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Roadbuilding

How DOTs could use drones to assess infrastructure damage from natural disasters

Researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM), San Diego State University, and BAE Systems are working on a prototype drone system that could be used to detect and map transportation infrastructure damage as a result of natural disasters. The benefit is the speed at which these machines can reach a disaster area, which many […]

March 31, 2015

Workforce

If construction wants to tap the millennial workforce, industry must abandon tribal knowledge for Web reference

Last week while attending the Association of Equipment Management Professionals Management Conference and Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, I heard a term I’d never heard before: “tribal knowledge.” I thought it sounded like a pretty cool thing until I looked it up on Google. Turns out tribal knowledge is a term used in SixSigma, which defines […]

March 25, 2015

Technology

AEM/AEMP draft telematics standard should be ready for integration by end of April

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has announced that its draft telematics standard, developed jointly with the Association of Equipment Management Professionals, should be ready for OEMs and fleet managers to integrate into their systems by the end of April. The standard, currently in draft, or beta, was released for download in September. The program standardizes telematics data […]

March 24, 2015

Technology

In-cab video monitoring with telematics driver scoring brings big benefits to truck fleets

One of the biggest concerns fleet managers have is the safety of their drivers and operators and there is no better way to improve the safety of trucks and equipment than technology. But signing a check for and wiring up a bunch of systems won’t solve your problems if that’s all you do, said presenters […]

March 23, 2015

Technology

“Embrace disruptive technology or go out of business,” AEMP telematics, tech seminar warns contractors

The first telematics session at the Association of Equipment Management Professionals 33rd Management Conference and Annual Meeting started out with a dire warning about disruptive technology. Presenter Gerald Green, Caterpillar strategic development manager, asked the heavy equipment fleet managers in the standing-room-only audience, if any of them knew what happened to the Kodak company. Kodak, […]

March 20, 2015

Construction Equipment

Tech focus, infrastructure campaign net Case Construction Equipment AEMP’s 2015 Associate of the Year award

During the Association of Equipment Management Professionals’ annual meeting in Orlando this week, the group named Case Construction Equipment its Associate of the Year. AEMP gives the award each year to a member company which “has significantly enhanced or promoted AEMP’s mission and vision.” “CASE is actively involved with our membership and has placed […]

March 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Real-time remote production reporting comes to Roadtec machines through Guardian telematics upgrade

Despite launching its Guardian telematics service three years ago, Roadtec still views the technology as an egg it is slowly aiming to crack. Marketing manager Eric Baker referred to telematics as an industry buzz word, noting that its pervasiveness in the majority of all heavy equipment marketing has created a challenge for everyone in the industry. He sees the […]

March 18, 2015

Technology

Caterpillar’s predictive diagnostics will enable more “repairs before failure” in future telematics updates

It’s not too often that you’ll see a construction boss smile while talking about an equipment operator mishandling a machine. But with a recent job, taking place hundreds of miles away from his office, Allen Feller got a taste of the magic of telematics. Feller is the co-owner of Feller Enterprises, an excavation firm based in St. George, […]

March 12, 2015

Technology

A team of robotic cranes, or “Crabots,” will help Google build its new HQ

Not content to simply redefine the definition of “office space” in general, Google also plans to create a new category of construction equipment in the building of its recently-announced corporate headquarters update. The updated campus will be defined by giant see-through canopies that, like greenhouses, house green spaces and offices that can be easily be moved around and […]

March 11, 2015

Technology

Improved telematics on Case and New Holland equipment will use Quake QPro modems

CNH Industrial has announced that it has selected Quake Global’s QPro modem as part of its enhanced SiteWatch telematics service on Case construction equipment. CNH announced last week both SiteWatch and New Holland’s Fleet Force telematics would soon gain satellite connectivity to continue transmitting machine data even when operating on jobsites outside of cellular networks. Quake’s […]

March 10, 2015

Technology

Ford’s 2016 F-650 and F-750 will boast quieter cabs, improved telematics service

[imagebrowser id=35] At the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, Ford teased the upcoming release of its new vocational trucks with a couple of announcements. First, Ford says the cab of both the 2016 F-650 and F-750 is 45 percent quieter at idle and 25 percent quieter while driving than the previous generation models. RELATED: PHOTOS: […]

March 4, 2015

Technology

International’s WorkStar and DuraStar vocational trucks are about to get a whole lot smarter

International Trucks announced that it is taking its onboard computing capabilities to the next level in its vocational truck line. At the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis today, International unveiled new body controlled modules called Body Builder. The new system works in conjunction with International’s Diamond Logic electronic platform. According to Carl Webb, Vice President […]

March 4, 2015