The Caterpillar Foundation and four dealerships recently delivered another $148,000 in instructional funding to Pennsylvania College of Technology and its students, bringing to nearly $1.5 million the total contribution since the Fall 1994 semester.Financial Support From
Las Vegas has been on the rise for quite some time. I used to go there at least 3 times a year. Traffic on Fridays and traffic on Sundays, coming to/from Los Angeles. But what I noticed was that the city was expanding exponentially, as the lights would spread out further and further away from the famous strip. The housing industry in Vegas has been booming like no other area in the United States. Viva Las Vegas!
I came across this article that exemplifies their robust expansion. The NAHETS blog examined this expansion and what it means to the construction industry, more specifically, the need for heavy equipment operators.
"The Vegas Strip is leading the charge with $35.46 billion worth of projects planned through 2010, reports the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. Construction plans will add 42,092 more hotel rooms, 2,562 timeshare units and 3.49 million square feet of convention space. Another $13 billion in tentative projects could also build 36,703 hotel rooms and 7,088 timeshare units."
Las Vegas Hot Spot for Construction & Heavy Equipment Industries
JCB Excavators on Friday said growing opportunities in India's infrastructure sector would make the country its largest market by next year.
"The potential would result in India becoming our single largest market, overtaking our home territory United Kingdom," said Patterson, whose company is the third-largest construction equipment maker in the world.
He said there is a huge opportunity in the construction equipment manufacturing sector in India as it was way behind the world average production figures, including that of China.
A little old news, but came across it today. Check out this cool simulator. The company received recognition for some of their former crane and excavator personal simulators. Operators can enhance their skills on one of these.
Simulators In Use at National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools
