Construction

US team starts building $1.2bn Hanoi embassy EYP’s rendering of the New Embassy Campus showing its relation with Cau Giay Park The US State Department has broken ground on a US embassy building in Vietnam. The ceremony was held in Hanoi, and attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as ambassador Marc Knapper, and Bui Thanh Son, Vietnam’s foreign minister. The $1.2bn project was designed by Page, an architect based in Washington, DC, and is being built by Alabama contractor BL Harbert International of Birmingham, Alabama. Harbert has previously worked on embassies and consulates in Guatemala, Mexico, Niger...

3 Ways to Add Technologies to Your Construction Site The construction business has an enormous amount to gain from digitalization, so much so that it can be hard to know what to begin. The construction business has an enormous amount to gain from digitalization, so much so that it can be hard to know what to begin. ©Yuttana Studio – stock.adobe.com The big challenge for construction professionals looking to streamline operations isn’t whether technologies can help – they can, no question. Rather, it’s where to start.   For one thing, construction-business leaders are sorting through a mass of available point...

New VisionLink® streamlines equipment management, offers a centralized full-fleet solution VisionLink manages all equipment and attachment assets regardless of brand The new VisionLink® provides an integrated full-fleet management solution for asset tracking to maximize machine uptime and optimize utilization. The platform’s refreshed intuitive interface helps customers efficiently manage their entire fleet, regardless of manufacturer. Improved asset insights retrieve a broader range of data from owned, leased, or rented equipment and attachments, allowing companies to make better informed asset management decisions. Cloud-based and accessed through desktops, tablets, and mobile devices, new VisionLink consolidates My.Cat.Com, the Cat® App, and the previous version of VisionLink...

Caterpillar expands smart blade capabilities for Cat® Skid Steer and Compact Track Loaders Caterpillar announces new options for the Cat® Smart Grader Blade and Smart Dozer Blade. The new external control kit for GB120 and GB124 smart grader blades expands use of these blades to Cat D and D2 series SSL and CTL machines, enabling customers with previous model fleets to run smart blades. The new 3D grade control kit uses existing connections to easily add automatic blade control to the Cat Smart Dozer Blade. Smart grader blades Cat Smart Grader Blades set the standard for machine and attachment control integration....

Autonomous Construction Equipment Company Teleo Announces Customer Deals and Global Expansion with New Dealer Partner Network -Teleo retrofits existing heavy construction equipment to create remote-operated and autonomous robots -Teleo will demo its technology at CONEXPO March 14 - 18, showcasing on-site and long-range remote equipment operations Teleo, a company building autonomous technology for heavy construction equipment, today announced deals with construction customers John Aarts Group, Teichert and Tomahawk Construction for remote-operated wheel loaders, bulldozers, and dump trucks, respectively. In addition, Teleo has announced the company is expanding globally through a new dealer partner network spanning across the United States, Europe...