Having operated across the GCC for almost 30 years, Byrne Equipment Rental understand the regions climate issues and ensure their extensive fleet of equipment can support their client’s requirements in the Oil & Gas, Medical and Telecommunication’s sector. TowerXchange caught up with Steve Caygill, Regional General Manager and one of the experts at Byrne Equipment rental spearheading the new model, to find out more about how Byrne Equipment Rental’s offerings are relevant for the telecom tower sector.
TowerXchange: Please introduce Byrne Equipment Rental, your history and footprint.
Steve Caygill, Regional General Manager, Byrne Equipment Rental:
Byrne Equipment Rental is the most diverse supplier of rental equipment across the GCC, with 20 operational bases, a fleet of over 14,000 items of plant and a team of 1500+ people.
The company offers high quality equipment rental solutions to a broad variety of sectors including but not limited to: Oil & Gas, Construction & Infrastructure, Events, Industrial & Manufacturing, Retail & Commercial and Marine & Ports.
TowerXchange: Tell us about the range of gensets you provide – KVA, AC or DC, variable speed etc.
Steve Caygill, Regional General Manager, Byrne Equipment Rental:
Our rental generators range in size from 6kVA to 1650kVA and have the capability to scale up to multi-megawatt power plants.
Available for a variety of environments, from concerts to construction sites to camps, our power generation equipment can be adapted to meet a variety of needs and is available for short or long-term hire. In addition, we can supply complete power packages if required, including secondary power distribution and transformers, bundled fuel tanks, drip trays, and cables.
Our in-house technical team can also provide a pre-hire advisory service to ensure our clients requirements are carefully specified with an appropriate fuel management plan, supported by our sister company Byrne Yas Petroleum.
Byrne Equipment Rental is the most diverse supplier of rental equipment across the GCC, with 20 operational bases, a fleet of over 14,000 items of plant and a team of 1500+ people
TowerXchange: Resilience is becoming increasingly key for telecoms networks across the world. What do you see as the main threats to uptime in MENA, and how can this be combatted?
Steve Caygill, Regional General Manager, Byrne Equipment Rental:
It’s a collection of everything, mobile network operators find themselves executing elements which are not in their core focus. It’s a core focus for us, and the challenge is acquiring and depreciating assets not delivering full useful life. They must be suited for the GCC market where you have a lot of heat, humidity & dust, of which have a massive impact on how well assets perform, meaning assets are carrying cost and overhead beyond useful life.
We see this solution as taking away all that headache and hassle.
TowerXchange: Can you tell us more about your plans for the future and where you see the business going?
Steve Caygill, Regional General Manager, Byrne Equipment Rental:
Byrne Equipment Rental is entering into a new phase having built a strong brand identity, an extensive infrastructure covering the whole GCC, the widest mix of equipment promoting the ‘one-stop-shop’ concept, experience of over 25 years in the region, extensive supplier arrangements, and systems and procedures that have survived the test of time.
With the latest major economic changes in the region, towards further anticipated substantial growth in the coming years, Byrne is well placed to expand our existing business lines and open new business lines capitalizing on our existing infrastructure in place.
