Ace Equipment Sales Inc. - Fri May 25, 2018
Connecticut Dealer Uses New Technology in Old Industry
Ace Equipment Sales Inc. of Willington, Conn., has embraced drone technology in a big way. Information gathered from drones is being used in new plant design, plant remodeling, reclamation projects, stockpile reviews, purchase decisions and permitting applications for customers in New England and New York....
John Deere - Mon May 21, 2018
John Deere Adds Grade Guidance to 210G LC Excavator
John Deere added grade guidance technology to the 210G LC excavator and made numerous other customer-inspired updates to improve productivity, uptime and lower daily operating costs on the 13 to 47 ton models....
Foresight Intelligence - Mon May 21, 2018
Foresight Intelligence Launches Fleet Intelligence Mobile App
Foresight Intelligence, a data analytics software provider, has launched a mobile app for its newest product, Fleet Intelligence, a management product for heavy equipment fleets. The app was developed in response to a customer request and was brought to market in less than 30 days....
Jeff Winke – SPECIAL TO CEG - Mon May 14, 2018
The Here and There of Dirt — Providing Dirt Contractors With Critical Cut and Fill Quantities for Their Projects
In the early 2000s, Jim Hammond did something historic in his life. He decides to shift his highway and heavy civil construction career to begin working for the toughest boss he's ever known ... himself....
Bobcat - Wed May 09, 2018
Bobcat Introduces Rear Camera Kit for Skid-Steer, Compact Track Loaders
Bobcat Company has added a rear camera kit to its list of available options for Bobcat skid-steer and compact track loaders. The rear camera kit offers the operator a continuous rear view of the machine to prevent contact with obstacles that may damage the loader and its components....
Emily Buenzle - Fri May 04, 2018
Green Concrete Could Be Industry Game-Changer
Scientists in the U.K. have created a new type of environmentally-friendly concrete that is more than twice as strong as its traditional counterpart. The material is made by adding in microscopic pieces of graphene, which is a kind of carbon, NBC News reported....
Thu May 03, 2018
Top Five Tech to Make Construction Easier
The complex nature of construction sites means they can be a health and safety nightmare – electricity cables, moving objects, working at height, not to mention the multiple movements of some serious heavy construction equipment....
Thu May 03, 2018
OTD Partnership Launches Traffic Count Application
Georgia Department of Transportation's Office of Transportation Data (OTD) provides traffic data, products and services that help local governments and the public make data-driven transportation decisions concerning traffic patterns and flow, design of new roads, traffic signage or signalization needs and a number of other determinations....
Emily Buenzle - Tue May 01, 2018
Firm Suggests Robots to Build School in China
A new primary school in China will be built by robots. Zaha Hadid Architects designed the Jiangxi Province school that will be made up of structures with barrel and parabolic vaults, Curbed reported. In an effort to cut down on construction time, project costs and the pieces that would need to be brought to the site, the firm suggested combining in-situ concrete production with automated hot-wire cut formwork made of foam, built by robots, Curbed reported....
Emily Buenzle - Fri April 27, 2018
Companies Test Autonomous Skid Steer on Job Site for First Time
A construction site in Billings, Mont., saw some robotic action April 25 as companies tested driverless equipment. San Francisco-based Built Robotics and CMG Construction partnered together to test and demonstrate a driverless skid steer on the site of The Den Bar and Casino, KTVQ reported....
