Construction Equipment Distribution - 2007 Regional Outlook

Construction Equipment Distribution

2007 Regional Outlook

Written By Scott Judy, Eileen Scwartz, Sam Barnes, Craig Barner, Tom Stabile, Lucy Bodilly, Brad Fullmer, Bruce Buckley, Scott

Be soft housing market is impacting some equipment distributors more than others.

Things in Southern California are a little better for Temecula-based Rebel Rents. Housing has slowed, observes Doug Fleury, fleet manager for Rebel, “but we’re getting a lot of business from people who are remodeling,” he said.
Plus, rentals in commercial work continue to grow in Southern California, catching up to the wave of residential building that has occurred in the region, says Fleury.
Rebel Rents is also monitoring the status of proposed rules by California state air quality officials that, if adopted, would force construction companies to replace large portions of their construction fleets with machines that have more modern, cleaner-burning engines.
“It will force people to rent more to be compliant,” Fleury said.
–Joe Florkowski is assistant editor of California Construction magazine.
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