Topcon Expands Intelligent Paving Portfolio With Thermal Mapper System
LAS VEGAS - Topcon Positioning Group announces the new Thermal Mapper for asphalt paving designed to monitor temperature segregation to prevent future problems and measure performance, as well as easily provide accurate compliance reporting — all with real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning accuracy. The mapper records temperature readings behind an asphalt paver as the paving is in progress and provides a visualization to operators in real time of whether the mix falls within a pre-defined tem...
Leica Geosystems updates the Leica ConX cloud-based collaboration tool with new functionalities
(HEERBRUGG, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, today announced to further extend its offering for Leica ConX, cloud-based collaboration tool with the addition of Leica Captivate, surveying field software, and functionality for drill rig, pile driver, dozer and motor grader solutions. In this very competitive environment, construction companies need solutions that are helping boost productivity, efficiency, and safety. Therefore, it is key for Leica Geosystems to offer managem...
New ASCE Publication Provides Safety Recommendations for New and Existing Petrochemical Facilities
Reston, Va. – Seismic Evaluation and Design of Petrochemical and Other Industrial Facilities, Third Edition, provides practical recommendations affecting the safety of new and existing petrochemical and other industrial facilities during and following an earthquake. In the area of new design, this book emphasizes the interpretation of building codes' intent and gives practical guidance on design details and considerations, which are not included in building codes. For existing facilities, eva...
Leica Geosystems Updates the Leica iCON Site Solution for Better Construction Positioning
Leica iCON site offers smart and customised positioning solutions for road construction and civil engineering projects HEERBRUGG, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, today announced the upgrade of the Leica iCON site, construction software solutions for road construction and civil engineering applications. This version will be released 15th April 2020 and includes significant improvements, new functionality and strengthens the innovative workflows and graphics. The Leica...
Hyundai Construction Equipment to Offer Trimble's New Generation of Loader Onboard Scales
Hyundai Construction Equipment to offer Trimble LOADRITE L3180 SmartScale with Weighing Intelligence to Optimize Loadout, Track Productivity and Prevent Overloading SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SEOUL, South Korea — Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) and Hyundai Construction Equipment (KRX: 267270) announced today the availability of Trimble® LOADRITE® L3180 SmartScale as an option on Hyundai Wheel Loaders across the European Union. The LOADRITE L3180 SmartScale uses weighing intelligence and solid stat...
AGTEK Development Company Introduces New Underground Software for Takeoff, Production Control
AGTEK has introduced Undergound, the next-generation software to simplify takeoff and production control of pipe and underground utilities. (Livermore, California, USA) – AGTEK Development Company, part of Hexagon, announced today the introduction of Underground, the next-generation software to simplify takeoff and production control of pipe and underground utilities. AGTEK’s new Underground software combines intuitive data entry with flexible reporting to speed up takeoffs and tracks...
Profile Products Honors Distributors At Annual Awards Banquet
Representatives with JMD Company and Hanes Geo Components accepted the Top Gun, Ground Assault and President's Club awards. BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Profile® Products celebrated the work of several outstanding distributors at its annual awards banquet on February 24 during the International Erosion Control Association Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Through their hard work, our distributors make the world a better and more beautiful place,” said Wally Butman, vice president of s...
Leica Geosystems continues to focus on construction safety with latest personal alert technology
The Leica iCON PA10 and PA80 personal alert systems create collision-avoidance warnings to increase safety (HEERBRUGG, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company, announced today the Leica iCON PA10 and PA80 personal alert systems that create warnings when vehicles and pedestrians on construction and mining sites come into close contact to avoid potential accidents, significantly increasing safety. The iCON PA10 is a standalone personal alert device that creates multiple zon...
World Construction Leader Komatsu Partners with Cesium on ‘Smart Construction’ Initiative
Cesium Technology Will Power Smart Construction Dashboard to Make Construction Safer, More Efficient and More Profitable Las Vegas and Philadelphia – Today at CONEXPO-CON/AGG, Komatsu officially announced an incoming suite of the company’s ‘Smart Construction’ solutions, which will include the 3D visualization power and geospatial accuracy of Cesium™, a leading platform to visualize, analyze and share 3D data. “Together, Komatsu and Cesium are bringing a new era of innovati...
Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston
Buffalo Bayou. (Credit: Andrew Juan/Rice University) HOUSTON – One bayou meanders toward downtown Houston. The other runs in parallel to the south, much of it through a concrete channel. Which is better at preventing floods? Researchers at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering give the nod to nature. In studying the evolution of flood plains based on Houston’s Buffalo and Brays bayous, the researchers associated with Rice’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education & Evacuation f...
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