I DA U N I V E R S A L J u l y -Au g u s t 2 0 2 0
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CONTENTS
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
UNIVERSAL
IDA
4 Editor's Notes
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President's Post
11 Legal Line
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Movers and Shakers
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Trends and Tidbits
29 Nuts and Bolts
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Advertisers Index
51 Trade Show Calendar
Editor
Nancy Estes
Art Director
Bonnie Hickman
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9 Major Milestones in the
Evolution of Heavy
Construction Equipment
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Some have very ancient
origins, others are only
just over 100-years-old.
11 Reasons Why
the Construction Industry
Needs E-commerce
We are just at the
beginning of the
e-commerce adoption
curve in the
construction
equipment industry.
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