Looking to expand usage of its delivery-tracking program for construction jobsites, software developer Voyage Control is working to overcome its biggest competitor: traditional pen-and-paper records.
Containing debris and providing a safe worksite were the key goals of the Despe Top-Down demolition system, a self- contained, six-story metal cocoon that can hydraulically lower itself around a tower as the structure is demolished floor by floor.
High above New York City’s streets, ironworkers building the 70-story One Manhattan West tower are laboring inside of a six-story, 900-ton steel-mesh cocoon that hydraulically crawls up the sides of the building as they erect structural steel around the tower’s concrete core.
Working in the field to collect data water quality and the performance of water-treatment facilities, many engineers and field technicians still rely on pen and paper to capture readings.
Looking to simplify its product lines and streamline production, Caterpillar has introduced a trio of 20-ton-class excavators aimed at a broad range of applications.
In a market in which demand for heavy-lift cranes rises and falls with demand for large power, petrochemical and infrastructure projects, crane manufacturer Sarens is seeing enough consistent interest to warrant construction of the SGC-140, a massive crane even larger than the SGC-120 it introduced in 2011.
When designing virtual-reality training programs for equipment operators, Serious Labs works to simulate as much of the real-life experience as possible.
