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China-based Zoomlion may have ruffled some feathers when it offered to buy Terex Corp. for roughly twice its share price, but according to sources with Terex the long-planned merger with Finland-based Konecrane is still moving along.

In a furious hourlong competition that set two dozen teams from around the world against each other in a test of masonry skills, Scott Tuttle of Quick Trowel Masonry in Clearfield, Utah, was crowned champion of Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 competition at World of Concrete in Las Vegas. Tuttle’s prizes included the keys to a brand new 2016 Ford F-250 XLT 4x4 pickup truck.

With crowds braving an unseasonably chilly Las Vegas, World of Concrete 2016 opened with an estimated 5% increase in registered attendees compared to 2015. Held Feb. 2-5, the trade show draws in crowds eager to see the latest in concrete and masonry products and equipment.

The TH-series telehanders do not require exhaust after-treatment on its standard engines, noted Skyjack President Brad Boehler.

Executives at Mack Trucks North America kicked off the first day of this year’s World of Concrete trade show with the announcement that 20% of its work trucks are now being ordered without a clutch pedal and shift lever.

Citing pent-up demand, Portland Cement Association chief economist Edward Sullivan say he expects to see a 5% growth in portland cement consumption in 2016, with a further 5.7% growth of growth in 2017. This is an improvement over the growth rate from 2015, which was only 3.5%. 

Cars, trucks and mobile construction machines are different in many ways, but they all have one thing in common: They need to steer.

The DeWalt 20V Max XR Brushless Deep-Cut Band Saw has a cutting capacity of 5 in. by 43⁄4 in. and weighs 13.8 lb—1.2 lb lighter than the corded version.