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[VIDEO] Conewago Enterprises Finds Success Training with Vortex Simulators

Design-build general contractor shares its experience of using a simulator to train on cranes, excavators, and wheel loaders

Dec 14, 2018

Conewago Enterprises is one of the mid-Atlantic's leading design-build general contractors. A family-run construction company founded in 1956, it has grown to over 300 professionals, with projects including a 150,000 square foot manufacturing facility for Schindler Elevator and the $45 million Wyndham/Courtyard Hotel and Conference Center in Gettysburg. With a Vortex simulator, Conewago Enterprises were able to save approximately $30,000 per operator trainee, and record impressive productivity improvements on the work site. Watch this video to find out how.

Conewago Enterprises sees immediate productivity gains with Vortex simulator

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