Profit Matters: Page 144

Construction Technology
Software Streamlines 7,200-cu.-yd., 12-hour Concrete Pour
Suite of ready-mix producer's software helps Silvi Concrete pump a truck full of concrete every 66 seconds for 12 hours into a monolithic, 49,000-sq.-ft. foundation
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Business Services
Why Construction Work-In-Progress Reports are Essential for Profitability
The Contractor's Business Coach
Accurate WIP reports tell you if jobs are over- or under-billed and cash positive or negative, and warn when you’re headed over budget. Here's how to do it right
Stock Predictive Analytics
Construction Toolbox
10 Considerations Before Using Drones for Your Construction Business
What you need to know and consider before incorporating drones into your construction company
Once the FAA finalizes rules for the commercial use of drones their adoption won't be easy or automatic. Along with the benefits of using this miniature aircraft for construction work will be a slew of regulations designed to keep the skies safe, prevent accidents and protect privacy.
Loaders
[VIDEO] How Caterpillar's Continuously Variable Transmission for Medium Loaders Works
Animated video takes you inside the dual-path XE transmission, with no torque converter, credited with improving the fuel efficiency of 966 and 972 loaders 25%
[VIDEO] How Caterpillar's Continuously Variable Transmission for Medium Loaders Works
Excavators
Video: Three Minutes that Can Boost Truck Loading Efficiency 20%
In the first in a series of short jobsite efficiency videos, Caterpillar's Mark Whiting tells how to maximize your advantages loading haul trucks with an excavator
[VIDEO] Three Minutes that Can Boost Truck Loading Efficiency 20%
Project Management
VIDEO: How iPad Makes Traylor’s Inspections Better and Faster
How Traylor Bros. uses an iPad camera and notes to gain unique advantages with digital inspection checklists for quality audits of each machine when it ships to and arrives on projects
Why Traylor Uses iPads to Rate Equipment Quality
Coaching & Consulting
Learning to Share Hard Truths Boosts Traylor Equipment Quality
Infrastructure contractor trains its people to examine their own work and collaborate without finger-pointing to avoid repeating mistakes
Estimating & Bidding
Equipment Inspections Make Traylor Bids More Profitable
Assigning excessive wear or damage to the jobs that cause it gives Traylor Bros. an accurate accounting of the cost to work in extreme environments, so bids are more accurate
Chris Chartrey, a Traylor Bros. equipment superintendent, uses an iPad form to inspect a crane on the Tappan Zee bridge job on the Hudson River. Inspecting equipment as it leaves and arrives on sites helps Traylor assign excessive wear directly to the work that causes it, so future bids can accommodate the cost.
Business Services
How Lean Construction Methods Put an End to Overproduction
You have to plan, organize and communicate carefully every day to avoid throwing excess, profit-killing resources – labor, materials, equipment – at project challenges
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Equipment Monitoring & Logistics
Video: Caterpillar Reveals How Technology Can Raise Construction Efficiency 50%
How Cat’s new Analytics & Innovation division will use data from connected machines to create unprecedented improvements in productivity and economy
Video: Caterpillar Reveals How Technology Can Raise Construction Efficiency 50%
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Five Tips to Getting Employees On Board with GPS Tracking
How to introduce field-monitoring technology in a way that replaces the ‘Big Brother’ theory with benefits employees will gain
Concrete Pavers
3D Technology Simplifies Concrete Paving Operations
The absence of stringline allows easier access on paving projects.
Autopilot is a Wirtgen proprietary system that uses GNSS along with a base station for steering and offers several options for grade control: robotic total station, ultrasonic sensor, laser and GNSS. The instruments needed for this system are typically less expensive up front and for daily use.
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