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Construction Appreciation Week runs September 17-21, 2018 with national contests starting August 22, 2018

Workshops will focus on OSHA vs. ANSI Standards and Trends in Low-level Access and Training

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan and U.S. Congressman Jason Lewis visited the Burnsville branch of Nuss Truck & Equipment on July 9th for a tour and discussion about how the tax reform is having a positive impact on American businesses like Nuss.

Earlier today, the House approved the bipartisan Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353), sending the legislation to President Trump for his signature. Today’s action comes on the heels of Senate passage on July 23. AED made enactment of H.R. 2353 a key part of its legislative agenda this Congress.

Yesterday evening, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), unveiled an infrastructure proposal to “further the national conversation about the current state of America’s infrastructure and highlight some of the major roadblocks to funding and improving our transportation network.”

Strongco Corporation (TSX: SQP) today announced the appointment of Oliver Nachevski, formerly Vice President, Construction Equipment, to the position of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Members of the Liebherr family, Executive Management and Newport News city officials gathered last Friday, July 20th for a groundbreaking ceremony on site in Copeland Industrial Park to celebrate the construction of the new Liebherr USA, Co. headquarters.

Schramm Construction Corporation will break ground on the new Ditch Witch Midwest facility on July 25 at 1:00 p.m. Earl Harbaugh, CEO of Ditch Witch Midwest, will be joined by Mark Harbaugh, President of Ditch Witch Midwest, Fred Schramm, President of Schramm Construction Corporation, and West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda at the ceremony.

With the predicted growth in the US and Canadian construction industries, Terex Trucks is strengthening its presence and investing in these key markets.

The new Epiroc Marketplace website simplifies the process of searching for and purchasing used mining and construction equipment. Featuring a robust selection of quality pre-owned machines along with finance options, epirocmarketplace.com connects customers with solutions such as drill rigs, loaders and trucks, rock drilling tools and hydraulic attachments to help supplement their equipment lineup.

Solesbee’s, a KINSHOFER company and leading manufacturer of quality heavy-equipment attachments, offers its Quick Coupler as an efficient solution for operators to exchange excavator attachments from the safety of the cab.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Loaders America Inc. (HCMA) celebrated the grand opening of their new U.S. corporate headquarters in Newnan, Georgia, with employees, local dignitaries, business partners and members of the media on June 1st, 2018.

Tom Ludwick Named as Successor

On June 14, AED was joined by eight other major construction industry organizations on separate letters to Senate leadership and the Trump administration opposing the recently implemented tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, the European Union and Mexico.

Honnen Equipment celebrates 55 years of meeting and exceeding customer expectations. Pete Honnen started the company in 1963 as a John Deere construction equipment dealership with one location carrying three machine models.

About J.T. Bates Insurance Group J.T. Bates Insurance Group is a wholly-owned division of J. Griffin Ricker & Associates and specializes in risk management products for equipment dealers, rental companies and material handling equipment dealers. The company was recently named in the top 20 fastest growing privately owned companies in central Ohio by Columbus Business First. For more information, visit www.jtbatesgroup.com.

The AED Foundation is pleased to announce two important milestones achieved this week by Dakota County Technical College (DCTC).

On the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, AED's 2018 Chairwoman Diane Benck of West Side Tractor Sales Co. demanded congressional action to invest in the United States' crumbling infrastructure.

Since 1957, Altorfer Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA has served the construction, agriculture, landscaping and trades, manufacturing, material handling, rental, mining, governmental, trucking and power generation industries.

Longest running complimentary maintenance program of its kind marks singular milestone among OEM’s.