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How Contractors Adapted to Challenges

Ron Stupi offers a look at the challenges the building and infrastructure industry had to deal with this past year – and how construction professionals adapted to overcome. Part 2 of 3.

December 19, 2022

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Construction Equipment Remote Operation is Ready for Prime Time

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On this episode of Digging Deeper, ForConstructionPros’ Wayne Grayson is joined by Caterpillar Product Specialist Alan Pumklin to go in-depth on remote equipment operation.

December 15, 2022

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 6 Episode 22: Protect Operators in the Cab

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There are a number of ways construction contractors can upgrade the safety of their existing fleets. One simple safety upgrade would be adding a seatbelt reminder kit to construction equipment to encourage operators to buckle up on the jobsite.

December 7, 2022

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 6 Episode 19: How Do Grade, Payload, and Compact Technologies Benefit My Operation?

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In this episode, construction guru Brad Humphrey talks with construction experts from Caterpillar about the latest construction technologies and how tech can improve grading, loading and other operations.

October 26, 2022

Part II of II: How Caterpillar is Delivering the Connected Jobsite

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We continue our discussion with Caterpillar’s Lonnie Fritz on how packaged technologies from Caterpillar deliver the connected jobsite.

September 15, 2022

Why the Connected Jobsite Has Momentum Now and How Caterpillar is Helping Part I

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The first of a two-part series with Caterpillar’s Lonnie Fritz, who helps us define the connected jobsite, why it is taking hold in the industry now and how packaged technologies from Caterpillar deliver the important benefits.

August 29, 2022

Telematics & E-ticketing – How Technology Is Shaping Construction

How more efficient can construction be with predictable numbers? Earthwave Technologies and FleetWatcher discusses telematics and e-ticketing technology in the construction industry and the vital role the construction contractor has in shaping technology.

January 18, 2022

Electrification Moves Toward Mainstream Heavy Equipment Application as Technology Advances

John Deere Power Systems

How electrification is continuing to advance in the heavy equipment industry, including how technology improvements are enabling electrification to become more common and helping to increase efficiency.

December 15, 2021

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

Leverage Telematics to Realize Insurance Incentives

Russ Young, Vice President of Growth at Tenna and Chad Hollingsworth, Principal at On Target Consulting share their experience with leveraging telematics to earn insurance incentives.

December 7, 2021

New Grease Specification Boosts Quality Control for Optimized Heavy Equipment Performance

Shell Lubricants

Shell's Greg Morris discusses a new grease specification for heavy-duty equipment, plus the role greases play in your equipment performance.

December 6, 2021

Equipment Monitoring & Logistics

Asset Tracking Technology Deters Equipment Theft

Eron Usow, Senior Director of Hardware Products at GPS Trackit, shares how asset tracking technology can help address the issue of equipment theft on today’s construction jobsites.

December 3, 2021

Backhoe Loaders

John Deere Demonstrates Advantages of Electric Backhoe Concept

In addition to eliminating harmful emissions, the design is intended to provide substantially lower daily operating costs, lower jobsite noise, enhanced machine reliability, and zero tailpipe emissions.

September 29, 2021

How Technology Helped During COVID-19 and Can Continue to Reduce Construction Risks

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Mark Nowakowski at Travelers examines the safety-related challenges the construction industry encountered during the pandemic and the role technology has and will continue to play in safety on the jobsite.

September 13, 2021

Project Management

How Drones Transformed Hensel Phelps' Daily Construction Operations, Schedules and Cost

The contractor went into Honolulu's Inouye International Airport job thinking drones would be useful in some segments of the project, and the technology quickly progressed to informing and improving aspects of the work every day

September 2, 2021

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Goodfellow Bros. Talks Technology’s Role in its Success, Enhancing Jobsite Safety and Attracting New Hires

Goodfellow Brothers

Equipment Superintendent Shep Nelson discusses Goodfellow’s 100-year anniversary, how technology helped it reach that milestone and the role it continues to play as the company strives to find innovative ways to improve safety and attract new hires.

August 2, 2021

Caterpillar's Fred Rio Talks Autonomy on the Construction Jobsite

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What could autonomous technology mean for construction businesses and equipment operators?

July 7, 2021

How Autonomous Technology Can Save Substantial Construction Project Time and Costs

SafeAI founder discusses his company’s autonomous technology solution for heavy equipment and how such technology can save significant project time and costs as well as enhance safety on construction jobsites.

June 23, 2021

Construction Safety Technology

Trends in ERP Adoption in Construction Plus Tools to Get the Most Value from ERP Data

Trends in the adoption of ERPs in the construction industry and the value that tools such as Preferred Strategies’ QuickLaunch platform can provide in helping contractors better utilize ERP data to its full potential.

May 26, 2021