construction equipment rental

Genie introduced its new Lift Connect telematics program, developed in direct response to rental customers’ unique business needs.

Genie Lift Connect is focused on actionable information, flexibility, and transparency. No matter what size of aerial equipment fleet—from 10 to 10,000 machines—equipment management is something that rental stores do every day. From knowing how equipment is performing or how often a piece is being utilized to where each unit is or when it is ready for maintenance, machine data can provide a lot of insight to rental businesses.

The American Rental Association (ARA) announced its recipients of the 2018 volunteer recognition awards, honoring individuals for outstanding service to the association and the rental industry.

The awards will be presented during the ARA Show in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 17-20, 2019.

The volunteer award winners are: 

The American Rental Association (ARA) adjusted its five-year rental revenue forecast to again project greater gains, estimating that rental revenues in North America will exceed $71.7 billion in 2022, including $65.4 billion in the United States and $6.3 billion in Canada.

Aspen Equipment, Bloomington, Minnesota, hired Ron Lamprecht as director of safety, compliance and development.

Lamprecht’s construction experience includes working with multiple location companies and OSHA entities, which is ideal for Aspen Equipment with branches in Iowa and Nebraska.

Following its annual election, the American Rental Association (ARA) announced the new members of its board of directors, who will join the board in February 2019 at the close of the ARA Show in Anaheim, California.

President-elect:
Beth Hoff Blackmer, Aspen Rent-All, Basalt, Colorado 

Associate member director:
Jason Stanczyk, EDCO — Equipment Development Co., Frederick, Maryland

Region Two director:
Michael Fitzwater, Special Events Entertainment, Portsmouth, Virginia

United Rentals Inc. announced it will add BlueLine Rental to its growing list of acquisitions, entering an agreement to purchase it from Platinum Equity for about $2.1 billion in cash.

The board of directors of United Rentals, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, unanimously approved the agreement. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance and customary conditions.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) released the schedule for IPAF Innovate 2018, its new, interactive event set for Oct. 16-17 in the Houston area, with MEWP and MCWP industry leaders facilitating 10 collaborative workshops where attendees will work together to address common problems.

Accès Location+ announced its founder and president, Harold Dubé, is retiring at the end of 2018, and Luc Bertrand, vice president at the aerial equipment company, will succeed him.

Dubé will mentor Bertrand until the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition and will serve as an adviser to the new president after that.

Dubé said he is pleased to leave the company, which offers a wide variety of services for aerial equipment inclduing rentals, training, sales, transportation, maintenance, and repairs, in good hands.

ABLE Equipment Rental Inc. of New York opened its new location in Allentown, Pennsylvania, making it the construction equipment rental company’s sixth facility in the Northeast.

The 18,000-sq.-ft. facility is located on 2 acres and will serve the Lehigh Valley and its immediate surroundings.