Robust Hybrid Technology: A “Must Have” in Today’s Rental Fleets
Responding to worldwide demand for high-performance yet environment friendly aerial access equipment, and to increasingly stringent emissions and noise regulations, particularly in European markets, hybrid technology today, especially in rental equipment fleets, must be able to perform a wide range of indoor and outdoor applications, increasing utilization rate for rental businesses and decreasing cost of operation for end users.
Continue ReadingChanges to Genie® Scissor Lifts and Vertical Mast Lifts You Need to Know About
When the new ANSI A92 (United States) and CSA B354 (Canada) standards go into effect, it will drive alignment with ISO standards, which impacts the way aerial access equipment is designed, manufactured, maintained and operated globally.
Continue ReadingAerial Equipment 101: What Is a Telehandler?
Telehandlers are multi-purpose machines that lift, move and place material.
Continue ReadingIt’s Time to Embrace Telematics — Here’s Why
From reading about it in countless articles within trade magazines to conversations with peers, it’s easy to understand that telematics can bring a lot of benefits to rental businesses.
Continue ReadingStepping up on Safety in challenging Netting Application in Scotland
For scale, no show in Scotland can rival the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Continue ReadingTelematics and the Data Sharing Economy
As the construction industry continues to modernize its business operation, telematics technology is now being widely adopted and more commonly used in the aerial rental market.
Continue ReadingAerial Equipment 101: What Is a Scissor Lift?
Scissor lifts are a classification of manlift often found in construction and facility maintenance applications designed to elevate workers and their tools to working heights ranging from 19 ft (5.9 m) to 59 ft (17.9 m).
Continue ReadingIncorporate Customers in Your Rental Store's Marketing Efforts
When business owners think about marketing, they usually think about attracting new customers.
Continue ReadingGreen Access Solutions: Rising to Meet Today’s Environmental Challenges
Around the globe, capital cities and large provincial towns are going greener.
Continue ReadingAdvantages of Dual-Zone Operation on Genie® Scissor Lifts
As aerial industry standards continue to become more closely aligned worldwide, manufacturers like Genie, who produce scissor lifts (a classification of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPS) named for their lifting mechanism design — a stack of crossed tubes that work in a scissor-like fashion when the platform is raised and lowered) for global markets are taking a closer look at how requirements in these standards impact machine design and safe use.
Continue ReadingCommon Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) Terms
It pays to be an expert in the equipment industry.
Continue ReadingHow Machine Data Influences MEWP Maintenance and Service
When looking at a machine’s service and repair from that perspective, downtime costs a rental business big time.
Continue ReadingA Glossary of Common Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) Terms
Safety is always job one on aerial worksites.
Continue ReadingWhy BIM?
“We think of BIM as a beginning-to-end concept,” says Josh Lyons, architect for The Thrasher Group, an architecture, engineering and field services company, headquartered in Bridgeport, W.Va.
Continue ReadingRecommending the Right MEWP
In today’s competitive market, we, at Genie, know that it is more important than ever for you to establish and earn your rental customers’ respect as a trusted advisor.
Continue ReadingStay Informed about Your MEWP Fleet with Important Genie® Safety and Product Notices
Jobsite safety needs to be a priority for contractors, distributors and manufacturers alike.
Continue ReadingWhat Is Range of Motion?
Telescopic and articulating boom lifts rotate, elevate and extend multiple boom sections to help operators access difficult to reach worksites.
Continue ReadingWhat is Considered a Hybrid?
Power systems for aerial work platforms continue to evolve, just like the machines they drive.
Continue ReadingMEWPs vs. Scaffolding
Prior to the introduction of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the 1970s, construction industry professionals relied almost exclusively on ladders and scaffolding to access major work at height projects.
Continue ReadingBIM Provides a Digital, Dynamic Representation of Jobsites
Technology is changing the way business the world does business.
Continue ReadingPower of Data
Increased market competition and competitive rental rates are significant challenges for rental companies.
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