National Trench Safety Opens Orlando Branch

National Trench Safety, the Houston-based specialist in rental and sales of trench and trench safety equipment, trench and traffic safety engineering, and OSHA-compliant training classes, has opened a new branch operation in Orlando, Fla.

Michael Roth

Feb. 26, 2016

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“Orlando is a diverse construction market that has shown strong growth trends and is forecasted to continue to grow over the next few years,” said Ron Chilton, president of NTS. “In addition to being a very attractive market, Orlando allows us to strengthen our position in the Florida market with locations already in Tampa and Miami.”

Kevin Chandler, an experienced trench safety professional will manage the Orlando branch. “Kevin is a seasoned trench safety manager with a wealth of experience in the Florida market,” added Chilton. “He has already begun building a strong team for the branch that will position NTS as the premier trench and traffic safety supplier in the Orlando market.”

The Orlando branch is NTS’ 27 location in the United States. The company intends to open several additional branch locations in 2016.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

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.