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HCSS Plans puts the blueprints in your pocket, enables field and office to share changes, quantities and reporting instantly
Field crews get instant access to information and revisions and can annotate plans from mobile devices to share with the people back in the office. More here.
August 8, 2018
Technology
Virtual tape measure app shows promise for putting augmented reality to work
At its recent Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 11. Beyond tweaks to core parts of how users currently navigate iOS and major improvements to file handling on iPads, the biggest news with the new OS was the addition of what Apple calls ARKit. The new platform […]
June 28, 2017
Technology
Caterpillar invests in busybusy with plans to integrate app’s digital time sheet service
Caterpillar Ventures has announced an investment in busybusy, the startup development firm behind the digital timesheet app of the same name. The deal includes plans to integrate the software into the Cat Connect suite of connected machine offerings. busybusy was founded by Isaac Barlow, an excavation contractor from St. George, Utah. After pinpointing labor costs as […]
March 6, 2017
Business
Construction time clock app busybusy adds Quickbooks integration
Busybusy, a digital time clock app developed specifically for the construction industry, has been updated with Quickbooks integration. The app, which provides construction companies with a quick transition to digital time sheets by allowing workers to clock in at the jobsite from their iPhone or Android device, previously required firms to export that time sheet data from […]
September 15, 2016
Construction Equipment
Time-tracking app busybusy releases major update aimed at better serving larger construction firms
Digital timesheet app busybusy has made a few changes that improve the app’s ability to facilitate larger construction firms. We first reported on this app just under a year ago following a meeting with founder Isaac Barlow, an excavation contractor from St. George, Utah. After pinpointing labor costs as the primary reason most construction businesses fail […]
February 11, 2016
Technology
Collect equipment data easily and accurately on smartphones with Mobile Equipchat
Mobile Equipchat is an equipment dataÂtracking app recently launched by OEM Data Delivery. Available on Android devices and soon to be released for Apple products, it allows users to capture equipment data remotely through simple templates. With the app you can take equipment photos, capture signatures and stamp GPS locations. The templates give you lists […]
December 23, 2015
Construction Equipment
Caterpillar launches Cat Inspect app, replacing forms with smartphones, tablets on machine walkarounds
Caterpillar has released a new app for smartphones and tablets that allows owners, operators and fleet managers to remove paper forms from their machine inspections. RELATED >> Caterpillar unveils the S40: Rugged smartphone’s slim design combines Cat DNA, user feedback (PHOTOS) Dubbed Cat Inspect, the app replaces Technical Analysis (TA1) inspection forms and preventative maintenance […]
September 17, 2015
Technology
App gives you oil sample results instantly on your smartphone or tablet
Polaris Laboratories a new phone app Horizon Mobile can help you keep track of your oil analysis results. Built to run on iOS 8 and higher, Horizon Mobile features a customizable push notification to alert users to oil analysis results without having to wait for paper reports. The alerts show users a sample report summary […]
August 14, 2015
Technology
John Deere’s new GoPush app offers quick reference for 1050K dozer operation, maintenance
John Deere has released a helpful app for owners and operators of its 1050K dozer, especially those who dislike having to keep a paper reference handy. The new GoPush app should prove useful for those familiar and new to the 1050K, offering quick reference for daily servicing, a maintenance checklist, machine setup, and an icon glossary […]
July 7, 2015
Technology
Uber for Construction Equipment: Getable app lets contractors rent across vendors, manage owned and rented machines
Though the app itself is nearly 5 years old, Getable, an app that aspires to be the Uber of construction equipment, will be a brand new concept for the vast majority of U.S. contractors. The San Francisco-based company launched in 2010 as Rentcycle and until now has only been available to West Coast contractors and suppliers. However, […]
February 25, 2015
Technology
Created by a contractor, busybusy mobile app automates construction labor cost management
You won’t find too many contractors that consider themselves a “nerd.” But very early on in my conversation with Isaac Barlow, a 19-year veteran of commercial excavation, he threw the word out there. “My nature is very analytical,” he said while scrolling through thousands of emails on his iPad amid the dull roar of the […]
February 18, 2015
Technology
Meet Punchbot, the roving robot construction superintendent born at AEC Hackathon
What if a jobsite superintendent could be everywhere at once, providing workers with the information the need instantly, with the tap of a button? With Punchbot, that just might become a reality. Created at the latest Architecture Construction Engineering (AEC) Hackathon event in New York, Punchbot was dreamt up by Joe Williams and Todd Wynne of […]
February 17, 2015
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