Komatsu - Thu January 27, 2022
Komatsu's Intelligent Machine Control 2.0 Promotes Productivity Gains for Excavators
Productivity is the key to success on the job site, and the faster a crew can reach maximum productivity, the better. As part of Komatsu's suite of Smart Construction products, services and digital solutions, the company's intelligent Machine Control 2.0 (iMC 2.0) gives contractors the opportunity to take advantage of sophisticated, productivity-enhancing automation....
Topcon - Fri January 28, 2022
Topcon Announces GTL-1200 Scanning Robotic Total Station
Topcon Positioning Group has announced its latest scanning robotic total station — the GTL-1200. The GTL-1200 solution combines the power of a robotic total station with a laser scanner, enabling users to perform digital layout and capture high-resolution 3D scans, all with a single setup....
Topcon - Thu January 27, 2022
Topcon Unveils MC-Mobile Portable Machine Control Solutions for Compact Equipment
Topcon Positioning Group has announced its all-new MC-Mobile portable machine control solution for compact equipment. Based on the Topcon MC-X machine control platform, MC-Mobile offers the user experience and competitive performance benefits of full-size machine control guidance solutions for compact excavators, skid steers and compact track loaders (CTL)....
Earthwave Technologies - Wed January 26, 2022
FleetWatcher Escalating Idle Alert Slashes Equipment Idle Times
Equipment and operator idle time is a major problem in the construction industry. Industry research indicates that off-road assets average an hour of excessive idle per machine per day, at a cost of roughly $50 per hour (including fuel, services and depreciation)....
RAM Inc. - Wed January 26, 2022
Updates to BlastMetriX UAV Optimize Blast Performance, Improve Safety
3GSM GmbH, developer of software that optimizes blasting and reduces inherent environmental issues, announced several significant updates to its flagship BlastMetriX UAV software. Advancing blast performance and safety, the new version improves communication with smart drills, offers face profiling enhancements and delivers more sophisticated drill pattern analysis....
Trimble - Wed January 19, 2022
Trimble Introduces Horizontal Steering Control for Soil Compactors
Trimble announced horizontal steering control functionality on the Earthworks Grade Control Platform for soil compactors, an automatic steering control solution for soil compactors — and the next step towards Trimble's autonomous vision....
Power Curbers - Mon January 17, 2022
Power Curbers, Power Pavers Introduce ConnectSmart Telematics at World of Concrete 2022
Power Curbers introduces its new ConnectSmart Telematics solution at World of Concrete 2022 in Las Vegas. It offers a variety of fleet management tools bringing more visibility to slipforming contractors....
Brasfield & Gorrie - Wed January 12, 2022
Brasfield & Gorrie Elevates Construction Site Innovation Nationwide with XR, Drones, Robots by Standardizing on Aruba SD-Branch
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced that Brasfield & Gorrie, one of the nation's largest privately-held construction firms based in Birmingham, Ala., is standardizing on an end-to-end Aruba SD-Branch network....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 12, 2022
Contractors Turn to Innovative Tech to Complete Projects
Any 21st-century discussion of new technology in construction usually is couched in terms of software and hardware, with a tip of the hat to such things as advanced metallurgy and dynamic engineering. Yet at the end of the day, the industry's progress in employing new tech is predicated on such old-time concepts as attitude, initiative and willingness to take risks....
Holcim - Tue January 11, 2022
Holcim, Magnet Develop Concrete Solutions to Recharge Electric Vehicles
Holcim is partnering with the German startup Magment to improve its magnetizable concrete technology for road surfaces enabling electric vehicles to recharge wirelessly while in motion. Known as "inductive charging," this breakthrough concrete-based solution reduces the need for charging stations, while saving time....
