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Safety

Apple Watch will soon send alerts when you need hearing protection on the jobsite

As part of Apple’s new Hearing Health monitoring, the update will bring users a new Noise app that will monitor your environment and track loud noise exposure.

June 4, 2019

Business

Trimble’s new Contractor WorkZone app automates back office tasks

Trimble’s new Contractor WorkZone app automates back office functions and eliminates paper work. Learn more about how the app works on Equipment World.

May 31, 2019

Machine control

Trimble’s latest version of Earthworks Grade Control includes support for tiltrotators, drone terrain mapping

The latest program controls the boom and bucket of the excavator and the tilt angle of the attachment while the operator controls the tiltrotator. Details here.

May 29, 2019

Construction Equipment

Komatsu expands semi-auto excavator lineup with new PC290LCi-11

The new 30-ton PC290LCi-11 excavator is powered by a 6.69-liter Komatsu SAA6D107E-3 engine and is equipped with the intelligent Machine Control sensor package.

May 27, 2019

Technology

Trimble unveils Sitevision device for viewing jobsite progress in 3D augmented reality

With the Trimble Sitevision you can better visualize complex plans, underground utilities, proposed infrastructure, and find design conflicts early. More here.

May 24, 2019

Construction Equipment

Volvo asked Lego builders to design the construction equipment of the future. Here’s what they came up with.

Toys are serious business at Volvo. One concept Lego model has even led to what it calls "potentially revolutionary patents."

May 22, 2019

Machine control

Trimble’s new Earthworks Go 2D machine control uses your phone as the in-cab display

The system is built for skid steers and compact track loaders running Caterpillar or Bobcat grading attachments. Details here on Equipment World.

May 22, 2019

Machine control

Topcon intros Pavelink cloud-based paving logistics software alongside new jobsite tools

Some big news from Topcon’s booth at the recent Bauma trade show in Germany was the introduction of its paving application, Pavelink. This cloud-based system connects everybody in the paving logistics chain from the asphalt plant to the truck drivers, site supervisors, equipment operators and office personnel in real time throughout the paving process. “Paving […]

May 21, 2019

Maintenance

Deere dealers can now actively monitor your machines to prevent maintenance issues

Both Connected Support and the Machine Health Monitoring Center from Deere will remotely monitor machines and diagnose current or pending issues. More here.

May 21, 2019

Technology

Total stations, laser scanners come to forefront in rebuilding and restoration of Notre Dame

When Notre Dame went up in flames April 15, many people lamented the fact that we have few craftsmen today with the skills to recreate the work it took to build the cathedral more than 1,000 years ago. But while masons, woodcarvers and plasterers may be in short supply, there’s already a small army of […]

May 20, 2019

Technology

Liebherr’s cab-less 7XX concept dozer offers glimpse at “construction site of the future”

At the recent Bauma trade show in Munich, Liebherr offered attendees a glimpse at future technologies during demonstrations of a remote-controlled dozer and wheel loader. During the demonstration, an operator working in a remote-control station switched between operating the concept cab-less 7XX dozer to an adjacent operator-less Liebherr L 550 wheel loader. (See video below.) […]

May 17, 2019

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Texas DOT plans to build new Nueces River Bridge as part of I-37 project

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to build a new Nueces River bridge as part of a major construction project planned for Interstate 37, North Shore News reports. The project will focus on a section of I-37 between the Redbird Lane exit and the US-77 interchange. “What we’re doing is what’s called lane balancing,” […]

May 17, 2019