Access Lifts & Handlers July-August 2025

ELECTRIFICATION
Electric equipment is rapidly transforming jobsites. We look at how leading OEMs are innovating, while rental giants adapt their fleets to meet growing demand and overcome challenges.

INTERVIEW: USM RERENTS
USM ReRents has quietly shaped the contours of the access equipment market. Lindsey Anderson sits down with Randy Truckenbrodt for an update.

HIGH-CAPACITY TELEHANDLERS
As jobsites – and materials – increase in size and scale, demand for higher-capacity telehandlers remains steady. Lindsey Anderson reports on where the market stands.

WORKING AT HEIGHT
The second-annual Working at Height Conference & Awards is just months away. Lindsey Anderson provides a look into who’s speaking and what’s in store.

NEWS
EquipmentShare opens flagship depot; MEC opens eastern U.S. hub; JLG expands product lines; Herc completes H&E acquisition; Specialty drives growth for Sunbelt; Manitou wins innovation award for telehandler retrofit; Bronto set to break records; Haulotte double win at Australia hire awards; plus more.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Sinoboom acquires Holland Lift; First Manitou/Kiloutou electric retrofit telehandler on site; Ruthmann delivery in Denmark; plus Highlights.

VERTICAL MASTS
Flagship Palfinger delivered; BNR takes on 1,000th Noblelift; Mills expands in southern Brazil; Palazzani celebrates 90 years.

IPAF NEWS
IPAF North America Showcases eLearning Innovation and Safety Leadership at Safety 25, Safety+ Symposium, and Working at Height Conference; Follow IPAF North America on LinkedIn; IPAF and CRA Build Partnership; IPAF and VPPPA Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Safety Standards; New IPAF Members and Training Centers; Prepare for OSHA Safe and Sound Week; and more.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The SAIA continues its unwavering commitment to elevating our industry through innovative programs and strategic alliances.

NEWS
Geda viaduct project makes history in Slovenia; Doka creates AI tool; Altrad raises billions in “landmark” bond offer; Construction spending falls; $1.64 trillion at risk from delayed megaprojects and more.

ANNUAL CONVENTION & EXPOSITION
The SAIA will host its Annual Convention and Exposition August 4-8 in Fort Worth, Texas, SA provides a comprehensive guide to what is in store.

PROJECT OF THE YEAR: SUSPENDED ACCESS
BrandSafway provided an innovative dual-tiered motorized platform for a critical tunnel project in Vancouver, and took home a coveted SAIA Project of the Year Award for its work. SA reports.

COUNCIL PLANK AND PLATFORM
The SAIA’s Plank and Platform Council is driving essential changes and new standards for safer scaffolding in North America. SA gets an update from Chair Keith Iwasaki.

FALL PROTECTION ANCHORS
Brian Andrews and Bobby Zeolla of the SAIA’s Permanent Installation Council discuss various types of fall protection anchors, respective applications and key considerations.

COLUMN
Does a ‘hierarchy of control’ within the workplace degrade the professionalism of skilled and trained workers? David Glabe discusses how it can destroy the concept of responsibility for one’s own actions while rewarding those who should never have been rewarded.

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