Contractors know that if their equipment breaks down, it throws a monkey wrench into their schedule. Broken equipment can mean idle people, materials and missed deadlines. Contractors all have the ...

Regular maintenance and inspections are a critical component of equipment operational efficiency. Undermaintaining equipment, especially high-use compact to midsize machinery, can happen for a variety ...

Well-managed fleets of construction equipment have a detailed preventive/predictive maintenance program designed to meet specific desired outcomes and increase efficiency. Such programs include ...

“Asset utilization, also called Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) or equipment capacity, is not just the responsibility of one department. It is the responsibility of the entire company. It has ...

In today's competitive industrial landscape, maximizing the lifespan of equipment is a priority for many organizations. One effective strategy for achieving this goal is the implementation of ...

My strong sense is that some rental business owners are more in tune with the preventive maintenance needs of their rental fleet than the preventive maintenance of their procedural systems and staff.

Equipment distributors and similar companies in the business of selling or leasing equipment, machinery and hardware that require upkeep often augment their sales and financing activities with service ...

Today’s electrical grid delivers reliable electricity to millions of homes and businesses. However, electrical failures that affect large geographic areas do happen on a recurring basis due to ...

Today, the benefits of a well-organized maintenance program are two-fold. Facilities managers and building owners can realize substantial savings on conditioned air equipment repairs when a systematic ...

Power plant maintenance has often been given low priority by electric utilities. Plants scheduled one or two maintenance outages a year, and for the remainder of the year, only performed maintenance ...