Per Del Construction, a busy concrete contracting company based in Lemont, Illinois, owns some Steel-Ply equipment, and supplements their inventory by renting additional forms when they need them. This arrangement provides the contractor more flexibility and better cost-effectiveness than either renting or owning all of their forms.
For large jobs or when they have several overlapping jobs, Per Del uses a combination of Steel-Ply forms that they own along with rented forms. They have found that this arrangement provides several important advantages. They can arrange to have only the forms they need delivered to the site when they need them, and they do not have to store the forms between jobs or tie up their money in idle equipment.
Although the contractor appreciates the flexibility possible with renting forms, they acknowledge the advantages of owning much of their equipment. Because the strong steel frame lasts a long time and the special ½" HDO plywood face can be replaced when necessary, they know that the money they put into their Steel-Ply inventory will benefit them for years. In addition, when they have occasionally rotated equipment out of inventory, they found the resale value for their used Steel-Ply was high.
Per Del Construction depends on Steel-Ply every day to contribute to the continued success of the company.
