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Business

AEMP details the many benefits of “going green” with your fleet

Beyond the fact that transitioning to a "green fleet" is a sure way to keep your business in line with regulations, Brennan, said going green benefits the bottom line and will help contractors lower expenses and maximize revenues.

August 22, 2012

Equipment

How to avoid using low-quality diesel fuel

A common cause of poor engine peformance is the use of low-quality diesel fuel in equipment. Here are the properties of diesel fuel, proper fuel quality checks and finally, storage maintenance checks to ensure operators are using quality fuel.

August 8, 2012

Business

Off-Road Telematics: Why the Disconnect?

Research indicates that only 10 to 15 percent of heavy equipment contractors use telematics to help monitor and manage their fleets. Yet most heavy equipment today comes with telematics capabilities or prewired to accept aftermarket systems. And many of the big OEMs not only give you telematics hardware on their machines gratis, but provide access […]

August 3, 2012

Business

Reporter

Equipment-centric disaster relief   Tad Agoglia and his crew arrived to what was left of Haiti within a week after the 2010 earthquake. As the team used their Cat excavator and Peterbilt dump truck to clear the rubble for a medical clinic, he was struck by the vast need surrounding him. “In that moment I […]

July 1, 2012

Business

Tell us where it hurts

AEMP, telematics, tier 4, fleet managers, asset management, OEMs, diesel particulate filters, Equipment World, Steve Cosper, Granite Contracting, Contractor of the Year.

June 19, 2012

Business

Maintenance

Fleet managers SPEAK OUT on the technician shortage What are the problems, what are the solutions … if any? By Tom Jackson Doug King knows all too well that good diesel mechanics are hard to find. King is an Association of Equipment Management Professionals, Certified Equipment Manager* who oversees more than 900 pieces of heavy […]

April 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

WOC reveals contest winners

World of Concrete announced the top three winners of the “Crews That Rock” contest, which was created to honor hardworking crews in the construction industry and sponsored by BASF for WOC 2012, on December 19. Once World of Concrete narrowed the finalists to the top 45 entries, online voting for the top three winners ran […]

January 4, 2012

Roadbuilding

AEMP offers PDI webinars

From January 3 to March 6, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals will provide a nine-week series of one-hour webinars of the Professional Development Institute in which attendees will receive the AEMP conference PDI education in an online format. The webinars will take place every Tuesday and Thursday at noon and 4 p.m. Central Time, and each session will be offered […]

January 4, 2012

Technology

AEMP to hold management conference and annual meeting

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals’ management conference and annual meeting will take place at the Doubletree Paradise Valley resort in Scottsdale, Arizona on March 18-21. AEMP will offer daily seminars for essential, executive and professional development tracks. Attendees may visit the exhibit hall March 18 and 19 for industry exhibits, demonstrations and events. The […]

December 9, 2011

Business

Reporter

By Equipment World Staff   Top techs honored The Association of Equipment Management Professionals honored the top equipment technicians from within its ranks at AEMP’s annual conference held in conjunction with ConExpo-Con/Agg. The 2011 National Technician of the Year winner in the private sector was Tom Hellmers, Murphy Tractor and Equipment, Omaha, Nebraska. The public […]

May 5, 2011

Business

Innovations 2011

The Aemp telematics standard An association convinces industry rivals to cooperate and collaborate on a software code that will revolutionize the industry By Tom Jackson The basic premise behind our Innovations Awards is to acknowledge the best in new equipment technology. But this year, for the first time in the seven years we’ve been giving […]

December 29, 2010

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor: The X Factor

The construction industry’s economic downturn has prompted many contractors to run equipment for more hours than normal and to keep equipment longer.

January 1, 2010