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Contractors Are Renting Rather Than Buying More Equipment.

ENR Construction

Equipment rentals allow contractors to shift downtime risk while trimming expenses, including licensing, insurance, taxes and debt, among others. in 2011, according to the Associated Equipment Manufacturers, a Milwaukee-based industry trade group. Search our site: Infrastructure. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial.

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development. Issues uncovered as a result of this review must be mitigated within a designated timeline. Several bus lines provide daily service to Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis.

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