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Roadbuilding
āThe Rayā is Ga.ās 18-mile proving ground for technology and ideas on I-85
āThe Rayā is an 18-mile stretch of west Georgiaās Interstate 85, which was designed to be a proving ground for ideas and technologiesĀ that could transform transportation infrastructure in the future. A number of companies, including the Georgia Department of Transportation, Kia Motors Mfg. Georgia, Hannah Solar, Wattway, The Land Institute, Drawdown,Ā The University of Georgia College [ā¦]
March 15, 2018
Technology
How Komatsuās KomVision birdās-eye camera system eliminates excavator blind spots
With the boom to the right and the engine/pump compartment behind the cab, excavators have limited lines of sight behind and to the right rear of the machine. Komatsuās solution is a multi-camera system that gives operators a birdās-eye view of the area around their excavators. The company has made rear-vision cameras standard on its [ā¦]
March 9, 2018
Technology
Catās new eRoutes app brings paving contractors real time truck tracking on their phones
Caterpillar will soon launch a new application for smartphones and the web that allows paving contractors to track the location and productivity of haul trucks as they travel between plant and jobsite. Catās Dann Rawls previewed the new app, dubbed eRoutes, during a quick media presentation at the World of Asphalt show in Houston earlier [ā¦]
March 9, 2018
Telematics
Cat partners with Minetec to expand capabilities of MineStar telematics service
Caterpillar has entered into an agreement with Australian company Minetec to develop underground hard rock mining technology. Cat says the goal of the partnership is to ādeliver best-in-class site solutions for mining customers.ā The company says the resulting technology will be integrated solutions offered as part of Catās MineStar platform. MineStar provides telematics, data analysis, [ā¦]
March 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Azuga selected for Wash. pay-per-mile experiment, will test interstate links
Azuga,Ā a global provider of connected vehicle and fleet technologies, has been selected as a vendor for an experimental program in Washington thatās exploring whether a road usage fee, rather than a gas tax, might be a better way to fund transportation infrastructure. TheĀ Washington Road Usage Charge Pilot ProjectĀ is being launched to assess whether drivers could [ā¦]
February 27, 2018
Roadbuilding
NAPA asks asphalt mix producers to help with survey by April 1
Every asphalt mix producer is asked to participate in the National Asphalt Pavement Associationās annual survey on the use of recycled materials and warm-mix asphalt. Itās an important tool for tracking the use of sustainable practices by the asphalt pavement industry. NAPA conducts the survey under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). [ā¦]
February 22, 2018
Roadbuilding
Automatic Grade Control and Slope training gives pavers competitive edge
At Volvo Construction Equipmentās 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. āWe 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 [ā¦]
February 20, 2018
Technology
Bosch unveils Bluehound asset tracking: today the tool, tomorrow the jobsite
Bosch unveiled its Bluehound asset tracking, a product now in an open-pilot stage, during the recent World of Concrete show, calling it a āmajor step toward end-to-end connectivity on a complex construction site.ā The cloud-based asset management and tracking solution will incorporate cost accounting, certification tracking, asset information storage, personnel monitoring and delivery tracking and [ā¦]
February 19, 2018
Roadbuilding
New NAPA chairman urges members to focus on safety, quality and following through
The Silver Star Construction crew from Moore, Oklahoma, was following all the safety rules on that spring morning as they paved. Distracted, the driver of a pickup truck bore down on the work zone at 50 miles per hour. The catastrophic accident that unfolded in the next few moments touched off a crusade for [ā¦]
February 14, 2018
Technology
3D virtual reality comes to the jobsite with Trimbleās HoloLens-fitted hard hat
If youāve ever walked a jobsite to fix in your mind where things will go before construction starts, now you donāt 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 [ā¦]
January 26, 2018
Roadbuilding
Is your state red, yellow or green in new traffic-safety law ratings?
Six states and the District of Columbia earned good ratings and 13 states received poor ratings in a recent report gauging the number of traffic safety laws a state has enacted. The rest were deemed yellow, for caution. The 2018 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws rates all the states and the District of Columbia [ā¦]
January 26, 2018
Dealers
Our new Serial Number Guide app lets you search 50+ years of construction equipment
The Top Bid division of Equipment Worldās parent company Randall-Reilly has released a very cool new app for your iOS and Android devices that places decades of construction equipment data at your fingertips. The new Serial Number Guide Mobile App allows users to access construction equipment serial number data from any location, even offline. Top [ā¦]
January 24, 2018
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