As President Obama’s signature was still drying on the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, enacted Dec. 4, construction-machinery lobbyists were jumping for joy. “This is more than a philosophical victory,” said Brian McGuire, president and CEO of Associated Equipment Distributors. “Equipment dealers, manufacturers and their customers can now, once again, plan for the future.” AED estimates the measure will spur, over its five-year funding program, some $13 billion in equipment sales, rentals and maintenance activity.