Before contractors dig into an irrigation job, they should consider everything from the soil to the sky. Between trenchers, vibratory plows and their attachments, factors like landscaping logistics and machine performance in varying weather conditions can play a key role in determining which equipment will be the best fit for the job. Trenchers. Gilbert…
Kubota Tractor Corp. and Kubota Credit Corp. announced Thursday that they will move their headquarters to Grapevine, Texas from the Los Angeles-area city. The relocation is projected to create at least 344 new jobs and $51 million in capital investment in Texas. The state of Texas extended Texas Enterprise Fund grant offer of $3.8 million…
Discounted attendee registration has opened for ASLA’s 2015 Annual Meeting & EXPO, to be held Nov. 6-9 in Chicago at McCormick Place. ASLA’s annual meeting is the largest gathering of landscape architecture professionals and students in the world. The 2015 meeting, themed “Perspectives,” highlights the comprehensive viewpoint that helps enable landscape architects to effectively…
Matt and Chris Noon have released a book designed to help LCOs, landscapers and other small business owners improve their phone sales. “Dialing for Dollars in a Digital World” – available on Amazon – is a part biography and part business book that outlines how business owners can use the traditional cold call to…
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Isuzu Commercial Truck of America announced that it has delivered the 500,000 Isuzu-built truck since the Isuzu brand entered the North American market in 1984. The N-Series truck was sold to Farmers Home Furniture in Dublin, Ga. The unit marked the 235th Isuzu truck the home-furnishings retailer has purchased. “We…
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) will present its School of Grounds Management Summer Conference in Sacramento, Calif. from Aug. 3-5, 2015. Attendees to the PGMS event will go on behind-the-scenes tours of the University of California, Davis campus, a 4-star landscape management and operations accreditation campus, Raley Field, home of…
