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How NoteVault Helps Earthmover Boost Efficiency with Culture of Documentation

How Franklin’s Earthmoving Inc. prepares to defend claims, improve reporting and increase company efficiency with a 'culture of documentation' powered by a note app

July 17, 2017

5 Apps to Help You to Track and Quickly Act on Fleet Service Needs

These digital tools help you monitor and maintain your construction equipment fleet in real time.

September 21, 2016

Caterpillar’s VisionLink can be configured to send notifications to your choice of recipients when the fuel level in any machine’s tank drops to a threshold you specify.

Quick, Efficient Fuel Delivery for Your Entire Fleet—There’s an App for That

VisionLink's customized fuel notifications combined with near real-time data about machine location give you what you need to plan and manage efficient fuel delivery

August 8, 2016

Caterpillar's VisionLink can be configured to send notifications to your choice of recipients when the fuel level in any machine's tank drops to a threshold you specify. It's a step to getting fuel where you need it, when it's needed, and avoiding unnecessary fuel-truck stops.

5 Mobile Apps that are Slashing Construction Costs

Check out how five contractors are using software applications for mobile devices to improve their construction operations, and how much benefit they measure

July 15, 2016

Autodesk BIM 360 enables field staff to use tablets to access project management workflows, such as quality assurance/quality control, commissioning, issue creation and sign-off, job tracking and safety.

Construction Toolbox

ForConstructionPros App of the Week: BuilderTREND

BuilderTREND is a cloud-based construction software solution that enables residential contractors to manage their businesses from anywhere and connects everyone involved with a project

July 5, 2016

Automatic updates and real-time notifications.

Ready for a Bumpy Ride?

RoadBump app uses a phone's accelerometer and GPS sensors to measure the roughness of a road

January 6, 2016

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6 Steps Every Contractor Needs to Take for Growth

January 4, 2016

When scheduling jobs ACI Asphalt provides foremen with as much detail as possible on their iPad including location, job components, which employees will be working, and what equipment and traffic control is needed among other specifics. The information is accessible through the foreman’s app.

Construction Technology

Data Drives Down Construction Costs

Using the past as a teacher, Vernox Labs helps contractors mine unstructured data to reduce costs on projects.

December 8, 2015

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Construction Technology

Real-time Data Transforms the Construction Jobsite

A digital jobsite promises a seamless flow of information from the field to the back office.

October 19, 2015

The explosion of personal electronic devices, coupled with the data generated from telematics systems, mapping software and interconnected accounting and project management systems, is making the digital jobsite a reality.

Business Services

Raise Construction Worker Productivity with a Team Scoreboard

Using a Team Scoreboard to address "team" items can go a long way toward building greater team thinking and building

August 17, 2015

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Construction Technology

How Mobile Apps are Changing Construction Profitability

Developers of construction applications for mobile devices recommend ways to rethink paperwork headaches to gain project profit with smartphones and tablets

August 3, 2015

Pew Research measured a near doubling of smartphone ownership in the general U.S. population in less than five years. A separate survey by EMA Contractors found that 22% of contractors use tablet computers as part of their workday.

Construction App Developers Review Tablet Choices

Job sites challenge the best consumer-level hardware, and software developers share what their customers choose to deal the field

August 3, 2015

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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

July 2, 2015

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Construction Technology

Time For the Construction Industry to Embrace New Technology

Technology is becoming a necessity for construction firms to compete and will only become more so in future.

May 15, 2015

Construction Technology

Cut the Paperwork with GoCanvas

How cloud mobile business app solutions can lead to significant and immediate productivity gains and cost savings

January 9, 2015

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Construction Technology

5 Free Tech Tips to Improve Productivity Onsite

These five tips are free, can be done without the help of IT and use technology contractors already have

December 17, 2014

Construction Technology

BidGuru App Streamlines Bid Development

Bidding jobs on the go made easier with free mobile app.

May 14, 2014

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Project Management

Automation of Quality Management Processes Eliminates Corrections, Cost for Construction Contractor

Latista field management software solution helped increase the project team’s efficiency and eliminate paper processes during construction of the San Diego City Science Building

January 27, 2014

The $57.2 million, 98,000-sq.-ft.,San Diego City Community College science building was designed to obtain a LEED Silver Certification and house the Astronomy, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences programs.

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