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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
Get the bandwidth your remote jobsite needs with the Portabella
Today’s data heavy telematics can require a lot of bandwidth that isn’t always available in remote locations. The Portabella wireless broadband bonding appliance from Mushroom Networks provides ultra fast mobile Internet connections over 3G and 4G systems in challenging physical environments found in transportation and construction applications. The Portabella 7100i and 6100iw bond together multiple […]
August 14, 2015
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Roadbuilding
Drone footage shows progress from 4 angles at $1.27B Ohio River East End Crossing project
The billion-dollar Ohio River Bridges Project is still more than a year from completion, but the team behind it sent up a drone to capture footage and give an update on the progress. The Ohio River Bridges project, which is under construction by the WVB East End Partners, will connect the east end of Louisville, Kentucky, to southern […]
August 6, 2015
Technology
PHOTOS: Company unveils 3D printed homes that can be built in under 3 hours
What if it were possible to reduce the process of buying and building a home to less than a day? In China, one company has quite the head start on such a disruption. According to a report from the Daily Mail, Zhouda Group, based in Xi’an, Central China, has developed new technology to 3D print […]
August 5, 2015
Technology
Drone makes first FAA-approved delivery with medicine drop in rural Virginia
In what Australian drone manufacturer Flirtey called a “Kitty Hawk” moment, in reference to the first flight of an airplane by the Wright brothers, the first delivery made by an unmanned aircraft was made earlier this week in Virginia. According to a report from The Verge, a Flirtey drone with permission from the Federal Aviation […]
July 24, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar’s Era of Analytics: Coaching customers, autonomous machines and more tech the Iron Giant is planning for the future
Five years ago, hardly any heavy equipment was connected with telematics, says Paolo Fellin, vice president of construction and infrastructure industries at Caterpillar. Today, he says, the company has more than 300,000 connected machines worldwide. “Two years ago, when I visited customers and talked about technology, sometimes they would get a glazed look in their […]
July 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
PaveXpress 2.0 pavement design tool adds asphalt overlay module
PaveXpress, a free, online pavement design tool created with support from the National Asphalt Pavement Association and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations, has launched an update including an asphalt overlay design module. Version 2.0 of PaveXpress “makes it easy to design asphalt overlays that preserve a pavement’s structure while improving smoothness, safety, and drivability.” The […]
July 17, 2015
Technology
More than 250 companies (and counting) have received FAA drone exemptions for construction and surveying
As late as last month, the full number of just how many companies had been granted permission to operate drones for commercial purposes by the Federal Aviation Administration was an unknown. The only way to really know when a company had been granted an exemption from the agency’s current rules, which bar any use of […]
July 16, 2015
Roadbuilding
World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge to be erected by robotics firm, contractor (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
It seems like something out of science fiction: Robotic arms stretched over a canal creating a bridge seemingly out of nothing at all. In actuality, the robots are advanced 3D printing tools that a company in the Netherlands is planning to use to print a bridge. The first 3D printed bridge in the world. MX3D, a 3D-printing robotics […]
July 14, 2015
Technology
John Deere extends base JDLink Ultimate telematics subscription to 5 years
John Deere has announced an extension to the base subscription of its JDLink Ultimate telematics service from three to five years. Director of Deere’s WorkSight construction technology solutions group, Jena Holtberg-Benge said the extension came as a response to requests from production-scale customers. “They work in high-volume, high-production situations, so they need their equipment to run longer […]
July 9, 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
Roadbuilding
Trimble releases TILOS 9.0 linear civil engineering project software
The latest version of Trimble’s TILOS time and location planning software for highways and other linear civil engineering projects provides improved integration with third-party project management software and the company’s Business Center-HCE office software, and enhances project visualization. TILOS 9.0 offers a new Gantt chart format that makes a connection between the time frame of the […]
July 6, 2015
Technology
Drones, on-demand: DroneBase pilot rentals let construction firms reap benefits of aerial imaging without risk
If the momentum of unmanned aircraft and the subsequent uptick of interest in the technology seen from the construction industry in the last few years are any indication, skilled drone pilots might soon become as valuable on jobsites as skilled dozer and excavator operators are now. In fact, Dan Burton is banking on that very […]
June 26, 2015
Technology
Caterpillar partners with Modustri to provide immediate parts wear inspection data in the field
The latest in a growing string of tech investments and partnerships for the company, Caterpillar announced today a collaboration that will give its customers access to mobile-based equipment wear management hardware in the field. The world’s largest heavy equipment manufacturer has entered into a strategic alliance with Modustri, the developer of the HDE Product Suite, a […]
June 17, 2015
Technology
Ohio’s Danis Building the second construction firm granted drone exemption by FAA
A large Ohio construction firm will soon begin to fly drones regularly over its jobsites with the good graces of the Federal Aviation Administration. Danis Building Construction of Miamisburg, Ohio, tells WKEF TV it applied for a commercial drone exemption from the FAA in October and was given the thumbs up by the agency in […]
June 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
City of Lexington uses high-tech SUV to analyze pavement conditions and prioritize projects
Lexington, Kentucky, officials are spending nearly $400,000 to assess the condition of the city’s roads using lasers, cameras, and GPS equipment in an effort to better prioritize repaving and repair projects on the 4,024 streets the city maintains. “Maintaining basic infrastructure like roads is a key responsibility of local government,” Lexington Mayor Jim Gray said […]
June 5, 2015
Technology
Volvo CE’s new SmartCare service will monitor and translate your telematics data for you
Volvo Construction Equipment has launched a new fleet management assistance service that takes the manufacturer’s dealer involvement to a new level. The new SmartCare service will include three tiers:Basic, Plus and Complete. As you progress from Basic through Complete, your Volvo dealer becomes more involved in helping to monitor and translate the CareTrack telematics data […]
June 3, 2015
Technology
Komatsu unveils D65PXi-18 semi-automatic dozer, expanding intelligent machine lineup to 7
Komatsu has added yet another dozer to its lineup of machines equipped with intelligent Machine Control, the company’s semi-automatic earthmoving tech. Situated between its largest iMC dozer, the recently-unveiled D155AXi-8, and the D61i-23, the company has unveiled the D65PXi-18. The long track, low-ground-pressure machine is powered by a 217-horsepower Komatsu SAA6D114E-6 Tier 4 Final engine. The engine […]
May 27, 2015
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