Ainstein - Mon January 18, 2021
Doosan Bobcat North America Invests in Ainstein AI to Elevate Radar-Sensing Solutions
Doosan Bobcat North America announced a strategic equity investment with Ainstein AI Inc. , a startup radar technologies company located in Lawrence, Kan., to continue the development of next-generation radar sensor systems for Bobcat equipment solutions....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 14, 2021
Augmented Reality Comes to Construction Industry
Augmented reality, often considered merely gaming technology, is coming to the construction industry. In 2015, a close-knit team in Palo Alto, Calif., founded Grid Raster Inc., a provider of cloud-based XR platforms that power high-performance and scalable AR/virtual reality/mixed reality experiences on mobile devices....
Mack Trucks - Thu January 14, 2021
Mack Over the Air Updates Now Standard With Driver Download Activation Feature
Mack Trucks announced that its driver-activated Mack Over The Air (OTA) updates feature is now standard on the Mack Anthem, Pinnacle and Granite models, enabling customers to implement software updates themselves at a time when it's most convenient for them....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 13, 2021
Built Robotics Aspires to Automatize Industry
Demand in the construction industry has remained steady since the pandemic began, but productivity has slowed continuously over recent years, in part because skilled equipment operators are hard to find....
Tenna - Wed January 13, 2021
Karen Wuerfl Joins Tenna's Advisory Board of Directors
Tenna, a construction technology platform, announced the addition of Karen Wuerfl to the advisory board of directors. Wuerfl is a senior operations/technology executive and leader who has spent her entire career in the construction industry....
Garney Construction - Tue January 12, 2021
Garney Construction Tests New Smart Device to Protect Workers From Heat Stress
Garney Construction, based in North Kansas City, Mo., with a singular focus on water and wastewater construction, is interested in keeping its employee-owners as safe as possible on the job. Recently, the company added a new element to its already robust safety programs by testing new wearable technology smart devices....
Sundt Construction - Tue January 12, 2021
Virtual Design, Construction Driving California Projects
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) has seen rapid growth across the construction industry in the last decade. With contractors everywhere racing to build up their VDC capabilities, there's constant talk about new technology....
Del Williams - Mon January 11, 2021
GPS Tracking Enables Social Distancing, Optimal Construction Fleet Productivity During Pandemic
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, construction contractors, business owners and fleet managers still need to manage their fleets, but may not want to go to the office daily and risk possible exposure to themselves or others....
Komatsu - Mon January 11, 2021
Komatsu's intelligent Machine Control 2.0 Available on D51i-24, D61i-24
Productivity is key to job site success. And just as technology has transformed global business, Komatsu's intelligent Machine Control (iMC) can help quickly transform construction job sites into highly efficient, highly productive operations, according to the manufacturer....
iBUILT - Thu January 07, 2021
Gonzalo Gonzalez Joins iBUILT as Chief Manufacturing Officer
iBUILT, the new design-build-operate company powered by technology, announced that Gonzalo Gonzalez, manufacturing and electronic engineering expert and former senior director of manufacturing engineering at Tesla and vice president of operations and engineering at Jabil, has joined the company as chief manufacturing officer....
