Don Talend - Thu September 24, 2009
Topcon Extending the Reach of Technology in Phoenix
The breadth of global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-enabled machine control applications continues to expand, yielding benefits in the areas of dirtmoving productivity, worker safety and project profitability....
Thu September 24, 2009
Former Helicopter Pilot Gets Up to Speed With MC2 Dozer
Spartakoss Valverdini is a retired Marine colonel and a former Apache helicopter pilot. He likes speed…the faster, the better. Speed is not what he expects when working as a finish blade operator in the construction industry....
Tue September 15, 2009
RDO Integrated Controls to Host Topcon GPS/Machine Control Demonstration
RDO Integrated Controls will host a Topcon Global Positioning System (GPS) and Machine Control Demonstration on Sept. 23 and 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Roadshow presentation will be begin at 8:30 a.m....
Rebecca Ragain - Thu September 10, 2009
Owner-Contractor Teamwork Nearly Halves Project Time
It used to be that drivers traveling between Tacoma or Gig Harbor and Port Orchard along Washington’s SR 16 had to be especially alert as they approached the community of Burley. The intersection of SR 16 and Burley Olalla Road was this section of highway’s last remaining at-grade intersection, and as such, had a high incidence of severe accidents....
Fri September 04, 2009
RW Moore Demos New John Deere Dozer, Motorgrader
Customers and guests visited RW Moore Equipment Company’s John Deere 764 high-speed dozer and 672GP motorgrader demos in June 2009. The demos were held in three North Carolina locations: Wilmington, Greenville and Raleigh....
Fri September 04, 2009
Komatsu Introduces D375A-6 Dozer
Komatsu America Corp.’s D375A-6 crawler dozer, for use in mining and heavy construction applications, is powered by a highly efficient Komatsu SAA6D170E-5 engine with an operating weight of 157,940 lbs....
Wed September 02, 2009
With Laser Equipment, Bobcat Compact Track Loaders Complete Work Formerly Done by Dozers
Trace Construction, a concrete contractor based near Indianapolis, Ind., uses Bobcat compact equipment and innovative technology to do the same jobs typically done by larger equipment. With Bobcat equipment, Trace Construction completes jobs more efficiently and with less cost, according to the company....
Daniel C. Brown - Wed August 19, 2009
Machine Control Systems Hit Grand Slam at Trade Show
“Build It and They Will Come,” goes the saying from “Field of Dreams,” the movie about baseball players and spectators coming to a new ballpark in the midst of Iowa cornfields. And come they did, to the Midwest Construction Expo and Field Days, held in July at a farm near Melbourne, Iowa, northeast of Des Moines....
Fri July 31, 2009
Milton CAT Unveils New D7E Dozer at Syracuse Quarry
When Milton CAT announced it was going to unveil the much talked about D7E to a group of upstate New York customers, the reaction was curiosity, anticipation and excitement — but not surprise. The unveiling took place not at a showroom or a fancy venue, but at a job site....
Erik Pisor - Wed July 29, 2009
Caltrans Takes on $16.2M Interchange
Typically, expanding a 0.2-mi. (0.3 km) stretch of highway from four lanes to six lanes and reconstructing four of the highway’s existing on/off ramps isn’t considered a large transportation project in San Luis Obispo County, Calif....
