Tag: construction tech: Page 18

Technology

Kespry, maker of all-in-one industrial drone platform, names new CEO

Drone maker and aerial intelligence platform Kespry has named tech industry veteran George Mathew as its next chairman and CEO. 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 to provide a drone that not only flies itself, but […]

January 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois DOT invests in drones to help with assortment of jobs

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) paid approximately $9,000 for a pair of new drones that it plans to use for an assortment of jobs, the Illinois News Network reports. “It could do (tasks) ranging from surveying work, maybe getting into some 3D imaging, to maybe looking at highway work zones,” IDOT spokesman Brian Williamsen told […]

December 20, 2016

Technology

9th Day of Construction Gifts: Cat S60 is a FLIR-toting phone designed for construction

The S60 is Cat’s best smartphone to date. As I noted in my full review from August, the S60 has a distinctive character to it and is one of the coolest gadgets to hit the market in some time. With a nearly indestructible design that can withstand drops and deep plunges into water, the S60 also […]

December 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT: Tablets, E-ticketing improve construction accountability for concrete loads

Editor’s Note: The following Editorial was written by the Iowa Department of Transportation. For Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) inspectors, tablets are quickly becoming the most essential tool on a construction project. In 2015, inspectors began the transition to 100 percent paperless construction management to increase project efficiency. In addition to being a smarter way […]

December 6, 2016

Telematics

John Deere now offering factory-installed JDLink telematics option on large-frame G-Series skid steers and CTLs

John Deere is now offering its JDLink telematics system as a factory-installed option on all of its new large-frame G-Series Skid steers and compact track loaders. Deere says the system, which allows owners to remotely keep track of machine location and key performance data, is installed as the machine is being built. The factory-installed option […]

December 2, 2016

Technology

The 5 Best Smartphones for Construction [2017 Edition]

With all of the major phones having been announced in the last few months that will serve as flagship devices heading into 2017, it’s that time of year where we take a look at the field and give you our suggestions as to what the next device you should carry onto the jobsite should be. RELATED […]

December 1, 2016

Technology

How to get the most out of all the latest excavator technology features

Excavators from 19- to 50-metric tons are brimming with technology, from electronic controls to hyper-adjustable seating. But, questions still abound about how this technology benefits the contractor, and especially how contractors can learn to get the most from these features.   A la mode Excavators have multiple modes, multiple names for those modes, and those modes provide […]

November 25, 2016

Equipment Experts

Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup

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 automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]

November 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup

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 automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]

November 21, 2016

Technology

With Trimble’s HoloLens SketchUp Viewer, you can walk through a building as you design it

Alongside the numerous improvements announced at the annual Dimensions conference for the company’s field survey solutions and SketchUp design software aimed at compact equipment, Trimble also announced that it’s working to bring SketchUp to Microsoft’s HoloLens virtual reality goggles. Trimble is working in tandem with Microsoft to enable teams to collaborate on drawings with the ability to view the […]

November 21, 2016

Machine control

Trimble intros several updates to field survey tools, SketchUp for use with compact equipment

If you do a lot of work with skid steers, compact track loaders and mini-excavators, Trimble has developed a suite of products that will enable you to do many of the same things as contractors who run big equipment equipped with GPS machine control, but with less hardware and at a lower cost. “Customers have seen the […]

November 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

GNSS machine control allows Halley Engineering Contractors to widen Florida’s deadly SR 997 2 months ahead of schedule

In the period from 2005 to 2011, the 36-mile stretch of Florida’s State Road 997 between the city of Homestead and Okeechobee Road to the north, claimed the lives of 28 people—a dozen in 2014 alone. And, in that same time frame, more than 900 others were injured in crashes on the two-lane highway. Though […]

October 13, 2016