Carrying Out Construction Work

Posted on: 8 September 2018

Every business needs to grow and expand. If you think your business is standing still or 'maintaining your ground' then, in reality, you are losing market share to your competitors as they move forward and grow their customer base at your expense. One of the best ways to grow your reach as a construction company is by expanding into new types of project and new areas, yet that often presents an equipment problem.

Do you have the right equipment?

Before you can take on any construction job, you must be certain that you have the right equipment to allow you to complete the project to a satisfactory standard and within the agreed time-frame. You probably have everything you need to take on jobs that you complete frequently but if you start to vary the type of work you do it's likely that you will soon require different types of equipment that you don't already own.

You can't bid for jobs until you know you can complete them, yet if you rush out and buy new equipment, you will be stretching your finances with no certainty of any return. You may use the equipment for one job and then not use it again for many months. The cost of the new equipment could well outweigh any profit you make on the job, and you will be stuck housing expensive equipment you never use.

Find a better way

Instead of paying large upfront costs to purchase construction equipment that you will rarely use it can make more sense to arrange equipment hire to provide whatever you need. Instead of buying earthmoving machinery, hire exactly what you need and then return it when the project is finished.

Whether you need digging equipment or an electric hoist, there is no value in buying equipment that will spend months deteriorating in storage. Equipment hire offers you the flexibility of accessing precisely the equipment you need for a particular job. It also ensures that what you hire is the latest, most up-to-date kit available for the task. Equipment hire frees you to bid for work confident in the knowledge that you will be able to use the best and most specialist equipment whatever your team will be doing.

Equipment hire gives you the flexibility you need

Whether your job will take one day or six months, you can hire the right equipment for your task and return it when the job is done. This removes the headache of locating a suitable storage location for the equipment and helps to keep your overheads down. Should you require equipment hire for a prolonged period, then ask your hire company about conducting routine maintenance on the equipment. Getting them to take care of the maintenance ensures that the equipment stays in the best possible condition and saves your maintenance team from struggling to take care of unfamiliar equipment.

There are lots of reasons why equipment hire could be just what your business has been looking for, give the hire company a call today.