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Wednesday, May. 23, 2012
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In This Issue
• The Daily Toolbox • Man vs. Sea • German Roadwork • Reconstruction Of Florida Intersection • Different Perspectives • Partners on High Tech Job Site • A Safer Workplace • Good Data • Get Training? • Total Stations |
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Latest Machine Control News
- Caterpillar Inc. Group President and Director of Investor Relations to Participate in Raymond James Infrastructure and Construction Conference on May 23, 2012; Webcast Available
- One Year After Joplin Tornado, AmeriCorps Still Hard at Work
- SITECH Allegheny Established for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors
- Caterpillar to Sell Part of Bucyrus Distribution Business to Cat Dealer Ferreyros
- VisionLink Software from Trimble Goes Mobile and Integrates Material Volumes and Movement Data
- Tucana Lithium Acquires 37 Mining Claims in James Bay, Quebec
- First Quarter GDP: Nonresidential Fixed Investment in Structures Falls 12 Percent
- SITECH Technology Dealer Established in South Korea for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors
- Construction Industry Unemployment Falls to 14.5 Percent in April
- Construction Machinery Operator Ranked as a Best Job Without a College Degree (2)
- SITECH Technology Dealer Established in Belgium and Luxemburg for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors
- LightSquared Files Bankruptcy After Network Blocked
- Midwest Sees A Sand Rush Mining Boon
- 3D-MC2 Motograder Product Video
- Trimble Acquires Gatewing to Expand its Survey Solutions to Include Aerial Mapping
- Magnet™ -- Cloud Based Software from Topcon
- Simple Road Modeling for 3D Machine Control
- All in a Weekend’s Work
- Sharing Jobsite Technology Resources
- The Bottom Line - Been there. Done that.
- Hitachi introduces the Zaxis 180LC-5:
- Trimble Releases New Version of DDS300 Depth Display System
- PFG Australia takes on Topcon
- SITECH Northeast Technology Dealer Established for Heavy Civil Construction Contractors
- New Cat M Series
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Latest Articles From Our Contributors...
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Been there. Done that by Paul F. Hahn: – If years of accrued knowledge and experience make for a good machine control salesman; The PPI Group's Jeff Peterson is full of it. (Sorry Jeff; you'll be hearing that one for a while). After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard for six years as an electronic technician, Jeff joined the family business in 1985 doing instrument repairs ... |
Sharing Job Site Technology Resources by Marco Cecala: – In a recent article, I talked about the ability of the entire food chain on a civil project to share data and other pertinent information to make the job more successful. There is an underlying element that takes this thread a step further. That is the sharing of physical resources. With the ability to work with … |
Simple Road Modeling for 3D Machine Control by Ron Ciccarone, LS: – I think this is the final article in the simple road modeling series. However, I use the term simple loosely, because none of them are really simple, and some are very involved. In this article, we will cover the final step of building the final model for the road that can be used by the machine and ... |
All in a Weekend's Work by Don Talend: – Fast-track highway improvements have little margin for error in terms of both surface grading and construction time. Construction managers at Banks Construction, Charleston, S.C., are well aware of those realities when they undertake projects like the recent regrading and resurfacing of Interstate 526 north of Charleston. On that ... |
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