1.   Walker Equipment is a very successful company specializing in the sale and leasing of heavy construction equipment.

2.   Among the beneficiaries of the mining and construction booms is Ferreyros SA, which sells and rents construction equipment.

3.   American Equipment rents and maintains new and used construction equipment in North America, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia.

4.   Beatty also said the plan gave Houston officials time to find alternatives to the morning ban on heavy construction equipment.

5.   A flag hangs from a piece of construction equipment.

6.   A ramp for construction equipment is below ground level, and rests on the remains of the underground supports of the north tower.

7.   A slower economy could hurt its transportation units, which carry liquid and bulk commodities and construction equipment.

8.   After acquiring Case, the global market for construction equipment collapsed.

9.   Case said it expects the North American market for light-to-medium construction equipment to be stable to improving, with some weakening in Europe possible.

10.   Case, for instance, now receives about a third of its revenue from sales of construction equipment.