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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is providing $125,000 in funding to Brown and Caldwell to develop scalable diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) best practices for water sector organizations.

DE&I is a critical and growing need in the water sector as utilities measure the health and well-being of their organizations and workforce while rethinking how they engage with their communities.

BATON ROUGE, La. – H&E Equipment Services, Inc. has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Precision Rentals. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, the company operates a branch in Phoenix and a second location in Aurora, Colorado. Precision offers a mix of general rental assets with a total fleet size, as measured by original equipment cost, of approximately $70 million and an attractive average fleet age of 37 months.

LUBBOCK, Texas – SIMFLO has announced the promotion of Del Neubauer to the role of vice president of sales. Neubauer, who has been with SIMFLO for two years, previously served as vice president of engineered products for the company. A veteran of the pump industry for more than 30 years, Neubauer has held various sales and sales management positions focused on pumping solutions for industrial, municipal and other applications.