Tag: trimble: Page 3

Machine control

Trimble agrees to buy Viewpoint Construction Software for $1.2B

Trimble will acquire Viewpoint Construction Software in a $1.2 billion all-cash deal. Learn all about this on Equipment World.

June 13, 2018

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Doosan steps out from Bobcat’s shadow; Electric Ford F-650 now available; Pettibone’s new Extendo telehandler; AUSA unveils all-terrain dumper, electric prototype

This week, AUSA unveiled the D601AHG an all-terrain site dumper, Ford's introduced the battery-powered electric F-650 Super Duty, and more! Details here.

May 21, 2018

Technology

New green beam lasers from Spectra Precision make indoor alignment lines easier to see

Trimble's LT52G is a five-beam laser pointer & horizontal & vertical crossline laser while the LT58G gives a horizontal plane intersected by two vertical planes.

May 17, 2018

Roadbuilding

Automatic Grade Control and Slope training gives pavers competitive edge

At Volvo Construction Equipment’s Road Institute, which teaches best practices for paving, trainers hear common refrains from operators who have been stymied by automatic grade control and slope (AGS) systems. “We often hear in our paving classes and our automatic grade-and-slope classes where people have the systems, but they tried to use them once and […]

February 20, 2018

Technology

3D virtual reality comes to the jobsite with Trimble’s HoloLens-fitted hard hat

If you’ve ever walked a jobsite to fix in your mind where things will go before construction starts, now you don’t have to use your imagination. Trimble announced Thursday at the World of Concrete a HoloLens design that integrates with hardhats, making 3D virtual reality easily accessible to workers in the field. With the HoloLens-fitted […]

January 26, 2018

Construction Equipment

What to see at World of Concrete 2018: New Terex mixer trucks, Topcon, Trimble in the Central Hall

The 43rd annual World of Concrete kicks off January 23 with 1,500 companies signed up as exhibitors. The event is billed as the largest international show for the concrete and masonry industries, attracting more than 55,000 attendees. The show runs from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the Las Vegas Convention Center, ending […]

January 22, 2018

Technology

Computer vision, machine learning, cloud computing will create entirely new construction ecosystems

Imagine a time in the very near future when your hand-held concrete drill contains the entire layout of a job in its CPU and guides you to exactly where the holes need to be drilled. You never have to measure or use a chalk line or set the depth of the drill. It knows where […]

October 25, 2017

Dealers

Business Roundup: Trimble to expand Colo. campus; BigRentz names new ops director; Metso adds Holt Cat; Tadano expands in Nev., Idaho

Deere donates $1 million to help with hurricane recovery efforts Deere & Company announces a $1 million donation to Habitat Hammers Back, a long-term recovery initiative by Habitat for Humanity International to help repair and rebuild communities ravaged by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Read more   Metso adds Holt Cat to dealer network San […]

October 17, 2017

Technology

Trimble plans new building at Colo. campus for 1,100 workers

Trimble has begun expanding its campus in Westminster, Colorado, with a second building that will hold 1,100 workers, the company says. The Colorado campus will hold the largest concentration of Trimble employees and continue to serve as the company’s central business hub for agricultural, construction and geospatial markets. Its headquarters will remain in Sunnyvale, California. […]

October 13, 2017

Technology

Komatsu, Trimble software platforms will soon share 3D construction data

Komatsu and Trimble have announced that the two companies are developing a bridge between their respective software platforms that will allow for easy exchanges of 3D construction site data between the two. The companies say the primary focus of the effort are customers operating mixed earthmoving fleets and aims to provide “a more holistic view […]

July 19, 2017

Technology

Trimble goes mast-free on dozer GPS, puts a telematics tablet in vocational trucks and partners with new OEMs

Trimble has announced it is joining the ranks of manufacturers who offer “mast-free” aftermarket 3D GPS systems for dozers. The hardware for Trimble’s Earthworks for Dozers uses three inertial measurement units (IMUs) to locate the blade of the dozer in space and two GPS/GNSS receivers mounted on the cab of the machine. Contractors and operators […]

March 15, 2017

Dealers

Product Roundup: New machines and tech from Caterpillar, Kobelco, Trimble and Ditch Witch

Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup (VIDEO) Cat’s Grade Control 3D has now migrated to the smaller dozers in its lineup, the D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2. “This system is now the same from the D3 to the D8 size,” says Joel Fritts, market professional, small track type tractors, Caterpillar. The system […]

November 28, 2016