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Profit Matters
Simple to Complex: Know Your Excavator Grade Control Options
With many advantages, and quick payback, deciding to use grade control system on excavators is pretty much a no-brainer. The tougher choice is deciding which systems is the right fit for your operation.
Equipment Monitoring & Logistics
Caterpillar Unveils New VisionLink Productivity Features
Equipment Monitoring & Logistics
Tenna Launches TennaINTEL Smart Equipment Tracker/BLE Reader and TennaBLE RT1 Beacon
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Machine & Grade Control in Construction Surface Prep
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Why Fleet Connectivity is Key for Profitability
Surveying & Layout
Why Reality Capture is the Lynchpin for the Jobsite of Tomorrow
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Construction Technology
How AI, Automation, and Tech Are Shaping Asphalt Industry
The machines that we use to pave, mill, and compact are getting smarter at an increasingly fast pace. Data capture and telematics give us all the pieces of the puzzle. How long before a system can put them all together better than human operators?
Construction Technology
Construction Tech Reshaping Tomorrow’s Cities
By leveraging innovation, we can overcome communicative and organizational challenges, attract new talent, and drive the industry into a new era of progress and efficiency.
Construction Technology
Small Site Contractors Cash in on Construction Tech
With the growing number of options for small site contractors to invest in technology, the decision about where to begin can be another significant hurdle.
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Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Achieving Precision Location in Construction
While firms have several choices for correcting GNSS signals, RTK sets the standard for cost-efficient precision.
Construction Technology
How AI, Automation, and Tech Are Shaping Asphalt Industry
The machines that we use to pave, mill, and compact are getting smarter at an increasingly fast pace. Data capture and telematics give us all the pieces of the puzzle. How long before a system can put them all together better than human operators?
Site Layout
How Robotic Total Stations Can Help Elevate The Layout Process
A primer on robotic total stations.
Construction Technology
Small Site Contractors Cash in on Construction Tech
With the growing number of options for small site contractors to invest in technology, the decision about where to begin can be another significant hurdle.
Construction Technology
Sensors, Connectivity and AI: The Building Blocks to a Safer, More Productive Worksite
As we look to the future, we can expect to see AI-powered robots and automated machinery performing repetitive tasks on the jobsite, such as digging trenches, moving earth, or building brick walls with great precision.
Construction Technology
Meeting the Challenges of Rural Construction
The essentials of connectivity – whether between people or between devices in an Internet of Things (IoT) solution – can be simpler and cheaper than you think.
Excavators
How Wheeled Excavators Come in Handy on the Jobsite
Wheeled excavators tout a number of benefits, from simplified transport, decreased maintenance and can be used in a variety of applications, from digging and craning to vegetation management.
Construction Technology
Maximize Telematics Data With Equipment Maintenance Programs
Powerful maintenance management software complements telematics by providing a centralized place to collect data from multiple sources and put it to work.
Asphalt
Asphalt Contractor's Top 30 Products 2024
The best list of new, innovative, and industry shaping products for the road building industry.
Excavators
Excavation Tasks & Other Ways Wheeled Excavators Are Valuable on the Jobsite
Compact wheeled excavators represent the future of construction, showcasing how technology enhances efficiency on the jobsite.
Equipment Management
Navigate Your Possibilities With Aftermarket GPS
Integrating GPS or GNSS technology aftermarket is achievable and can provide many benefits to contractors, workers and machines.
Compact Track Loaders
Compact Track Loaders: Benefits & Challenges
Is a CTL right for your business? Understand the advantages, drawbacks and machine capabilities.
Expert Columns
Twin Challenges for Construction in 2024: Technology and Policy Reform
The $1 trillion federal infrastructure bill, growing investment in green power infrastructure, rising U.S. consumer demand, and initiatives to reshore manufacturing have all contributed to tremendous growth in commercial construction.
Fleet Maintenance
3 Tactics to Boost Construction Fleet Performance
Telematics, IoT devices, and even AI integrations have the power to significantly improve construction fleet management when utilized effectively.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How 3D Milling and Advanced Data Capture Can Save You Serious Paving Headaches
At World of Asphalt 2024, Kevin Garcia (Trimble) discuss BIM, digital twins, and how the real way to fix your asphalt mat is what's underneath it.
Construction Technology
How AI Can Increase Efficiencies in Construction
From enhanced standardization and project management platforms to automation options that increase speed and reduce costs, these new tools offer increased flow within offsite construction projects.
Snow Removal Equipment
Teleo, Storm Equipment Launch Remote, Autonomous Snow Plow
The autonomous machine is designed for mass snow clearing in large open areas such as parking lots.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Topcon Releases HiPer CR GNSS Receiver
The HiPer CR can be used in a variety of configurations, including as a network RTK rover, in base and rover setups and integrated hybrid use with a robotic total station.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Trimble Releases Roadworks Paving Control Platform for Mills and Cold Planers
Trimble Roadworks for Mills and Cold Planers runs on an Android operating system and enables operators to control cutting depth of the mill or cold planer, according to project design.
Construction Technology
Trackunit Releases TU700 IoT Device
TU700 will enable fleets to move towards 100% coverage offering global roaming, long-range Bluetooth support and Wi-Fi ready capabilities with new self-service CAN configuration.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Trimble Adds Mills and Cold Planers to Roadworks Paving Control
New version of Trimble’s next-generation paving control platform for smoother, more precise paving surfaces extends the functionality to an additional machine type
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Machine Guidance & Control System Pays Dividends
When contractors like Rasch Construction implement a grade control system for their dozers, it helps them make fewer mistakes when grading.
Equipment
World of Concrete 2024 Trends & Conversations
Cordless tools, safety, solving small contractors’ problems and providing an entry into technology were some of the trends.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Spireon Releases Flex Battery Tracker for Unpowered Equipment
The solution can be used for various equipment on construction sites such as trailers, storage containers, vending machines and more.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Caterpillar Announces Technology Package Upgrades for Medium Dozers
Formerly ARO with Assist, Cat Assist with ARO (attachment ready option) suite of features will be included as a standard feature on Cat D4, D5, D6, D6 XE and D7 models.
Asphalt
Alternative Power, AI & Remote Control in Roadbuilding
The demand for quicker delivery and increased sustainability on projects has placed a heightened focus on the need for large-scale digital transformation in roadbuilding operations.
Mini Excavators
4 Money-making Ideas for Your Excavator
Start the new year on the right foot by prioritizing equipment use that will benefit your work and bottom line.
Profit Matters
Four Things to Think About When Selecting Machine Control Solutions
Depending on your use case, different construction equipment machine control options may be a better fit than others.
Business
Link-Belt Experts Weigh in on the State of the Construction Industry
They look forward to a continued decrease of supply chain issues and increased use of technology to improve productivity and efficiency and help with the workforce shortage.
Business
CASE North America VP Discusses the State of the Construction Industry
Dolan says machine guidance, satellite positioning technology and electrification will be innovation areas in 2024.