United Rentals will demonstrate utility equipment, digital, and excavation safety solutions at the Utility Expo (booths E1063 and K287) from September 28 to 30 in Louisville, Kentucky. The company will showcase its safety, technology and utility industry capabilities at the largest event for utility professionals and construction contractors.
United Rentals also plans to introduce the Truck of the Future, a fleet of utility trucks with a built-in tool tracking system that makes it easy to keep track of trucks, people and tools. The trucks are preloaded with tools that have permanent asset tags and integrated with the company's cloud-based equipment management solution Total Control to provide visibility into all the tools located on a jobsite.
In addition, United Rentals teams will do a series of in-booth educational sessions and equipment demonstration, and even perform multiple in-ground excavations featuring the company’s Mega Brace hydraulic bracing system.
“Between the two booths, we have so much valuable information to help managers work safely and more efficiently,” said Craig Schmidt, Vice President, National Accounts at United Rentals. “From excavations and emergency response, to coordinated outage planning and solving challenges with grid congestion and process enhancements, United Rentals has the utility industry solutions and experience. At the Utility Expo, companies will learn how we can partner as a single-source rental provider to solve the biggest challenges utilities face and deliver quantifiable results.”
Also featured will be trench and confined space safety solutions. United Rentals Trench Safety has more than 92 trench safety locations and the largest fleet of excavation and confined space rental equipment in North America. Its services help companies in pre-bid analysis on protective system solutions, on-site consultation and engineering designs that can be applied successfully on a project.
Other in-booth sessions include:
- Elevated temperatures in substations,
- Equipment best practices in electrified environments,
- Safe site sanitation solutions, and
- How to assess a temporary substation solutions
