to-get-covid-19-vaccine/51890
AGC - The Associated General Contractors of America and other groups are partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to spend the week of April 19th urging construction workers to get their COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they are...

Civica Rx to Build Essential Medicines Facility in Virginia

/civica-rx-to-build-essential-medicines-facility-in-virginia/51095
Associated Press - On Jan. 21, Civica Rx (Civica Inc.) announced, along with Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam, its plans to build a 120,000-sq.-ft. sterile injectable manufacturing facility in Petersburg, Va., potentially creating more than 180 jobs. The new plant represents a $124.5 million investment. Ci...

Nordic Aquafarms Names Construction Manager for Facility

/nordic-aquafarms-names-construction-manager-for-facility/45324
PRWEB - Nordic Aquafarms Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Nordic Aquafarms, an international leader in land-based aquaculture, has named Gilbane Building Company in association with Landry French Construction, construction manager of the Nordic Aquafarms upland aquaculture f...

Cummins Gets 2018 IBC Seismic Certification for Power Generator Sets

/cummins-gets-2018-ibc-seismic-certification-for-power-generator-sets/43908
Cummins - Cummins, Inc. became the first power generator manufacturer to obtain the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) seismic certification. The IBC code ‘provides minimum requirements to safegu...

GDOT Breaks Ground on I-95 Interchange, Richmond Hill

/gdot-breaks-ground-on-i-95-interchange-richmond-hill/42749
GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new interchange project on Interstate 95 at Belfast Keller Road in the City of Richmond Hill on Oct. 24. The project is being sponsored by Br...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2018

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-announces-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2018/38558
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2018. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend more than $1.6 trillion in capital goods or fixed busine...

Volvo Machines Give Texas Demolition Contractor Advantage

/volvo-machines-give-texas-demolition-contractor-advantage/34814
CEG - It might seem to many mothers that all 10-year-old boys try to wreck their houses, but for Texan Lloyd Nabors he really did — starting a lifelong love of demolition — assisted by his loyal gang of Volvo machines.It's fair to say that Lloyd Nabors likes to tear things down. ...

Lake Oroville Crisis Underscores Need for Leadership in Washington

/lake-oroville-crisis-underscores-need-for-leadership-in-washington/32669
CEG - Brian P. McGuire, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors, issued the following statement regarding the crisis developing around Northern California's Lake Oroville amid severe flooding and the failure of an emergency spillway to adequately control increased water levels....

J.F. Kiely Construction Co. Celebrates Safety Record

/jf-kiely-construction-co-celebrates-safety-record/32601
CEG - J.F. Kiely Construction Co., a utility construction company headquartered in Long Branch, N.J., spends thousands of man hours annually to educate its team members on the importance of working safely and for a third consecutive year reports a record low Experience Modification Rating (EMR) of 0.39...

Coco Bambu Restaurant Owners and Construction Firm Locked in Litigation

/coco-bambu-restaurant-owners-and-construction-firm-locked-in-litigation/32461
Ina Cordle - The Brazilian company planning to open Coco Bambu on Alton Road in Miami Beach has sued its construction firm, alleging that it walked off the $4 million job and delayed the project by at least seven months.Restaurant owner CBMIA filed suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against U.S. Construc...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2017

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-announces-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2017/32240
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) which represents the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, today revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2017. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend over $1.5 trillion in capital goods or fixed busine...

Construction Worker Killed in San Antonio Highway Accident

/construction-worker-killed-in-san-antonio-highway-accident/32125
David Ibanez - A construction worker was hit and killed by a U-Haul truck Monday in Kendall County.According to Sgt. Orlando Moreno, of the Department of Public Safety, the worker's hard hat flew off his head and onto the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at mile marker 533 around 10:30 a.m. near the ...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-associations-survey-of-economic-activity-monthly-leasing-and-finance-index/31892
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for November was $...

South Korean Construction Industry Silent on Worker Abuse in Gulf States

/south-korean-construction-industry-silent-on-worker-abuse-in-gulf-states/31629
Daniel Corks - Construction companies operating in the Gulf are failing to protect migrant workers from abusive working arrangements, showing a concerning lack of transparency on the safeguards they have in place, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.The Centre quizzed 100 construction companies ...

Monthly Leasing & Finance Index Sept New Business Volume Up 12% Year Over Year

/monthly-leasing-and-finance-index-sept-new-business-volume-up-12-year-over-year/31229
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for September was $9.4 billi...

New Lease Accounting Rules: Eight Steps to Help Your Transition

/new-lease-accounting-rules-eight-steps-to-help-your-transition/31024
Ralph Petta - PRESIDENT AND CEO -EQUIPMENT LEASING AND FINANCE ASSOCIATION - The new rules for lease accounting approved by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) are scheduled to take effect for financial periods starting after Dec. 15, 2018 for public companies and after Dec. 15, 2019 for private companies, with a modified application for any other financial pe...

August Heavy Equipment New Business Volume Up 12 Percent Year-Over-Year

/august-heavy-equipment-new-business-volume-up-12-percent-year-over-year/30841
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for August was $7.7 billion,...

Equipment Finance Confidence Eases in September

/equipment-finance-confidence-eases-in-september/30803
CEG - The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the September 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expecta...

Equipment Leasing, Finance Industry Confidence Improves in August

/equipment-leasing-finance-industry-confidence-improves-in-august/30473
CEG - The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the August 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations f...

Confidence Index for Equipment Finance Industry Remains Steady in July

/confidence-index-for-equipment-finance-industry-remains-steady-in-july/30010
CEG - The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the July 2016 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative asses...

Acting Governor Guadagno Announces Projects Subject To Shutdown

/acting-governor-guadagno-announces-projects-subject-to-shutdown/29799
CEG - Acting Governor Kim Guadagno announced today that the state Department of Transportation (DOT) and NJ TRANSIT (NJT) have compiled and identified a list of projects funded through the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) that are subject to an orderly shutdown under Governor Christie's Executive Or...

Gov. Christie Orders N.J. Road Projects Shut Down

/gov-christie-orders-nj-road-projects-shut-down/29766
CEG - The website NJ.com is reporting that Gov. Chris Christie late Thursday declared a state of emergency and ordered state officials to plan a shutdown of all ongoing work paid for by the nearly broke Transportation Trust Fund.Christie's order came at the end of a day where the state Senat...

Battle Over Construction Crew Camp Ban Enters Courtroom

/battle-over-construction-crew-camp-ban-enters-courtroom/29300
CEG - WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - Companies that provide workforce housing in the North Dakota oil patch say Williston violated its own procedures and federal law when it set a July 1 deadline for crew camps to shut down.Target Logistics and Lodging Solutions sued the city in April, saying they'v...

April Heavy Equipment New Business Volume Down 12 Percent Year-Over-Year,

/april-heavy-equipment-new-business-volume-down-12-percent-year-over-year/29156
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for April was $7.3 billion, ...

AGC: Fed's Refusal to Accept Retirement Fund Rescue Plan Will Force Cuts

/agc-feds-refusal-to-accept-retirement-fund-rescue-plan-will-force-cuts/28875
CEG - The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the Treasury Department's refusal to accept a rescue plan by the Central S...

Report Shows Equipment Leasing Activity Down Year over Year

/report-shows-equipment-leasing-activity-down-year-over-year/28199
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for February was $6.1 billio...

Construction Workers Walk Off Site in Protest

/construction-workers-walk-off-site-in-protest/27768
CEG - The Guardian is reporting that hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors' battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.Approximately 350 plumber...

Survey Shows New Business Down at the End of 2015

/survey-shows-new-business-down-at-the-end-of-2015/27535
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, ...

Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends of 2016 Revealed

/top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-of-2016-revealed/27158
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) which represents the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, today revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2016. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend over $1.6 trillion in capital goods or fixed busine...

October Equipment New Leasing Business Volume Down Year over Year

/october-equipment-new-leasing-business-volume-down-year-over-year/26759
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1.046 trillion equipment finance sector, showed its overall new business volume for October was $7.7 bil...

The Shauger Group: An Evolution of Service, Success

/the-shauger-group-an-evolution-of-service-success/25648
CEG - The Shauger Group (TSG), a diverse property services contracting company, works out of a 30,000-square-foot building on 4 and a 1/2 acres in East Orange, N.J. The property used to be home to a large Shop-Rite grocery store. “We would shop there as kids, and I would walk out- side whe...

Looking for Equipment? Here Are 5 Factors to Consider

/looking-for-equipment-here-are-5-factors-to-consider/25226
CEG - During National Small Business Week, May 4 to 8, the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) reminded small businesses of five key factors to consider when acquiring equipment. Most small businesses need equipment in order to operate and grow, and each business must decide on an acquisit...

Throwback Thursday: Excavating the Past

/throwback-thursday-excavating-the-past/24831
CEG - The Demag company was formed finally 1910 in Duisburg through the union of the Märkische Maschinenbau-Anstalt L. Stuckenholz AG, the Duisburg Mechanical Engineering AG, and the Benrath Machine Works GmbH.The Märkische Maschinenbau-Anstalt L. Stuckenholz AG traces back to the machine factor...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Reports Strong December Numbers

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-reports-strong-december-numbers/24361
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $903 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for December was $12.9 bi...

The Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2015

/the-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2015/24278
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $903 billion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2015. Given U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend nearly $1.5 trillion in capital goods or fixed business...

Equipment Leasing Business Up Year Over Year

/equipment-leasing-business-up-year-over-year/24018
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $903 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for October was $8.3 bill...

Oregon Zoo Addresses Elephant in the Room

/oregon-zoo-addresses-elephant-in-the-room/23066
Irwin Rapoport - It is fitting that the Oregon Zoo's (in Portland) eight Asian elephants are among the many watching construction of Elephant Lands, a $57 million project that will quadruple their habitat from 1.5 to more than 6 acres. From the beginning, zoo officials have said that everyone working on this proj...

Report: Equipment New Business Up in April

/report-equipment-new-business-up-in-april/22870
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for April was $8 billion,...

The Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2014

/the-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-for-2014/21967
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $827 billion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends f...

Equipment Leasing Activity Ends the Year on a High Note

/equipment-leasing-activity-ends-the-year-on-a-high-note/21845
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $827 billion equipment finance sector, showed its overall new business volume for November was $6.6 billi...

Construction Equipment New Business Volume Drops 7 Percent in August

/construction-equipment-new-business-volume-drops-7-percent-in-august/21250
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for August was $6.4 billi...

May New Equipment Leasing Business Up 21 Percent Year-Over-Year

/may-new-equipment-leasing-business-up-21-percent-year-over-year/20681
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $725 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new business volume for May was $7.5 billion,...

Equipment Leasing New Business Volume Up 21 Percent From Last Year

/equipment-leasing-new-business-volume-up-21-percent-from-last-year/18957
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for August was $6.9 billion, up 21 percent from volume of $5.7 billion in th...

Equipment New Business Volume for April up 20 Percent From Last Year

/equipment-new-business-volume-for-april-up-20-percent-from-last-year/18280
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for April was $6.1 billion, up 20 percent from volume of $5.1 billion in the ...

Equipment New Business Volume Rises in March

/equipment-new-business-volume-rises-in-march/18087
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) showed new business volume for March was up 36 percent from the previous month. Overall new business volume was $6.8 billion, up 10 percent from volume of $6.2 billion in the same perio...

Construction Equipment New Business Volume Up by 22 Percent Over Last Year

/construction-equipment-new-business-volume-up-by-22-percent-over-last-year/17906
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for February was $5.0 billion, up 22 percent from volume of $4.1 billion in t...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Announces Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends of 2012

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-announces-top-10-equipment-acquisition-trends-of-2012/17464
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), which represents the $628 billion equipment finance sector, Jan. 9 revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2012. Given that every year U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies spend in excess of $1.2 trillion in capita...

Editor's Notebook

/editors-notebook/52783
Craig Mongeau - We start out the New Year with big news regarding enforcement of the Diesel Retrofit Law in New York State. According to several news sources, including the AGC of New York State, the General Council of the NYS Department of Conservation (DEC) has issued a letter stating that it will not e...

N.Y. Legislature Avoids Government Shutdown

/ny-legislature-avoids-government-shutdown/14591
Michael Gormley - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York’s Legislature averted an unprecedented shutdown of state government June 14, the latest scare in a 2-year-old fiscal crisis and with a state budget now more than two months overdue.A shutdown would have idled many of the state’s 200,000 workers and di...

N.C.’s Southern Industrial Celebrates Accident-Free Year in Wilmington

/ncs-southern-industrial-celebrates-accident-free-year-in-wilmington/12853
CEG - Employees at the Wilmington branch of Southern Industrial Constructors and Southern Crane worked one year, totaling 458,019 hours, without a single recordable accident — a noteworthy safety achievement.Southern Industrial credits its exemplary safety record to rigorous standards, tra...

City of Walnut Sues to Stop NFL Stadium Construction

/city-of-walnut-sues-to-stop-nfl-stadium-construction/12444
Jacob Adelman - ASSOCIATED PRESS - LOS ANGELES (AP) The city of Walnut filed a lawsuit March 25 to stop the proposed construction of a pro football stadium to lure an NFL team back to the Los Angeles area.The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court accuses the neighboring city of Industry of approving the stadium...

Coalition Announces Support for Senate Stimulus Amendment

/coalition-announces-support-for-senate-stimulus-amendment/12081
CEG - A group of 128 organizations Feb. 4 announced itssupport for a proposed amendment to the Senate stimulus package that would provide almost $10 billion over the next two years for vital new navigation, flood control, and lock and dam projects nationwide. Led by the Water Resources Coalition, the g...

Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Releases Survey of Economic Activity

/equipment-leasing-and-finance-association-releases-survey-of-economic-activity/12062
CEG - The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI), which reports economic activity for the $650 billion equipment finance sector, showed overall new business volume for December declined by 13.3 percent when compared to the same period in 2007. ...

Storm Recovery Efforts Continue at Seabees’ Base

/storm-recovery-efforts-continue-at-seabees-base/10666
Angela B. Hurni - During August 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused millions of dollars worth of damage to the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) in Gulfport, Miss., home to several thousand Seabees. Now, nearly three years after the hurricane devastated the Gulf Coast, eight projects are underway on the...

Deficit Balloons to $10 Billion Amid Slowing Economy

/deficit-balloons-to-10-billion-amid-slowing-economy/9766
Aaron C. Davis - ASSOCIATED PRESS - SACRAMENTO (AP) Four years after a fiscal crisis helped precipitate the recall of former Gov. Gray Davis, California once again faces a staggering budget shortfall that could force deep cuts in spending for schools, roads, health care and welfare programs.This time the projected $10 billi...

Boy Scouts Honor McCann Industries’ Founder, Chairman

/boy-scouts-honor-mccann-industries-founder-chairman/9628
CEG - Richard “Dick” McCann, founder and chairman of McCann Industries, received the Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award for 2007 at a luncheon in St. Charles, Ill., Oct. 30. For each of the last 15 years, the Boy Scouts have given the Distinguished...

Alliance for Concrete Codes, Standards Reorganizes Structure

/alliance-for-concrete-codes-standards-reorganizes-structure/7549
CEG - The Alliance for Concrete Codes and Standards (ACCS) — and alliance of concrete associations and organizations — has recently incorporated in order to secure funding for building code and standards development.According to Stephen S. Szoke, director, Codes and Standards of the ...

Referendum Would Provide Millions for Road Maintenance

/referendum-would-provide-millions-for-road-maintenance/6269
CEG - LITTLE ROCK (AP) In an effort to convince voters to approve bond issues aimed at raising money for higher education and highways, Gov. Mike Huckabee Oct. 25 launched a promotional campaign touting a special election Dec. 13. The ballot issues would raise hundreds of millions of dollars to ...

Scarbrough & Co. Earns ’04 Hard Hat Safety Award

/scarbrough-and-co-earns-04-hard-hat-safety-award/5564
CEG - The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA), hosted its 2005 Hard Hat Safety Award Gala March 10 to honor the 2004 Hard Hat Safety Awards recipients.It presented awards to members dedicated to making safety a priority for every employee. GUCA members and guests gathered ...

SC Squeezes 27 Years Into Seven

/sc-squeezes-27-years-into-seven/5040
Gwenyth Laird Pernie - South Carolina, with its moderate temperatures, spectacular beaches and beautiful mountain terrain, has a population of more than four million people. It is the 15th fastest growing state with the fourth largest state highway system in the United States. Retirees and tourists, along with establi...

Irish Student Travels to Southeast to Learn Industry

/irish-student-travels-to-southeast-to-learn-industry/3841
Tonya Layman - In a period of just six months, Colin Keane, a graduate student of The Queens University of Belfast, will have spoken to more than 600 companies in his quest for information about portable screening and recycling equipment needs of Southeastern United States companies. Working from Atlant...

National Work Zone Safety Week: PennDOT Says ’Slow Down, My Daddy Works Here’

/national-work-zone-safety-week-penndot-says-slow-down-my-daddy-works-here/1053
CEG - They are your fathers, brothers, mothers and sisters. Like you, the roadside work crews have families, friends and loved ones who depend on them. Don’t put their lives and the welfare of their children at risk by driving recklessly through work zones. National Work Zone Safety Week b...