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Strategizing for Safety
How the construction team for Minnesota’s Highway 23 Paynesville Bypass completed this project ahead of schedule despite truncated work season.
August 6, 2014
Technology
Need to know more about telematics? Learn from the best at AEMP’s 2014 Asset Management Symposium
Telematics is reshaping the way we do construction, but the learning curve is steep and many contractors struggle to master it on their own. Recognizing this, the Association of Equipment Management Professionals has dedicated the conference education portion of its 2014 Asset Management Symposium to telematics. The symposium will be held November 3-5, in Nashville, […]
July 31, 2014
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February 19, 2025
Technology
Hard hats with augmented reality to ship to construction companies by end of this year; more capable than Google Glass
While discussing the reasons construction companies should become early adopters of Google Glass, we mentioned that the much-talked-about device was worth exploring since it is a precursor to much more sophisticated technology. Turns out, we were closer than we thought to those types of new devices as a startup company named Atheer has plans to […]
July 28, 2014
Technology
FACE THE FUTURE: 5 reasons construction companies need to buy Google Glass right now
Despite the excitement around its unveiling more than two years ago—complete with the wearable device shooting a live video during a skydive— Google Glass has come a relatively short way since then. Though most news outlets aren’t reviewing the device since technically it’s still in development (even though Google is actually selling the device now), […]
July 21, 2014
Technology
Smart Bricks are full-size, concrete Lego bricks designed for vertical construction
Bricks are a pretty basic element of construction and have been for centuries. But a company called Kite Bricks has developed a Lego-like brick that could make building faster and cheaper. According to a report from Wired UK, these “Smart Bricks” come in all sorts of shapes and sizes just like those big red canisters […]
July 10, 2014
Technology
Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1: small, rugged tablets designed for the jobsite
Panasonic has introduced its Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 tablets, which are designed to withstand impact, water and other conditions on the jobsite. The FZ-E1 is powered by Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld, while the FZ-X1 runs on Android 4.2.2. And though these are technically tablets, according to the announcement from Panasonic they do ship with both […]
July 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
In the Groove with Diamond Grooving and Grinding
Diamond grooving and grinding are being used to restore rough or polished concrete pavements to ultrasmooth conditions and quell noise — but at a price.
July 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
How one Iowa engineer maintains a county with mostly gravel roads
Taking a look at how one Iowa engineer meets the challenge of maintaining a county with mostly gravel roads.
July 2, 2014
Technology
Trimble demos Google Project Tango apps that can see through walls, make editable 3D maps with the wave of a tablet
Glass is by far the most well-known hardware project still in development at Google. But it’s another project that likely has more opportunity for meaningful impact on the construction industry: Project Tango. Seeing that opportunity, the software teams at Trimble are already hard at work developing apps for Tango with pretty exciting capabilities. Using a […]
June 30, 2014
Technology
Minibuilders: Fleet of robots works together as a roving 3D printer of concrete buildings (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=104] Though 3D printing is one of the more exciting emerging technologies in several industries right now, for the construction industry the possibility of one day efficiently printing buildings and other structures is perhaps most exciting. Inspired by that possibility while challenged by the size of current 3D printers, a team of Spanish architecture […]
June 26, 2014
Telematics
Managers of largest heavy equipment fleets in America voice frustrations with telematics: torrents of data, unintuitive software
Last week I attended the Association of Equipment Management Professionals annual retreat and strategy session.  As chairman of the AEMP’s conference education committee I have a lot of opportunity to rub elbows with end user members and I usually pick up some good intelligence on what the managers of these big fleets are thinking, what […]
June 18, 2014
Technology
Caterpillar unveils the B15Q: a faster rugged smartphone with Android 4.4 KitKat (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=93] A little over a year after releasing its first rugged smartphone, the B15, Caterpillar has upgraded the device with a new, more powerful processor, more RAM and the latest version of Android, 4.4 KitKat. In fact, the B15Q is the first rugged smarpthone to support KitKat. That’s due to the internal upgrades Cat […]
June 16, 2014
Technology
5 reasons the old two-way radio is better than a smartphone for jobsite communication
Is your jobsite one of the many across the country that has embraced smartphones? In many ways, these portable computers have made contractors and construction workers more capable in the field than ever thanks to the ever-growing number of apps available. But according to Motorola (a company quite fond of smartphones) reseller Forestry Suppliers, a […]
June 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Bridge building on Alaska’s North Slope
Four bridges integral to the Alpine Satellite Development Program faced environmental challenges. The four bridges being constructed by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI) as part of the Alpine Satellite Development Program’s Colville Delta-5 (CD-5) Construction project on Alaska’s North Slope have not only faced construction in harsh cold weather — including extreme temperatures — but also […]
June 12, 2014
Technology
What the defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq, big data, telematics and reverse mentoring can teach you about running a construction company
About a third of the way through retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s new biography My Share of the Task  it becomes apparent that his team’s use of big data played a key role in the defeat of the Iraqi insurgency between 2004 and 2007. Our military has struggled since Vietnam to come up with a way of […]
June 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Down to the Dirt: Intelligent and new technologies are revolutionizing soil compaction
intelligent and new technologies are revolutionizing soil compaction.
June 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Minnesota’s new solutions for aging pavement
Using myriad concrete pavement restoration techniques, this state DOT minimized cost and traffic disruption while maximizing longevity and optimizing results.
June 5, 2014
Technology
Xbox-like remote control could make operating construction equipment as easy as playing video games (PHOTOS)
[imagebrowser id=87] Over the years, advances in controls have greatly improved intuitiveness and thus simplified the operation of construction equipment in many cases. Beyond that, ever-improving GPS technology and machines like Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control dozers and upcoming excavator, point to a not-so-distant future where a lot of operators could be doing so from outside of […]
June 5, 2014
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