SITECH - Tue August 18, 2020
SITECH Mid-America, Midway to Serve Regional Civil Contractors
Trimble announced that SITECH Technology Dealers have been established to serve civil construction contractors. In southern Illinois, southern Missouri and portions of Kansas and Oklahoma, SITECH Mid-America joins the network of SITECH dealerships — a fully-dedicated global distribution network offering a comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available to the civil contractor....
Autodesk - Mon August 17, 2020
Autodesk Completes Acquisition of AI-Powered Software Provider Pype
Autodesk Inc. has completed the acquisition of Pype and its portfolio of cloud-based software solutions for the construction industry. This acquisition and resulting product integrations will provide additional value for Autodesk Construction Cloud users, allowing general contractors, subcontractors and owners to automate workflows such as submittals and project closeout to increase overall productivity and reduce risk throughout the project lifecycle, according to the company....
Earthwave Technologies - Mon August 10, 2020
Delta Asphalt Closes Communication Loop With FleetWatcher Technology
Communication facilitates business. But even though people have been communicating for thousands of years, we are by no means perfect at the artform. That is especially true in the heavy construction industry where there are many moving pieces, changes are fluid and costs can quickly add up....
Volvo - Wed August 05, 2020
Volvo CE Partners With Professional Futurists, Students to Present Visions of a Possible Future
Volvo CE has unveiled a new project that furthers its efforts in "Building Tomorrow." The company has partnered with professional futurists to gather their forecasts for the industries that Volvo CE's customers work in, including construction, agriculture, mining and infrastructure....
Alabama AGC - Wed August 05, 2020
Alabama AGC Donates High Tech Simulator to Local Skills Trade Academy
Alabama Associated General Contractors, Alabama AGC, is helping pave the way for the construction industry's future. In 2019, Alabama AGC held a significant role in launching the Hoover city school system's Skills Trade Academy at the Riverchase Career Connection Center (RC3), a program designed to advance youth education and fill worker shortages in the construction industry....
CEG - Tue August 04, 2020
Advocates Push for Maglev Train Project Between Baltimore, Washington
Scientists first came up with the idea of using superconducting magnets to levitate a train car above a concrete guideway to dramatically increase both its speed and power. These electromagnets are cooled to extreme temperatures during use, which greatly boosts the power of the magnetic field....
Kenworth - Tue August 04, 2020
Kenworth TruckTech+ Adds Remote Diagnostics Extended Subscription Option for Medium Duty Conventional Models
Kenworth TruckTech+ Remote Diagnostics now offers an extended subscription coverage option for new Kenworth medium duty conventional models equipped with PACCAR PX-7 and PACCAR PX-9 engines. Fleets and truck operators receive the free, Kenworth TruckTech+ Remote Diagnostics 2-year base subscription upon purchase of new Kenworth medium duty conventional trucks....
Komatsu - Thu July 30, 2020
Komatsu Customers Surpass 3.3B Tons Moved Autonomously
Marking another industry first for autonomous haulage, mining companies have now hauled more than 3.3 billion tons of materials leveraging Komatsu's FrontRunner autonomous haulage system (AHS). Working closely with its customers, Komatsu teams developed the first commercially available autonomous haulage system to help mines move material more efficiently....
Vanderbilt University Research News - Tue July 28, 2020
Vanderbilt, TDOT Awarded Grant to Enhance I-24 Smart Corridor with AI
Nashville, Tenn.'s exhilarating growth has provided immense benefits to the region. The flip side of all that expansion, however, is that traffic has increased by a whopping 60 percent since 2005 along the area of I-24 that connects Nashville southeast to Murfreesboro, the fastest growing city in Tennessee....
Doosan Bobcat - Tue July 28, 2020
Doosan Bobcat and Green Machine Partner to Produce Electric Compact Excavators
Doosan Bobcat North America and Green Machine Equipment Inc. , a manufacturer of renewable power drive systems, announced a strategic partnership to produce electric/hydraulic Bobcat compact excavators....
