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Construction Equipment

Trimble layout and receiver combo simplify building, utility and landscaping layout for all types of crews

Trimble has unveiled a new five-beam layout laser at the Bauma show in Munich. The company’s new Spectra Precision LT52 Point and Crossline laser combines a 5-beam laser pointer with a horizontal and vertical crossline laser for use in a wide variety of construction layout and alignment applications. You can use the LT52 for interior […]

April 13, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat’s Oberhelman: “Welcome to the age of smart iron”

In the coming years, the talk from Caterpillar will be technology, technology and more technology, if the remarks Cat Chairman/CEO Doug Oberhelman made at the Munich, Germany, bauma trade show today are any indication. “We talked about technology at the last bauma in 2013, and the digital transformation is even more important now,” he commented […]

April 12, 2016

Technology

Caterpillar unveils rebuilt VisionLink telematics dashboard with mixed fleet view, responsive design

Caterpillar has completely redesigned its VisionLink telematics dashboard, rebuilding the web interface to work better with smartphones and tablets and enabling it to display information from both third-party machine manufacturers and telematics hardware makers. Developed under Cat’s Virtual Site Solutions joint venture with Trimble and launched/unveiled at the Bauma trade show here in Munich on […]

April 11, 2016

Dealers

Case CE dealers to begin offering Leica’s off-machine construction tools

Case Construction Equipment announced today that its North American dealers will begin carrying off-machine construction tools from Leica Geosystems. The move comes through the expansion of a partnership between the two companies established in 2014. With that agreement Case was allowed to integrate Leica machine control technology into its machines from the factory as well as […]

April 6, 2016

Construction Equipment

Telematics 101: How to drink from the fire hose of heavy equipment data

Editor’s Note: This is the second part in our ongoing Telematics 101 series of articles. To view the other articles in this series Click here. Contractors sometimes complain that reading telematics data is like trying to take a drink from a fire hose – too much information, too fast. True, OEM and third party telematics […]

April 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Topcon launches SmoothRide system for mapping road surfaces at highway speeds

Topcon has launched a vehicle-mounted system for mapping road surfaces for road construction work that allows scanning at highway speeds. The information collected can be used to enhance work for pavers or milling machines for machine control using GNSS with sonic tracer sensor guidance, the company says. Because the SmoothRide system can scan at high […]

March 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

AASHTO survey finds increase in state DOT drone use for inspections, data collection

State departments of transportation are increasing their use of drones for inspections and data collection, providing a direct bottom line result of cost savings, according to a recent report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). AASHTO found that 17 state transportation agencies have studied the use of drones, while 16 […]

March 29, 2016

Technology

John Deere’s new ROI calculator lets you see how much JDLink telematics could save your fleet

For those contractors and fleet managers interested in telematics but hoping to see those benefits illustrated in dollars and cents, John Deere has released an online ROI calculator for its JDLink telematics service. The aptly named JDLink ROI estimator is primarily designed to give those Deere customers facing the decision of whether or not to […]

March 28, 2016

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar intros 815K soil compactor with improved cab and controls

During a press event last week at the company’s headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, Caterpillar unveiled a new soil compactor with an improved cab and increased productivity. Powered by a Cat C7.1 ACERT engine, the new 815K soil compactor is rated at 248 net horsepower and weighs in at 49,353 pounds. Cat says the 815K meets […]

March 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

Highways 2.0: Transportation’s future holds drastic changes for road builders

The Eisenhower Interstate System was a bold plan. It supercharged our economy and provided good, middle class jobs to millions of Americans for more than 40 years. It changed the face and character of America. That’s what we’re calling Highways 1.0. What followed in the footsteps of these big thinkers and world-class builders? Stasis, neglect and […]

March 11, 2016

Construction Equipment

Wheel loader as a lower-cost finish-grader? With Trimble’s new GPS system, it’s possible

Say again? GPS on a wheel loader? That was our first reaction too, but after talking to Jeff Drake, business area manager, Trimble Machine Control Systems, we discovered there’s a lot to recommend in it. While dozers and motor graders are the machines most people enhance with GPS/GNSS machine control, until Trimble brought out its […]

March 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Google’s autonomous car (sort of) causes its first fender bender

For likely the first time in history, an autonomous car has caused a traffic accident. Well, it’s at least partially at fault. According to Forbes, a Lexus model Google car was driving in Mountain View, California on a public street when it approached a intersection that had some sandbags near a storm drain. The Google car switched lanes […]

March 3, 2016