More than 100 equipment manufacture...

More than 100 equipment manufacturers not long ago learned what they can anticipate from fleet managers in the upcoming year, and the recents favors rentals rather than purchases.

quick and equipment managers from three prominent construction companies told the gathering at a Construction Industry Manufacturers Association Advanced Management Council seminar that companies are looking at equipment that may not be les expensive at the commencement but is cost-effective over the in extent haul. "We look at prior experience and require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone data," notes Peter

Higgins, general equipment manager at Salt Lake City, Utah-based Gibbons & Re "We want to know what's the most numerous economical type of equipment to hurry Purchase price is important however not decisive." Higgins agrees with Bill Bedford, equipment manager for Peter Kiewit & Son Omaha, beak and Bill Wagy, equipment manager for Granite Construction, Watsonville, Calif., that lifecycle richness analyses are becoming more important to creek and equipment managers. ...