GradeIt! Addition to TraceAir Platform Will Help Grading Contractors Cut Costs by 10%

TraceAir's Maria Khokhlova shares insight on the company’s core platform for accelerating construction site development using drone-captured data, as well as demos a new feature in development that could substantially reduce grading costs.

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Becky Schultz
Feb 26, 2021
TraceAir Technologies

Maria Khokhlova, one of the co-founders and chief product officer at TraceAir, shares insight on the company’s core platform for accelerating construction site development using drone-captured data, as well as discusses and demonstrates a new feature in development that will deliver strategies that enable grading contractors to increase grading efficiency, and cut costs, by at least 10%.

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