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Using telematics to remotely track and monitor mobile equipment is one of the simplest and least expensive ways to increase operational efficiency, stay on schedule, and reduce...

On large industrial and manufacturing sites, maintaining and managing an equipment fleet is no small or easy task. The United Rentals’ Onsite Fleet Maintenance and Management...

Most workers don’t love toiling outside in frigid weather, but if they dress appropriately they can get through a cold winter. Likewise, construction fleet maintenance practices...

Contractors today need to take advantage of every available tool to help them win projects, remain competitive and increase jobsite safety. Construction technology is one of those...

The use of rental equipment such as boom lifts, scissors lifts and forklifts by operators who aren’t properly trained or certified poses significant safety issues.

Equipment telematics can do more to improve fleet management than many construction firms realize. When used in conjunction with fleet management software, these small pieces of...

Some companies under-maintain their equipment, whether it’s because they don’t have the technicians they need, they aren’t able to keep good track of maintenance schedules or they...

Construction bulldozers, or dozers, are built tough, like the terrain they’re designed to handle. But they still need attention now and then. Regular preventive dozer maintenance...

Ride-on or walk-behind, a trencher is the machine you need for digging a basic utility trench. But you can dig yourself into some downtime if you don’t maintain the machine...