{"id":9783,"date":"2026-07-29T18:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avanttecno.com\/us\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:19:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:19:05","slug":"consider-labor-efficiency-not-just-utilization-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avanttecno.com\/us\/news-and-events\/consider-labor-efficiency-not-just-utilization-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider labor efficiency, not just utilization rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 id=\"h-how-rental-businesses-can-help-customers-work-through-the-labor-shortage\" class=\" wp-block-heading\">How rental businesses can help customers work through the labor shortage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rental businesses can&#8217;t solve the construction labor shortage, but they&#8217;re one of the most practical resources a short-handed contractor has for working through it. When there aren&#8217;t enough hands on-site to move a job at the pace it was scoped, the equipment on that job has to help the crew that&#8217;s already there do more. That help shows up in three places: the machines they stock, the questions they ask at the counter and the handoff they give before a customer ever turns the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scale of the problem is well documented.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nccer.org\/research\/2025-workforce-survey-agc-nccer\/\">The 2025 AGC\/NCCER Workforce Survey&nbsp;<\/a>found that 92 percent of construction firms hiring are having difficulty finding qualified workers and 45 percent experienced project delays due to shortages within their own or subcontractors&#8217; crews. Those numbers describe a job market where the crew, the deadline and the material can all be on-site and ready, and the work still doesn&#8217;t move at the scoped pace, because there simply aren&#8217;t enough hands to do it. For rental businesses, those workforce numbers translate directly into tighter timelines, more urgent requests and customers who need every rental decision to count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more from Beau Slavens, President of Avant Tecno USA, on <strong><em>For Construction Pros<\/em><\/strong>: https:\/\/www.forconstructionpros.com\/rental\/construction\/article\/22970590\/avant-tecno-usa-inc-how-rental-businesses-can-help-customers-work-through-the-labor-shortage<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How rental businesses can help customers work through the labor shortage Rental businesses can&#8217;t solve the construction labor shortage, but they&#8217;re one of the most practical resources a short-handed contractor has for working through it. 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