Going “back to basics” is a simple sounding concept, but it gets harder to do the more a person is indoctrinated into a system.  This is even true when it comes to businesses, and especially true when it comes to Pro-Tec Equipment.
With the core of Pro-Tec’s staff having around 10 years of time on the job, more or less, we have been able to go through the whole learning curve.  Starting with the basics (how to size a trench shield) and going all the way to the advanced classes (custom shields and Slide Rail Systems).  However, the more and more a person deals with the advanced classes, some of the basics start to fade away.  Once you’ve mastered a calculator, it’s tough to do division, long hand, with a paper and pencil. Read the rest of this entry »

As a manufacturer and a rental house, Pro-Tec Equipment has the luxury of sometimes instantly adding new equipment to our rental fleet.  We are able to solve problems quickly that a normal shoring rental operation may not.  Of course with this blessing comes a curse.  There will come a time when we don’t have most of our eighteen 28’ or longer trench shields rented.  When that happens, there will be a hungry, smelly, 800 lb gorilla in the controller’s office wondering how such a thing happened.

In Michigan, we have faced the struggles that the rest of the nation is now experiencing for the better part of this decade.   Read the rest of this entry »