RSC Equipment Rental Opens New Green Facility

RSC Equipment Rental recently relocated its Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, branch to a new 26,000- square-foot world-class "green" facility - more than quadrupling its former branch size in Fort McMurray.

July 19, 2011

RSC Equipment Rental recently relocated its Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, branch to a new 26,000-square-foot world-class "green" facility - more than quadrupling its former branch size in Fort McMurray.

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