Tag: Association of Equipment Management Professionals

Construction Equipment

Welding skills and innovative thinking earn John Kelchner AEMP Technician of the Year award

“I always had a lot of interest in mechanical things, even at an early age. I was curious about how things worked. If it had moving parts, I wanted to fix it,” says John Kelchner, advanced level maintenance welder at Schlouch Incorporated, a diversified earthmoving, utility and site development company in Blandon, Pennsylvania. “It is […]

December 25, 2019

Business

AEMP conference to focus on innovation for equipment managers

Those interested in the future of equipment management should plan to attend the EquipmentShift 2019 Conference sponsored by the Association of Equipment Management Professionals. The October 23-24 event in Kansas City, Missouri, will focus on such topics as how the Internet of Things will change equipment management, how to use emerging technologies, innovation through experimentation […]

September 4, 2019

Business

AEMP taps Donté Shannon as new CEO, an executive with 12 years association experience

Donté P. Shannon replaces CEO Stan Orr, who is set to retire in January after 20 years at the helm of Association of Equipment Management Professionals.

September 26, 2018

Workforce

How to hire military veterans as equipment operators and machine techs? AEMP has a guide for that.

Spurred by a lack of understanding, AEMP developed a guide to help construction industry employers hire veterans who lack civilian job searching skills.

May 31, 2018

Maintenance

Who’s the country’s best equipment tech? AEMP names finalists in annual competition

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals announced on Thursday the finalists in its Technician of the Year contest. They include: James Blake, Kiewit Infrastructure, New York City A third-generation equipment technician, Blake served as a first responder at the World Trade Center after 9/11. He started as an apprentice in 1996 and draws on his […]

February 16, 2018

Technology

Computer vision, machine learning, cloud computing will create entirely new construction ecosystems

Imagine a time in the very near future when your hand-held concrete drill contains the entire layout of a job in its CPU and guides you to exactly where the holes need to be drilled. You never have to measure or use a chalk line or set the depth of the drill. It knows where […]

October 25, 2017

Maintenance

A Desert Storm vet and 2017 AEMP Tech of the Year, Lee Manzanares’ skill is battle-tested

Lee Manzanares, the lead mechanic for RMCI General Contractor in Albuquerque, New Mexico, started on his career path at his father’s side. “Dad was a heavy equipment mechanic who worked in the mines. We also had a farm and we were always fixing stuff,” Manzanares says. “Dad moved quickly. You learned fast.” Manzanares learned well. […]

June 16, 2017

Business

Chris Ryan inducted into AEMP Hall of Fame

Anybody who has been around the Association of Equipment Management Professionals in the past three decades probably knows Chris Ryan, if for no other reason than his enormous moustache. But Ryan is also well known for the leadership role he’s taken in everything from the group’s board of directors and executive committee to his role […]

March 16, 2017

Construction Equipment

AEMP names 2017’s top equipment technicians

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals named its top technicians for the year in a ceremony in Las Vegas on Sunday. The ceremony was part of AEMP’s 35th Management Conference and Annual Meeting held March4-6. Lee Manzanares of RMCI General Contractors in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was named the 2017 AEMP Private Fleet Technician of the […]

March 7, 2017

Business

Nominate your best for AEMP’s Technician of the Year Award; deadline Sept. 15

Everybody complains about the shortage of qualified technicians in the construction industry. So let me ask you a question: How many of you do anything to recognize or reward the technicians you have? For all the griping about the labor shortage, there are few fleet managers or construction companies that do the most important thing […]

September 7, 2016

Business

AEMP names public and private fleet 2016 Technicians of the Year

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals named its Technicians of the Year last week at the organization’s 34th Management Conference and Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. Taking the top honor for private sector fleets was Christopher (Chippy) Flood, of the Pennsylvania-based Glenn O. Hawbaker company. Dave Irwin, shop supervisor at Hawbaker said, “Chris has the […]

March 25, 2016

Technology

Sharpening the saw: AEMP’s 2015 Asset Management Symposium to focus on how telematics can improve safety

Everybody knows telematics can improve productivity, but fleet managers and contractors are just beginning to discover how this technology plays a big role in making heavy equipment and trucking safer. That’s the theme for the Association of Equipment Management Professionals yearly Asset Management Symposium, which will be held October 6-8, in Cleveland, Ohio. The education […]

August 21, 2015