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Why Your Construction Site Needs a Portable Power Station

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A portable power station is like a large battery bank that stores electricity. Within the station, an inverter takes the DC from within the battery and converts it to AC so that you can easily plug in your construction equipment and other appliances. Power stations run on battery, meaning they can be next to your work equipment.

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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

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Transportation. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment During Slow Recovery. Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. Search our site: Infrastructure.

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Congress Reaches Deal on 5-Year Highway Bill

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Lawmakers from both chambers of Congress will announce an agreement on a five-year transportation infrastructure bill, reports Politico. The bill also includes a provision to revive the Export-Import Bank .

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House Passes $300 Billion Highway Bill

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A six-year transportation funding bill valued at more than $300 billion passed the House with a vote of 363-64, reports Reuters. The measure, which includes reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, but final provisions will be subject to Senate approval.

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Off-Grid Home with Boat Access Only

Natural Building

There’s no road to get there, so they had to figure out how to do absolutely everything by boat and barge: transporting building materials, equipment, belongings, workers, as well as commuting to and from town for school and work. For electricity, they have 3 systems.

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Construction Executives Plead Guilty to $19 Million Contract Scheme

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Three Pennsylvania construction executives pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, reports The Washington Times. and Pennsylvania departments of transportation under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program between 1995 and 2011.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

Best Practices Construction Law

I recently spoke to a group of highway contractors about disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) laws and regulations and some of the different policies among the state departments of transportation. Our four investigative imperatives are transportation safety, grant and procurement fraud, employee integrity, and consumer and workforce fraud.