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Project Uptime

How Storage Containers and Mobile Offices can Help Rebuild After Disaster
United Rentals' fleet of storage containers and mobile offices are an invaluable resource to communities recovering from disaster. Rapid response is crucial when bringing relief to...

Why You Should Use Covered Walkways on Your Next Project
Temporary walkway systems are essential for any construction site that may interrupt the flow of foot traffic in an area, such as city blocks, busy intersections and other crowded...

How to Get Heavy Equipment Operator Certification and Who Needs It
If you’re considering a career as a heavy equipment operator, you’re probably wondering what sort of heavy equipment operator certification or heavy equipment operator license you...

How to Use a Jigsaw Safely and Effectively
Jigsaw uses are countless. Whether you need to cut pipes in a tight under-sink location, shape the corners of a countertop, trim a tree branch or make circular holes for cornhole...

What Is an Air Compressor and How Does an Air Compressor Work?
If you need to inflate a tire or power an air wrench, sprayer, conveyor belt or piece of industrial farm equipment, you need an air compressor.

Forklift Sizes: What to Know About Types, Capacities and Dimensions
Countless jobs require a forklift. Whether you’re lifting items from warehouse racks, loading pallets onto a truck or transporting materials around a construction site, there’s a...

What Is the Difference Between an Excavation and a Trench?
You’re getting ready to dig a hole in the earth. The best piece of excavating equipment to use depends in part on what kind of hole you’re digging — specifically, whether it’s an...

Equipment Access Management: Safety, Productivity and Cost Benefits
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.

Heat Mitigation Strategies to Keep Workers Cool and Productive
Whether workers are laboring indoors in a warehouse or factory or outdoors on a construction site, working in excessive heat is uncomfortable and even dangerous.

6 Ways Equipment Telematics Can Make Your Fleet Work Harder for You
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...