With or without the rental houses buying, there's still considerable work for which sub-100-horsepower trenchers are positioned best. "Even though the housing is down, we see a lot of work in the ...

Volvo Construction Equipment has updated its Dig Assist machine control application for excavators with new features that make it even faster and easier to create plans, as well as put more ...

The crawler-mounted "Path-Digging" Loader was used in road construction and excavation. It could move up to 100 feet per minute when relocating and 2 feet per minute when digging.George E. Haiss and ...

All construction projects have a schedule that the construction managers use to allocate time better. Therefore, they need to use modern machines to complete the construction project on time without ...

A major construction equipment maker is testing artificial intelligence systems in its machines through a new collaboration ...

Bedrock Robotics, led by a veteran of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous tech unit, is emerging from stealth with $80 million and plans to make heavy construction equipment work around-the-clock without human ...

Do robots have a future in the construction industry? Golden Valley-based Mortenson, one of the 20 largest builders in the U.S., is embracing the robotic future through a new strategic partnership ...

One big reason contractors attend CONEXPO/CON-AGG every three years is to see what’s now and what’s next. In the telehandler, crane and material handling space, there was no shortage of new equipment ...

Machine control systems, which combine positioning sensors — both GNSS receivers and inertial systems — with computer displays, give operators better insight into and control over their work. Whether ...