This week’s rundown has lots of tech for fleets, including an app for Amazon’s Alexa and ELD compliance. There is software for error-free estimating and employee safety and training along with a website on cyber risk.
Materials Transparency: The Movement Continues to Gain Traction
When building with “green” products and materials as specified by the designer, contractors may need to go beyond materials transparency provided by the manufacturers on the content of building products.
Making Heavy/Civil Construction Tech More Accessible to Small and Mid-sized Contractors
With advancements in machine control’s usability, small and mid-sized heavy/highway contractors are leveraging machine guidance technology, GPS site positioning systems and modeling software for a competitive edge.
Construction Technology and Software Rundown: Week of Oct. 30, 2017
Technology meets equipment with autonomous bulldozers, a tool inventory app and AOBRD/ELD. Two surveys report that contractors worry about cyber and data breaches, and technologies to implement include AR, BIM and 3-D imaging laser scanning.
Sealing in Building Performance
With the development of aerosol-based sealing, the tide has begun to turn on duct leakage.
Road Crew Traffic Safety in a Distracted World
An effective work zone, typically identified by signs, cones, barrels and barriers, should focus on traffic safety and review of hazards specific to work areas.
2017 Fleet Management Technology Report: The current state and experiences of the fleet management and Telematics marketplace
Fleets across all industries are finding that Telematics is providing insight they never had before which helps them reduce costs, reduce risk, and increase revenue. Learn about who's using telematics and the full range of benefits.
How to Introduce GPS Tracking to Employees
Fleet managers across the country are quickly turning to GPS tracking software for all of the benefits the technology offers, but many of them don’t know how to introduce the program to their employees. Learn how to successfully deploy GPS tracking and earn employee trust by eliminating common concerns and focusing on the benefits.









