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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

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Astec launches Silobot, a robotic asphalt silo inspection and mapping service

Astec has introduced a new asphalt silo inspection tool designed to minimize danger to personnel inspecting the silo, provide precise thickness mapping, and cut back silo downtime to a fraction of what is traditionally needed. Called Silobot, the machine was on display at ConExpo 2017 in Las Vegas. The old way to inspect a silo was […]

March 13, 2017

Dealers

John Deere dealers to offer Kespry’s automated construction drone service in exclusive deal

Against the backdrop of ConExpo 2017, a show which highlighted drone technology with a drone aviary in its Tech Experience area, John Deere and Kespry announced an exclusive global strategic alliance through which Deere Construction & Forestry dealers will provide the Kespry Aerial Intelligence System to their customers on jobsites around the world, beginning in North […]

March 10, 2017

Equipment Experts

Operating a D8T 1,700 miles away with Cat’s Remote Operator system at ConExpo

ConExpo attendees will be able to sit in a simulator-type set up in Caterpillar’s Gold Lot booth and remotely operate a D8T located at the company’s Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, some 1,700 miles away. In what is called a Command Trailer, operators behind the D8T controls can take the machine around a […]

March 7, 2017

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Operating a D8T 1,700 miles away with Cat’s Remote Operator system at ConExpo

ConExpo attendees will be able to sit in a simulator-type set up in Caterpillar’s Gold Lot booth and remotely operate a D8T located at the company’s Edwards Demonstration & Learning Center in Peoria, some 1,700 miles away. In what is called a Command Trailer, operators behind the D8T controls can take the machine around a […]

March 7, 2017

Trucks

UPS launches drone from truck to make first unmanned residential delivery

UPS has successfully tested a drone designed to launch from the top of one of its delivery trucks. The test, performed Feb. 20 in Lithia, Florida, with Workhorse Group, an Ohio-based electric truck and drone developer, successfully sent the drone first on an autonomous package delivery and then back to the truck while it was out […]

February 24, 2017

Technology

AT&T’s LTE-equipped drones look like a great way to connect remote jobsites

Though drones have already been given construction tasks such as inspections, jobsite safety monitoring, progress photos and surveying, a future industry use of unmanned aircraft could be delivering internet access to remote jobsites. AT&T has begun testing drones as a quick way to deploy LTE wireless data in areas that are either experiencing a network outage or […]

February 23, 2017

Technology

Kespry Drone 2s brings centimeter-level survey accuracy, single base station setup to automated drone platform

Drone maker and aerial intelligence platform Kespry has introduced a big update to its Drone 2 hardware that greatly improves the unmanned aircraft’s performance while increasing its accuracy and reliability. Last year, Kespry launched Drone 2.0, a complete drone solution aimed at construction and surveying that fully integrates drone hardware and cloud-based image rendering software in order […]

February 22, 2017

Maintenance

How to choose a Computerized Maintenance Management System for your equipment fleet

Acquiring the best computerized maintenance management system for your fleet requires a detailed process and a lot of buy-in   Managing a heavy equipment fleet today without a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is like trying to run a NASCAR race in a Model T Ford. You can go around the track, but don’t expect to […]

February 13, 2017

Business

Adapt or Die: Future of construction will require contractors to embrace technology

Kiewit is known as one of the country’s top construction firms. What is less well known is that they’ve diversified into software development. InEight is the company’s wholly owned subsidiary and offers HD Suite a group of software programs covering the gamut of back office and field solutions for all sizes of companies in the […]

February 10, 2017

Technology

Mobelisk aims to make tablets jobsite-ready with rugged, modular cases that interact with apps

Using an off-the-shelf tablet, and then adding a case that is half-Otterbox, half-Mophie, tech company Mobelisk’s Chimera Smartcase is designed for applications where drops and bumps are just part of the job. “In a nutshell, what we do is take an existing tablet, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4, and then add a customizable […]

February 8, 2017

Dealers

Cat investment in Airware to accelerate rollout of drone program at dealerships

In a move signaling the heavy equipment manufacturer’s intent to more fully integrate drones and the aerial data they capture into the workflows of construction jobsites and mining operations around the world, Caterpillar has made an investment in Airware, a company that offers end-to-end commercial drone solutions. A joint announcement released by Caterpillar Ventures (the company’s investment […]

February 7, 2017