GPS machine control is making significant inroads in the site work and infrastructure construction field, and Sarasota, Fla.-based site work contractor KLM Services is one of the growing number of ...

When Hilton Head, South Carolina-based Malphrus Construction Company, Inc. won the site preparation bid for a new Target import warehouse in Pt. Wentworth, Georgia, Todd Malphrus, company vice ...

The data card, which contains the digital terrain model (DTM), is placed into the machine-control system's computer. The next step is to "localize" or "calibrate" the system by instructing it to ...

Construction equipment machine control vendors are making their products more affordable and accessible, and based on anecdotal accounts from contractors, are finding rapid adoption in light ...

The lack of young talent entering the construction industry and an exodus of veteran operators retiring or moving to a different career have created a shortage of experienced, skilled labor. Quality ...

Dozers and motor graders often are fitted with "automated" systems that allow automatic blade positioning.Photo: Trimble Illustrated here are the two basic types of satellite-based earthmoving systems ...