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Construction Technology
Caterpillar Collaborates With Geotab for Integrated Fleet Management
Caterpillar - Cat
Caterpillar is integrating Geotab’s on-highway data into its VisionLink software, providing a unified platform for managing both on- and off-highway assets to improve efficiency and compliance
March 2, 2026
Construction worker holding smartphone monitoring yellow CAT excavator at job site with buildings in background
Compact Equipment
Lawsuit: Bobcat Company Files for Patent Infringement Action Against Caterpillar Inc.
Bobcat Co.
The legal actions taken by Bobcat Company include filings focused on 14 patents enabling maneuverability, power, performance and efficiency.
December 3, 2025
Modern industrial building exterior with construction machinery in parking area
Construction Technology
Caterpillar CEO to Lead Keynote at CES 2026
Caterpillar - Cat
Celebrating its centennial in 2025, Caterpillar will use its CES 2026 keynote to launch the next 100 years with a clear focus on technology.
November 5, 2025
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Excavators
KOBELCO and Trimble Announce Expanded Collaboration
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA Inc.
The move makes the Trimble Earthworks grade control platform available for KOBELCO excavators through its North American dealer network.
September 18, 2025
Yellow Kobelco excavator working on sandy construction site with blue sky
Technology
Wirtgen AutoTrac Now Available for WR Series Machines
Wirtgen Group, a John Deere Co.
The cold recycling and stabilization equipment will now achieve higher efficiencies with this automation technology.
November 24, 2022
The AutoTrac automatic steering system makes Wirtgen cold recyclers and soil stabilizers even more efficient.
Excavators
Topcon Adds 3D Machine Control Compatibility to Cat Excavators
Topcon Positioning Systems
Topcon Positioning Group announces a new option for Caterpillar Next Gen excavator users to leverage Topcon 3D machine control functionality together with Cat Assist features.
April 26, 2022
Topcon
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Case Launches SiteControl Machine Control Solutions for Excavators
CASE Construction Equipment - CNH
The new OEM-fit option will ensure the optimal solution for D Series excavators has been installed and tested by Case-certified precision field specialists.
July 7, 2021
Case Oem Fit Machine Control 2 588488
Concrete
3D-Printed Concrete Used in Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure
Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants, reports have suggested.
May 17, 2020
3D Printed Concrete Wind Turbine
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Artificial Intelligence Finds a Home in Construction
Here’s which construction technology developments giant contractors and venture capital are financing at unprecedented rates
July 23, 2019
Funding in U.S.-based construction technology startups surged by 324%, to nearly $3.1 billion in 2018. Tech companies and contractors are building AI and databases to teach it.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Construction Robotics Market Forecast to Reach $226M by 2025
Market-intelligence firm Tractica forecasts more than 7,000 construction robots will be deployed over the next six years
May 16, 2019
Market-intelligence firm Tractica forecasts annual spending on construction robots will increase nearly ten-fold by 2025, growing from $22.7 million in 2018 to $226.0 million.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
DPR Construction Implements Skycatch Drone Service Company-Wide
Contractor commits to a drone-data service to spread use of the technology across its job sites with streamlined implementation and centralized cost and support
April 12, 2019
Skycatch Dpr Site
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Ground-Penetrating Radar Maps to be Viewed in Virtual Reality on Site
New technology that shows users on a construction site the 3D map of what ground-penetrating radar found underground could slash permitting time from months to hours
May 7, 2018
UVM post-doctoral student Dylan Burns demonstrates how the cognitive ground penetrating radar apparatus could be wheeled over an area to scan and map underground infrastructure. The GPR unit, housed in the box near the ground, can peer six to 12 feet down.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How Automation and Robotics Should Inspire Rethinking Construction Jobs
Construction’s skills gap is spurring a renaissance in robots that can fill the labor demand if contractors can supply the right support skills
May 7, 2018
Since 2013, talent shortages across the U.S. engineering and construction industry have worsened, with a record 89% of participants reporting talent shortages in the 2017 FMI study.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Coming To a Site Near You? VR Cuts the Cord
Oculus Go is the vanguard of wireless virtual-reality devices that may one day bring game-changing immersive information to construction sites
May 4, 2018
Oculus Go
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
2017 Construction Technology Report Measures Contractors' Digital Adoption
JBKnowledge research compiles data from construction companies on technology workflows, solutions and spending
March 1, 2018
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Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Kespry Adds Earthworks Planning and Operating Tools to Drone Intelligence
Kespry
Industrial aerial-intelligence platform gets grade-planning and analysis, cut-and-fill visualization, design plan development and compliance capabilities
January 16, 2018
Kespry added grade planning and analysis, site and surface comparison including cut/fill visualization, and design plan development and compliance capabilities to its aerial-intelligence platform.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
How New Drone Rules are Changing the Path of Construction UAVs
The FAA’s rules for drone use don’t allow everything on advocates' wish list, but represent a major step toward adoption and more creative uses of drones in construction
April 24, 2017
Drone on Construction Site
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Gilbane: Microsoft HoloLens Could Break Construction’s Low-Tech Barriers
Gilbane Building Co. shares their experience reviewing 3D plans through Hololens augmented reality on the job to save time and money
August 22, 2016
Hololens in use on Gilbane's Boston project building the Dearborn STEM Academy. See video of an augmented-reality view of 3D models that make up the Dearborn STEM Academy plans at the MIT Technology Review site.
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