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Roadbuilding
Beam Me Up, Scotty
Have you ever wanted to transport yourself from one location to another in an instant, like Captain Kirk from Star Trek? Well, I’ve got your solution: I’m working on a machine that will teleport people by turning them into water vapor and then blowing them through the air to their desired location. Sound crazy and […]
August 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Durability Factor
The goal is performance over time.
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Roadbuilding
Rolling River
Three states join hands to upgrade lower Mississippi River bridges with ITS.
August 7, 2013
Roadbuilding
Get Ready for Your Best Winter
Make the most of this cold season.
August 7, 2013
Technology
Boise State construction management students required to use iPads as tablets become more commonplace on jobsites
Casey Cline, a professor at Boise State University who teaches construction management, calls iPads “essential” to “the new way” of managing projects on the jobsite these days. That’s why, according to a report from the Associated Press, he’s requiring freshman students in his class to use iPads. Before they graduate, Cline wants his students to know […]
August 6, 2013
Telematics
Why most contractors don’t use telematics and how AEMP and AEM are trying to change that
One of the biggest and most confounding challenges in the heavy equipment industry is how to get more construction companies to use telematics to monitor and manage their fleets. The technology is well established and the ROI well proven, yet surveys continue to find only a small percentage of contractors using the technology. The Association […]
July 25, 2013
Roadbuilding
Texas county tries “mechanical concrete”
A major Texas county is trying out a road bed system that uses old tires. Thousands of them, not chewed up into small pieces but basically intact. Once the worn out tires come off a vehicle and head to used tire dumps, this system steps in, removes the sidewalls and uses the old treads as […]
July 23, 2013
Technology
Toughen up your iPhone with this concrete skin
The iPhone is an impressive device. But, as beautiful as its design is, it’s still rather delicate. Now you can make your iPhone as tough as the stuff you build with with a new skin made of pure concrete. A Korean design firm named Posh Projects has crafted the Luna. Named for its moon-like craters, […]
July 23, 2013
Technology
John Deere launches mobile-optimized version of its helpful parts website
John Deere has established a mobile version of its parts website which allows customers to manage their operations more efficiently. The new site allows customers to view critical equipment parts information from nearly any location. Simply head to jdparts.deere.com on any smartphone or tablet. Like the desktop version, the mobile version allows customers to quickly […]
July 19, 2013
Technology
House printing, crawling, concrete-eating demo robots point to automated jobsites of the future
As we noted in our piece on Komatsu’s new D61i-23 dozer, which uses machine control technology to automatically raise and lower its blade from rough dozing to finish grading, it’s easy to imagine a time when equipment won’t need human operators. You might shudder at the thought of robots preparing sites and then putting together […]
July 18, 2013
Technology
Topcon launches rugged SL-100 modem for connecting Sitelink3D network
Topcon’s Sitelink3D is a pretty amazing thing to see in action. The Web portal provides real time jobsite management, data control and system support and during our coverage of Komatsu’s new fully-automatic D61i-23 dozer, we got to head inside and watch as the work of the dozer and a few other pieces of equipment was […]
July 16, 2013
Business
Watch Manhattan’s 165-year growth into a sprawling metropolis in one minute
Cube Cities, a city visualization engine for the real estate industry, has put together a really cool video illustrating the power of its software by plotting the growth of Midtown Manhattan over the last 165 years. The one minute video flies through 16 decades, adding buildings to a map centered on the intersection of Central […]
July 15, 2013
Technology
Aiming to transform surveying, Drone makers and pilots wait for FAA approval
Crain’s Detroit Business has an interesting read on the state of the burgeoning drone industry, outlining the ways it could make surveying faster and cheaper while pointing out the hurdles it faces from the Federal Aviation Administration. Back in November, we reported on the Gatewing X100, a UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (this is the […]
July 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Hot Holes
A magic mix of magnetite and microwaves offers a super year-round pothole fix.
July 8, 2013
Roadbuilding
Loss of Cover
Decoding the secrets of asphalt stripping and raveling.
July 5, 2013
Telematics
Don’t ignore telematics: How gradually adopting the technology greatly benefits your largest expense
“We think machine communication and connection is a huge change event for the industry, a complete game changer,” Kevin Karlix, John Deere’s director of sales, North America, told editors at a recent company press event. “In fact, we understand that construction equipment lenders in China are now requiring a remote disable on machines they finance.” […]
July 1, 2013
Technology
OSHA launches heat advisory app for iPhone, Android, Blackberry
Summer is in full swing with temperatures inching closer to triple digits each day and heat indexes in many areas already there. Each year, between 5 million and 10 million workers are exposed to heat-related illnesses, according to OSHA, who recently held safety stand-downs across the Southeast on the subject. We’ve reported on tips to […]
June 21, 2013
Technology
Samsung’s water- and dustproof Galaxy S4 Active redefines top-of-the-line in rugged smartphones
The design isn’t quite as exciting as Caterpillar’s take on rugged smartphones, but Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 Active certainly continues the recent and satisfying trend of water- and dustproof phones that aren’t hideous and a pain to use. In the past, most smartphones granted with an IP67 rating were bulky and badly specced—typically running an […]
June 6, 2013
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