The World of Concrete 2016 was well attended by contractors from across North America, with healthy contingents from abroad as well. Although attendance figures were not immediately available, the consensus – and the eye test – was that it was one of the most, if not the best-attended WOC since before the last recession, a healthy sign indeed for the construction and rental industries.
RER will be sharing more in-depth stories about some of the equipment introduced at the show. In the meantime, here are some scenes to give you a flavor of the World of Concrete, a vibrant show that is about far more than just the concrete industry. We hope you enjoy!
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.