Command Alkon, a global supplier of integrated solutions for construction materials producers, has customers in more than 70 countries worldwide. Command Alkon offers industry-specific hardware and software systems for producers, suppliers and haulers of ready-mixed concrete, concrete products, aggregate, asphalt and cement. The Command Alkon’s family of products addresses batching, dispatching, dispatch optimization, fleet and workforce management, quality control, bulk…
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HCSS Partners with OnStation to Improve Location-Based Documentation
HCSS, a provider of software that helps heavy civil businesses streamline their operations, announced an integration with OnStation. This leading digital stationing platform provides location-based documentation for roadway builders. With OnStation integrated with HCSS HeavyJob, clients receive location-based field documentation (notes, pictures, videos) from along a roadway for design and construction purposes. Project-specific documentation dramatically improves the accuracy of bills,…
Read MoreABB Offers New Process Automation Podcast
A new podcast taking you behind the scenes of the largest, most complex industrial operations on the planet has been launched by ABB. From the phones in our hands to the water in our taps, process automation technologies are behind the scenes, helping orchestrate industrial processes, machinery and systems to operate seamlessly and efficiently to enable our everyday. Join presenter…
Read MoreCat App for Troubleshooting and Repair
The new Cat SIS2GO app puts maintenance, troubleshooting and repair information at the fingertips of Caterpillar equipment owners. With SIS2GO, Caterpillar is offering customers the opportunity to access the latest Caterpillar operation and maintenance, service and parts manual information for their equipment. Two levels of access are available from SIS2GO. Operation and maintenance manuals (OMM), parts manuals, and the ability…
Read MoreBosch Provides Off-Road Vehicles With Tech Solutions
Electronic assistance systems make a crucial contribution to increasing safety on the construction site and make work easier for the drivers of off-highway construction vehicles. Bosch offers various assistance functions for construction vehicles. These functions lighten the challenging workload for the driver and make the construction site safer. The different functions provide direct assistance to workers, such as load sensing…
Read MoreABB Delivers Power Management System to Potash Project
ABB has been selected by BHP to deliver a power management system for the Jansen Potash Project in Canada, which will provide nutrient-rich potash fertilizer to enable more sustainable farming globally. BHP is progressing the $5.7 billion project, which is expected to achieve first production in late 2026. The order includes ABB Ability System 800xA Power Control Library, a digital…
Read MoreEmerson’s DeltaV Version 15 Helps Drive Digital Transformation
Global software and engineering supplier Emerson has released a new version of its DeltaV distributed control system (DCS). Version 15 of the DeltaV DCS helps plants digitally transform operations through improved production optimization and enhanced operator performance. New software designed to reduce the burden of IT support and modernization spend coupled with expanded analytics will help increase flexibility and speed…
Read MoreRail Systems Use Technology and Big Data to Improve Safety, Efficiency
As shippers, carriers and logistics firms around the globe put more technology in place to both address their current challenges and prepare for what’s coming around the next corner, some core infrastructure providers are taking similar steps. Any company shipping break bulk and using rail, for example, will be happy to know that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad…
Read MoreRockwell Automation Touts Digital Thread
The key to optimizing operations is connecting the plant to the digital content created by other business functions. You can reduce 70% effort from data science projects by automating OT/IT convergence. • Automate IT/OT convergence – Harvest scalable insights with an information model optimized for Digital Thread. Common Information Model drastically reduces the effort required for industrial analytics by…
Read MoreEarthCam Announces Visual Information Ecosystem
EarthCam, a provider of construction camera technology and services, introduced expanded technologies for AI-powered documentation, live progress reporting and 3D/4D model integration. EarthCam is known for providing the industry’s highest resolution cameras for an expansive range of jobsite imaging applications. The growing list of solutions now includes aerial orthomosaic photography, perimeter security and live, in-camera AI safety analytics. These technologies…
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