Viewpoint Construction Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Learn how Trimble PULSE can deliver smarter equipment management in this Take 15 webinar.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In today’s complex, high-stakes construction environment, information about equipment—its cost, whereabouts, utilization and operating condition—can be just as important as the equipment itself when determining project success. Business processes, including construction fleet management, need to be based on informed decision making.

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Construction Equipment

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Confidence among equipment managers continues to be middle of the road, with the Equipment Manager Confidence Index, published by Construction Equipment, holding steady for the third consecutive month. The October 1 index was 109, effectively unchanged from the 108 reported on September 1.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 4, 2021

Confidence among equipment managers remains steady, according to the Equipment Manager Confidence Index, published by Construction Equipment. The Q1 2021 Index is 108, relatively unchanged from the 109 reported in October 2020. The Index hit its low at 99 in June 2020, but climbed to 107 and has…

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 10, 2020

Confidence among equipment managers is slightly above mid-range, according to Construction Equipment magazine’s new Equipment Manager Confidence Index. The Index scored 126 on a scale of 0-200, with 200 indicating full confidence that the next week will be “better.” Participation in the Index is…

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Construction Equipment

JULY 1, 2020

Confidence among equipment managers improved slightly in June compared to the previous month, according to the Equipment Manager Confidence Index, published by Construction Equipment. The Index measures equipment manager confidence on a scale of … The July 1 index was 107, compared to 99 on June 1.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Earlier this year at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Association of Equip- ment Management Professionals (AEMP) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced that they will be releasing a new standard for their telematics data feed.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 4, 2021

3 Ways to Optimize your Parts & Components for Maximum Equipment Uptime. Your business depends on the reliability of your equipment to increase profit and maintain a robust project pipeline. Alex Headley. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 07:45.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Inside Telematics Systems & Advancements in Construction Equipment. If you aren’t already taking advantage of these systems, you may be surprised to learn how much information is available to help you better manage your fleet. Alex Headley. Fri, 12/17/2021 - 14:07.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 28, 2024

Mastering Crisis Management in Construction ccapoccia Thu, 03/28/2024 - 18:38 In a landscape where some degree of crisis is an inevitability, the construction industry stands at the forefront: The stakes are high and the margin for error is slim. From equipment collapses to on-site accidents, the potential for crises looms large.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 4, 2021

3 Ways to Optimize your Parts & Components for Maximum Equipment Uptime. Your business depends on the reliability of your equipment to increase profit and maintain a robust project pipeline. Alex Headley. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 07:45.

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Equipment Profitability Management 296

Construction Equipment

AUGUST 3, 2020

Confidence among equipment managers held steady in July, according to the Equipment Manager Confidence Index, published by Construction Equipment. The Index measures equipment manager confidence on a scale of 0 to 200, with 200 indicating full… The August 1 index was 104, compared to 107 on July 1.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 25, 2021

The equipment manager role is one of the highest profiles and demanding positions within a construction organization. Often regarded by executive management as organizational experts, equipment managers interact with cross-functional teams to support the equipment-related requirements of the…

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 1, 2020

Confidence among equipment managers dropped in May compared to the previous month, according to the Equipment Manager Confidence Index. The June 1 index was 99 on a scale of 0 to 200, with 200 indicating full confidence that the next month will be “better,” compared to 126 in mid-April.…

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Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Managing a contraction site or other related projects requires investing in heavy equipment like excavators, bulldozers, backhoes, trenchers, graders, and compactors, among others. Generally, heavy equipment helps reduce the overall costs of a project. . Here are some tips for finding the right heavy equipment dealer. .

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 26, 2020

AEMP and Construction Equipment magazine have partnered to highlight the very best construction fleets in the world for the past 16 years. Our continued focus on honoring the men and women who manage these assets is a crucial part of our thriving equipment management career sector. The profession…

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Equipment Management Construction 63

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

From knowing how to choose the right attachment for a specific job to finding uses for idle equipment, the way you manage your jobsite and the equipment on it can have a significant effect on your company’s bottom line. Use the articles below to guide you into a smarter, more efficient 2017.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 7, 2018

These fluids require exceptional care, especially as equipment continues to be manufactured with sophisticated technologies. Fluids—particularly diesel fuel, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), engine and transmission oil, hydraulic fluid and coolant—are your machine’s lifeblood.

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Equipment Management Engineering 174

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 18, 2016

When it is time to make decisions on your construction equipment fleet, hermetically sealed museums are nowhere in sight, unless, of course, you’re building one. When farmer Paul Rackham decided it was time to unload his collection of 230 vintage tractors, he brought in more than $2 million at auction.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 22, 2018

Meanwhile, self-piloted earthmoving equipment is being developed to dig out foundations, and 3-D printers can be fed blueprints to generate buildings.

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Equipment Project Management Management Foundation 189

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

3 Tips for Equipment Maintenance on Urban Projects. Managing the flow of fuel in compressed, urban environments is a challenge that contractors working in cities face on a daily basis. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 02/26/2020 - 09:07. The challenge isn’t just space, though.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Burrows Professor Emeritus of Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech and is author of Construction Equipment Economics , a handbook on the management of construction equipment fleets. His ideas and methods regarding the management of heavy equipment are, in my opinion, the gospel for the industry. Owning Rates.

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Equipment Management IDEA Virginia 191

Construction Business Owner

JULY 1, 2020

What You Can Do To Keep Your Equipment Moving, Not Missing. For Robert Turner, fleet operations manager at RIPA & Associates, the phrase “ignorance is bliss” does not apply. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 07/01/2020 - 05:15. In underground utility contracting, ignorance is anything but bliss.

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The Constructor

MARCH 20, 2023

Have you ever wondered why you can always spot construction equipment from a mile away? The vibrant color of yellow that adorns construction equipment has a long history. It’s because they are usually bright yellow!

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Equipment Construction Engineering Management 212

Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 29, 2018

Owning vs Operating: Maximizing Construction Equipment Productivity and Profitability.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Employees and managers depend on equipment and tools to efficiently complete projects on schedule and on time. Many contractors, however, are killing their equipment without even realizing it. As a business owner, you may not completely be aware of the status of your equipment on jobsites.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In my last two blog posts, I discussed some of what I’ve learned over the years about equipment management , most notably from one of the industry’s leading experts in the field, Dr. Mike Vorster. This week I’ll wrap up by covering some of the issues surrounding data gathering for equipment management.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Last week I wrote about the difference between construction equipment owning and operating costs and how both change over time. The fact that construction equipment owning costs tend to decrease over time while operating costs increase means that at some point your rate of total cost of ownership is likely going to reach a minimum.

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Equipment Management Zoning Profitability 163

Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Integrated construction equipment management systems stand out as an effective way to manage construction resources and mitigate some of the impacts to internal operations while contractors are facing shortages externally. equipment manager, and Tex A., LEM CONSTRUCTION – HOUSTON, TEXAS. Insights from Mike H.,

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 18, 2014

You’ve probably seen it—that piece of heavy equipment abandoned in a field and overtaken by weeds, or the entire row of machines collecting dust in a fleet yard. Although many equipment owners sold idle equipment during the 2008 economic downturn, some businesses failed to sell off all of their depreciating assets.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Burrows Professor Emeritus of Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech and is author of Construction Equipment Economics , a handbook on the management of construction equipment fleets. His ideas and methods regarding the management of heavy equipment are, in my opinion, the gospel for the industry. Owning Rates.

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Equipment Management IDEA Virginia 130

Viewpoint Construction Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In my last two blog posts, I discussed some of what I’ve learned over the years about equipment management , most notably from one of the industry’s leading experts in the field, Dr. Mike Vorster. This week I’ll wrap up by covering some of the issues surrounding data gathering for equipment management.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Equipment management is a tough business, but we do it right more often than we think. Here are seven success stories to acknowledge what has been achieved. Space limits me to seven stories. You may recognize your business and the work we have done together. If you do, take time to smile. If you do…

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 26, 2020

“It’s all to make us better,” says Chad McKee, CEM, equipment operations manager for Kwest Group, small-fleet (<$100 million estimated replacement value) winners of the Construction Equipment and AEMP Fleet Masters Award, as he talks about the sweeping changes his department enacted in 2019.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 12, 2023

In this webinar, you will learn: What job costing is and why it’s beneficial to contractors The different types of costs and their role in job costing How to track and apply equipment costs to job costing Key job cost reports (e.g. He has been a leader at Deltek + ComputerEase since 2000, serving over 4,500 contractors nationwide.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 22, 2013

In the same way, GPS is transforming how construction firms manage tools and equipment by boosting profits and improving the bottom line.' Cordless tools transformed worksites by offering construction workers freedom from electrical outlets.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From dealing with tight profit margins, short project timelines and equipment issues, along with an abundance of complex logistics daily, it can be extremely difficult to manage. Not to mention the ever-shrinking workforce the construction industry has been dealing with, further amplifying these issues.

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