Project Uptime
Temporary Roadways: Understanding Construction Access Mats
When you need to create a temporary access road for a construction or utility project, the right partner makes the difference. If this is new territory, or your current approach...
United Rentals’ Matting Solutions: The Complete Guide to Ground Protection Mats
During project mobilization, project managers secure the equipment and resources needed once execution begins. The list is long and includes everything, from heavy iron to...
Environmental Matting: How Ground Protection Mats Support Sustainable Construction
Project success today is measured by more than schedule and budget. Environmental performance is now a core jobsite priority, and it requires practical solutions that work in real...
How to Choose the Right Pipeline Mats for Your Project
Pipeline projects break ground across a range of environments, from uncut forests to dense swamps to private rights of way abutting acres of farmland.
How to Secure a Construction Site: 6 Ways to Improve Site Security and Prevent Theft
Construction site security is more important than ever. Rising material and labor costs are squeezing profit margins. Thin margins and tight timelines leave little room for...
Benching and Sloping Excavation: Tips and FAQs
Protecting people working inside trenches and other excavations against cave-ins is critically important, as many cave-ins are not survivable.
OSHA Soil Types: Understanding the 4 Types of Soil and Why the Classifications Matter
Understanding the four types of soil OSHA recognizes is one of the first steps to performing safer trench and excavation work.
Trench Shoring vs. Shielding: What’s the Difference?
Choosing the right protective system is critical to keeping workers safe in trenches and other excavations. Trench shoring and trench shielding are two types of OSHA-approved...
Spoil Pile Best Practices for Safer Excavation Work
When excavation spoil piles are located too close to the excavation or left uncontrolled, they can pose serious safety risks, including excavation collapse and worker injury or...
United Rentals’ Equipment Agent Helps Customers Find the Right Equipment Fast
Identifying the right equipment for a job can feel like a project on its own. Very often, two machines that look similar aren’t interchangeable.