Tag: construction equipment management

ConExpo-Con/Agg

United Rentals’ Gregg Christensen to address how to manage rising equipment and rental costs during ConExpo 2020 seminar

Gregg L. Christensen, United Rental’s vice president-national accounts, will lead a ConExpo 2020 educational session on “How to Manage Rising Equipment & Rental Costs” on March 12, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (You can see what equipment OEMs have in store for ConExpo 2020 in our show preview page by clicking here.) Christensen will discuss six key components […]

January 13, 2020

Dealers

United Rentals deploys Triax Spot-r and EquipTags allowing customers to monitor crews and machines

Triax’s plug-and-play Spot-r Clips and EquipTags worn by workers and attached to equipment. Spot-r Clips and EquipTags collects and transmits real-time data.

June 8, 2018

Technology

In-cab video monitoring with telematics driver scoring brings big benefits to truck fleets

One of the biggest concerns fleet managers have is the safety of their drivers and operators and there is no better way to improve the safety of trucks and equipment than technology. But signing a check for and wiring up a bunch of systems won’t solve your problems if that’s all you do, said presenters […]

March 23, 2015

Technology

Two experienced fleet managers tell how telematics data helps make their companies more competitive, explain how to adopt the technology

There will come a time in every construction company’s life, when a trigger event will make the deployment of telematics not only advisable, but even necessary. And that time is fast approaching for almost every company, said Guy Gordon, CEM, director of asset management at Aegion, and Dan Samford, vice president equipment assets, Herzog Contracting. […]

November 10, 2014

Construction Equipment

How telematics is reshaping the future for equipment managers

The Association of Equipment Management Professionals’ 2014 Asset Management Symposium kicked off Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, with a record-breaking crowd packed into a standing-room-only ballroom at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. This year’s symposium was dedicated to a single subject–off-road telematics–and began with a panel discussion from three of the industry’s leading practitioners. In a […]

November 5, 2014

Roadbuilding

Henkel Denmark wins TLC 2012 Landscaper of the Year award

Bill Henkel and Gordon Denmark, owners of Henkel Denmark, Lexington, Ky., have won the 2012 Landscaper of the Year award from Total Landscape Care magazine, a sister publication to Equipment World, Better Roads and Aggregates Manager. Sponsored by Case Construction Equipment, this annual program selects 12 finalists from among the thousands of professionals who work […]

December 5, 2011