Trimble and Manitowoc Cranes are collaborating on developing technology that boosts construction lifting industry productivity, while improving onsite crane use and data management.
The digital worksite topped the agenda at this year’s CECE congress. David Arminas reports from the Czech capital Prague*
Europe’s equipment manufacturers and their clients are truly in an age of transformation driven by an increasing move towards the digital worksite.
Because this transformation is so deep, there looms big challenges for the entire sector and its supply chain, noted Bernd Holz, president of the CECE – Committee for European Construction Equipment, Europe’s umbrella organisation for
Greater GPS accuracy suggests closer tolerances for surveying and machine control functions What happens in the future for GPS surveying and machine control could depend on satellite choice and signals. Right now there are around 30 satellites in orbit, largely built by the US, but by 2012 that could rise to 120 as Europe, China, India and Russia fully enter the market. A chequered history has faced the European's Galileo system. At long last, the finance appears to be in place and the European Commission a
A UK highway project has benefited from the latest software, GIS and GPS technology, Mike Woof reports. Sophisticated software, GIS and GPS technology has played an important role in a large highway upgrade project in the UK and helping to increase efficiency and drive down construction costs.
