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Quality Control
Sunset on 2G Network Gives The Helm Group a Second Shot at Telematics
Northern-IL contractor switched telematics vendors to collect many machines’ data streams into one software application rather than replace nearly obsolete 2G devices
This EAMS overview screen shows individual Helm Group machines on location as red dots. Arrows in the dots show direction of travel, and a square in the dot shows the machine is stopped. Circles with numbers inside represent clusters of assets, with the number representing how many units are on site. As you zoom in the cluster spreads apart to reveal the individual assets.
Quality Control
New Cat VisionLink is Step 1 to Future Site Profitability
Web tool for managing machine telematics feeds aims to improve contractor efficiency by combining data from any brand of machine and systems as diverse as automated grade controls
Caterpillar’s building a multi-brand version of VisionLink is no small change. It puts the company in direct competition with fleet-management software providers, and it can add dramatically to Caterpillar’s and its dealers’ understanding of the makeup and usage of competitive machines operating in customers’ fleets.
Infrastructure
How to Compact Asphalt Pavements
Temperature of the mat, pattern of rollers, impact mat density – and the success (or failure) of a pavement
Given that the best time to achieve the greatest density is when the mat is hottest, it makes sense to get as much compaction at the higher temperatures as possible. Scherocman says the best way to do that is to operate two rollers in echelon – side by side – down the mat. This enables the full width of the mat to be compacted while that mat is hottest.
Infrastructure
How Geogrids Help Remediate Failures
Geogrids have aided in retrofits by facilitating a reduced thickness of the sub-base; serving as an abridgement; enabling a shorter time of construction, as well as a cost reduction
Orange County Public Works relied on Geotextile Apparatus Co.’s Grizzly Cub fabric/grid installation machine, attached to a motor grader, to properly place the geogrid on its projects.
Infrastructure
APM Paves Parking Lot Using Mix with Toner Additive
Recycled printer toner passes first U.S. paving test – laydown – in Kentucky
APM Asphalt is the first U.S. contractor to construct an asphalt pavement that contains the MTP as an additive in the hot mix asphalt.
Mix Design
Summit Materials Enters Las Vegas Market with an Integrated Aggregates and Ready Mix Concrete Acquisition
Summit Materials
The acquisition provides Summit with premier, well-located assets in an expanding market.
Resiliency
U.S. EPA Provides $30 Million to Create Research Centers at Three Universities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Yale University will research the impacts of changes in the use of energy in the power and transportation sectors, such as impacts of expansion of the port of Baltimore following the expansion of the Panama Canal
Plant Maintenance
The Safety and Risk Management Council (SRMC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors Announces New Safety Award
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
The ASCC Member Owner Safety Award recognizes one owner/executive each year, of a contractor member company, that displays a clear focus and passion for safety, and provides the leadership that creates a best-in-class safety culture.
Safety
WernerCo to Host Safety Training Events in Support of OSHA Stand Down for Safety
WERNER / WernerCo
Company plans to train more than 5,000 end users in jobsite safety over the course of the 5-day campaign
Infrastructure
Lincoln Bridge Paving Marketing Video
In addition to using their drone for stockpile management and project monitoring, Louisville Paving uses their drone to create unique marketing pieces that they can publish on their website and show to prospective clients.
Lincoln Bridge Paving Marketing Video
Plants
Asphalt Plant Stockpile Management Completed with a Drone
Louisville Paving uses drones to fly over their plant and quarry to measure stockpile volume. From the images and data colleged from the drone, the company can produce output analytic data such as volumes and contours of the materials on the property.
Asphalt Plant Stockpile Management Completed with a Drone
EPDs
Mack Trucks Boosts Fuel Economy with 2017 11- and 13-L Engines
Mack Trucks Inc.
New fuel injection system and wave piston increase combustion efficiency, new ratings extend engine versatility
Mack Trucks revealed the next step in the evolution of its integrated powertrain by introducing its 2017 Mack MP series engines, bringing significant improvements in fuel efficiency, power and performance, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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