Forklift News - United Rentals’ homebuilding partnership airs on TV

A child's bedroom redesigned by the Extreme Makever: Home Edition team in an earlier episode.

United Rentals has contributed equipment and manpower to rebuild three houses and a church which will be featured in a television show’s two-hour season finale on 18 May.

The finale of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 8pm eastern time on 18 May features volunteers building three houses for the Usea family and rebuilding the Noah’s Ark Missionary Baptist Church of New Orleans in seven days.

Three years after Hurricane Katrina, the region is still struggling to recover. In the case of the Usea family, there are several generations living in a small house in Westwego, Louisiana, while twin brothers Brad and Chad help rebuild the community as volunteer firefighters.

United Rentals’ involvement in the construction feat includes over 150 pieces of equipment co-ordinated through its branches in Saint Rose and Geismar. Its employees collectively provided over 125 hours of assistance on-site and builders from 11 states joined the project.

CEO Michael Keenland says the company has a long legacy of community involvement.
"We believe we have a responsibility to be a good neighbour and a positive role model in the hundreds of cities and towns we serve. Our employees have done an exceptional job of supporting Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

United Rentals has previously contributed equipment and manpower to the popular television show. It partnered with the Extreme Makeover team to design and build new homes for families in Warwick, Rhode Island and Maynard, Massachusetts. The Maynard project aired on ABC last Sunday.

United Rentals is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with a network of 670 rental locations in 48 US states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. It hires out over 2,900 classes of rental equipment with a total original cost of USD4.2 billion.

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