Natalie Rauch - Wed April 12, 2017
Qatar Stadium Leads to New Cooling Technology for Construction Industry
As work continues on the FIFA World Cup soccer stadium in Qatar, the obvious question for anyone observing construction activities is how will the workers be able to work under the penetrating sun of the Arabian desert?Engineers from Qatar University have provided an interesting solution....
Felling Trailers - Mon April 10, 2017
Felling Trailers Inc. Earns ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management
Felling Trailers Inc. , a manufacturer of industrial and commercial trailers, has recently received ISO 9001:2015 Certification for its Quality Management System for its Sauk Centre, Minn., and Litchfield, Minn., operations....
TrueLook - Mon April 10, 2017
Time-Lapse Images Help Promote Construction Projects
Winston-Salem-based TrueLook, the only company that provides construction cameras combining live jobsite viewing, project time-lapsing, and HD security, has vast experience in providing time-lapse imagery for construction projects, and it has seen firsthand how that imagery positively promotes projects....
Thu April 06, 2017
Norway Builds World's First Ship Tunnel
Norway plans to build the world's first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-meter (5,610-feet) passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea....
CM Labs Simulations - Wed April 05, 2017
CM Labs Simulations Joins John Deere Supply Base
CM Labs Simulations has been chosen to supply simulation-based construction equipment training software to John Deere Construction & Forestry Company. “We're excited to be working with John Deere in the development of their next-generation of market-leading training simulators,” said Arnold Free, CM Labs Simulations' chief commercial officer....
Joe Douglass -KATU News - Fri March 31, 2017
State Website Cracks Down on Illegal Contractors
"We've got some very bad boys out there that the public needs to know about," Stan Jessup, enforcement program manager for Oregon's Construction Contractors Board (CCB), told KATU on Thursday. Jessup was talking about a new website from CCB that lists unlicensed contractors who have racked up tens of thousands of dollars in fines along with photos of them....
Cho Jin-young - Business Korea - Thu March 30, 2017
South Korea Envisions Robots for Underwater Construction Projects
The Ministry of Oceans & Fisheries of South Korea announced on March 15 that the 23 organizations including the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) and the Korea Institute of Robot & Convergence (KIRO) developed a prototype underwater construction robot in its project for the same purpose....
Ekso Bionics Holdings - Thu March 30, 2017
Robotic Exoskelton Company Brings Latest Technology To Texas Construction Conference
Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. (EKSO), a robotic exoskeleton company, announced that Russ Angold, the company's co-founder and chief technology officer, will be a presenter at the ProCore Groundbreak 2017 construction technology conference being held in Austin, Texas on March 29-31, 2017....
Wed March 29, 2017
Caterpillar Equips More Excavators With Cost-Saving Cat Connect Technology
Contractors can enhance their jobsite accuracy, productivity, and efficiency using the latest Cat Connect technology. Cat Grade with Assist and Cat Payload are now available direct from the factory on several F Series excavator models sold in North America and other regions....
Mack Trucks - Wed March 29, 2017
Mack Trucks Offers Connectivity for Older Vehicles
Mack Trucks is bringing its uptime solutions to customers with Mack legacy vehicles. Working with its partner Geotab, a global provider of end-to-end telematics technology, Mack now offers connectivity for older Mack vehicles that are not equipped with its GuardDog Connect telematics hardware, helping to maximize customer uptime....
