Tag: Construction Symposium

Business

Energy, fuel and the federal regulatory tsunami dominate the conversation at the 2013 Construction Symposium

Contractors and heavy equipment fleet managers got an earful of what challenges await them in the construction industry and what the solutions might be at the Randall Reilly Construction Symposium held Wednesday and Thursday in Dallas, Texas. In a nutshell—the shale oil and gas revolution is going to be great for the construction industry, but […]

August 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Learn how to optimize equipment appraisals at the Construction Symposium

Our Construction Symposium in Dallas, Texas, is less than a month away and will feature several educational sessions. Last week, we featured a sneak peek at the first session, “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics,” which will focus on what companies need to do to take full advantage of telematics and the financial savings a company […]

July 25, 2013

Roadbuilding

ProPickup Truck Expo to join Construction Symposium in Dallas

In the days following our Construction Symposium, our sister site, ProPickup, will host its second annual ProPickup Truck Expo at the Dallas Convention Center. The tradeshow, which will take place August 22-24, will focus on full-sized pickup trucks and accessories. The show will feature work truck displays, SmartSessions educational sessions and a Hottest Work Truck […]

July 16, 2013

Roadbuilding

Construction Symposium to feature “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” session

Our Construction Symposium in Dallas, Texas, now about a month away, will feature a variety of educational sessions for construction professionals. The first session will focus on telematics. Led by Max Fuller, chairman and CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” will detail what companies need to do to take full […]

July 15, 2013

Business

Learn about “The Dollars and Sense of Telematics” with Max Fuller at The Construction Symposium

We’re just about a month away from our Construction Symposium event in Dallas, so we figured we’d begin telling you a bit about some of the awesome educational sessions this free event has to offer construction industry professionals. The first session will be led by Max Fuller, the chairman and CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises. […]

July 15, 2013

Business

Meet with the experts at the Construction Symposium Aug. 20-22

Each year in August, the whole Equipment World team packs up, hops the next plane to Dallas and sets up shop at the Omni Hotel to host the Construction Symposium. It’s always a good time thanks to all the interesting and gracious people that make up this industry who are eager to meet one another and […]

June 14, 2013

Business

Telematics to the rescue

To Detective Daniel Pearson, ace construction equipment theft investigator, equipment telematics are invaluable when it comes to stolen machine recovery. “About 90 percent of machines that have telematics can be recovered,” the Haltom City, Texas, police officer said during the Construction Symposium held last month in Dallas. Ric Simon, Phoenix, Arizona branch manager with Arnold […]

September 11, 2012

Maintenance

On Record

From the front row   Don’t let the daily grind rob you of the many opportunities to learn something new   By Marcia Gruver Doyle     When you’re running a company, squeezing a few minutes into each day just to catch up on the world around you can be daunting. And so it’s no […]

August 28, 2012

Construction Equipment

Equipment theft means easy money

Skid steers, tractors and backhoes make up 68 percent of all reported construction equipment thefts, according to Corporal Daniel Pearson, a detective with the Haltom City Police Department, speaking at the Construction Symposium in Dallas yesterday. And the losses to contractors don’t stop with the machine. “You also have figure in the downtime you have […]

August 24, 2012

Safety

Defining what it takes to be a professional equipment manager

The education portion of the Randall-Reilly Construction Symposium kicked off today in Dallas with a presentation from Guy Gordon, who is director of asset management for Aegion, chairman of the Association of Equipment Management Professionals. Gordon began by asking attendees to define who manages the equipment in their construction companies. He noted that everybody: operators, […]

August 22, 2012

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

Business

On Record

Sticktoitiveness By Marcia Gruver Doyle I want to call your attention to the issue of ProPickup polybagged with this issue of Equipment World, both for what it is and what it represents. First, there’s what ProPickup is: the most warmly received startup publication we’ve had … ever. Take a look at the letters to the […]

July 31, 2010