Active Driver

By Pete Plotas Companies across industries are being plagued by mobile device distraction in the workplace at an alarming rate. In the construction industry, mobile...

Dowel Bar Retrofit Process

By Kari Moosmann In 2011, the concrete pavement restoration/preservation industry celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first high-production, large-scale dowel bar retrofit (DBR) project constructed...

Sealed to Last

Selecting how long a given joint sealant will last before replacement—and what to include for the performance period in lifecycle costing—is not as easy...

Smart Buildings

It’s not your father’s (or mother’s) office anymore. While early adopters were already integrating new technologies to transform the traditional workplace setting, the evolution...

Monitoring Tire Temps

As summer temperatures climb, so do incidences of heat related tire problems. Asphalt can radiate heat and compound problems like high temperatures due to...

Li-Fi Technology

By Saloni Walimbe The Li-Fi industry is constantly touching new heights, especially at a time when IoT is proliferating in every sector and the use...

Standardization Will Drive M2M Adoption

Telematics technology for your heavy equipment fleet Ten years ago, satellite was considered the best—and perhaps only—option to track construction equipment across the country and...

Cutting-Edge Developments in the Construction Market

Technology has advanced the means of production and how construction businesses are run. Such technology provides valuable real-time information, which allows for better decisions...
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Workplace Safety: Saving Lives With Sigalarm

Contractors know the importance of keeping workers safe. It’s second nature to them. Procuring equipment, training people, and keeping up with the latest trends...

Raising the Grade

Road construction is in the middle of a quiet but significant evolution. The underlying solutions driving it are familiar—namely, machine control, reality capture, and...