Essential Equipment to Launch a Construction Franchise

The construction industry is an exciting and challenging place to be if you’re ambitious and want to launch a franchise rather than simply run a business. However, to get from being small time to the big leagues, you need to have all the right equipment, and it needs to be of the highest possible quality in order to get the jobs done to the best of your ability at a rate of 100% customer satisfaction.

The Basics

Before you start buying all the heavy-duty items such as dozers, trucks, cranes and so on, you need to cover your basics. These basics include smaller items such as hammers, drills (and drill bits), tape measures, safety wear, Swanson square, circular saws and all of the seemingly little items that you might not think of right away, but could desperately need once you’re on the site. Make a list of everything you need and make it a company policy that all items on that list have to be on site at all times, and any breakages/lost items have to be fixed and replaced. It will prevent slowing down any jobs due to not having the sufficient tools, and it’s always the small things that go missing and trip you up.

Vehicles

Whether you’re building homes, fixing roads and other forms of civic work, or you’re running a number of factories, you’re going to need the right kind of vehicles to transport and pick up goods and can manage all the tasks that you require from them. Whether this is large trucks, commercial vans or pickup trucks, they need to be in tip-top shape, as not only are you banking on them to do the job required of them, but they are what your potential customers are going to see driving around the country. It means that your vehicles should be brand new and kept to a high standard of cleanliness inside, outside and underneath so that it projects that feeling of quality whether on the job or not.

Trailers

There are times in the construction industry that your vehicles are going to need a helping hand, so it pays to have a wide variety of trailers available to your business. These include pipe trailers if you are transporting pipe from site-to-site, as they are specially built for carrying pipe without causing any unnecessary breakages or issues due to their awkward shape. It also pays to have a number of plant trailers at your disposal, especially if you are transporting heavy goods to and from your building sites and you need something heavy duty that will have the resistance required to prevent any damage to your vehicle.

Now that you have all the essential equipment you need, you can start planning towards becoming a franchise. Get a business plan in place and speak to your financial advisor about how you can start branching out further. Take a look around your local area for potential sites, offices or factories that you could branch out into, and above all else, keep those customers happy and coming back. After all, they are the lifeblood of your construction company, and who will eventually lead you to become a successful franchise in your niche.