Come with us on a journey into the world of Case’s products – and you don’t even have to go anywhere! The company’s new glasses mean you can take a virtual tour of its many products as they are put through their paces on a virtual construction site.
The US’s Superpave standard is gaining dominance around the world – but there’s still work to be done where recycled material or other modifiers are added to the mix - Kristina Smith reports. A few years ago, there was still some debate in the testing world as to whether the US or European testing regimes would dominate. Today, it does seem that the US Superpave system is most widely used, albeit with local adaptations.
Two senior U.S. construction equipment industry figures have called for action on priority policies to create manufacturing jobs and expand the American economy. Speaking during the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) ‘state of the industry policy update’ press conference, 2013 AEM chair and Caterpillar Group president Stu Levenick and AEM president Dennis Slater said the Association’s agenda in dealings with Government was focussed on improving transport and transport infrastructure, energy infras
Centralised asset management, more use of the latest machine and worksite technology, and deploying value added logistics in machine delivery will enable the construction equipment industry to build on slow world market growth, a panel of expert speakers told attendees at the Construction Equipment World Economic Forum (CEWEF) 2012 The key industry event in Brussels saw more than 130 representatives from across the international construction equipment world given a forecast of 3.5% global growth for their i
Trimble has formed a strategic alliance with Bentley Systems (Bentley). The alliance between Trimble, a leading provider of connected construction solutions for building, heavy, and civil contractors, and Bentley, a major company in the provision of complete software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, aims to create a new benchmark for construction and operations quality, efficiency and safety. According to Bentley, its strategic alliance with Trimble will create a “seamless exchange of information” b
