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Welcome to the September 2010 edition of our eNewsletter!
As Fall begins, the news continues to revolve around sputtering results regarding the global economy. There is no shortage of opinions as to what strategies should be employed, but most experts—supported by historical data—agree that investing in productive technology tops the list. I hope you'll find valuable information in this newsletter—and on our site—that will help you arrive at effective business strategies.
We have 7 new articles this month, 6 from our expert MCo authors and one from a guest author. I would like to thank Jeff Winke for his contribution to this issue. Jeff's article, GPS Technology Boosts Road Builders Productivity, offers excellent insight about the use of 3D machine control on a large 4 lane highway project in Kansas. We hope Jeff will return with more articles in the future. Our regular authors discuss topics from motion study to Civil Integrated Management (CIM) to data prep. Also, Nigel Adams has some tips on how to keep your machine control sales representatives on their toes, and providing you with solid and accurate information.
We continue to hear from our readers about new projects and bidding opportunities. If you are considering positioning and 3D machine control technology, welcome. MachineControlOnline.com is committed to serve as your knowledge base.
As always, I hope you enjoy this newsletter! Please stay tuned, visiting us often as we update the website daily. Please drop me a line if there is any subject about which you would like to see more information. I personally read every email! |
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GPS Technology Boosts Road Builders Productivity: By Jeff Winke
In early summer 2009, officials proudly announced the first road-building project in Kansas funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009-the construction of a new 22-mile stretch of the K-61 highway corridor, running diagonally from McPherson southwest to connect with Hutchinson, Kansas. The new $64 million road project stretches from McPherson County into Reno County. The four-lane highway project is a new road alignment just west of the original two-lane K-61 Highway. One of ...
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Check out our video of the week, hand-picked by our editorial team:
Trapped Chile miners speak to loved ones
It's been more than three weeks since the miners were trapped in a mine in Chile. The authorities are planning a rescue mission. But for the families of the miners it's been a long wait...
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From the Machine Control Online Authors... New Articles for September, 2010:
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 Taking Control of Your Bottom Line by Paul Hahn: – Back in the 1980's I was working as a field surveyor in Seattle Washington. One of our projects was quality assurance on a freeway bridge in West Seattle, WA. The prime contractor was Peter Kiewit and Sons (PKS). It was the first of many Heavy and Highway projects I got a chance to work on and was a ...
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 Civil Integrated Management, (CIM) A New Acronym by Marco Cecala: – For some time now the "vertical" or architectural building community has been using the acronym, BIM, (Building Information Model). The building information model provides a true 3-D look into how the job will be put together. Some of the benefits of this include routing utilities such as electrical …
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 Another Use for Machine Control Technology by Jay Jones, LS: – I have written many times about how machine control is reducing the amount work traditional provided by the land surveyor and land surveying companies, especially on projects that require a lot of site work. However, I have continually indicated that the building contractors will still need ...
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 Building a Simple Site - Finders, Keepers by Chad Cooper: – In this third article of my Building a Simple Site series, I wanted to discuss on old adage that most of us learned as a child: finders, keepers. While this made for fun times when scrounging for things to play with as children, its basic principle also applies to building a simple site. Namely, the fact that the engineer ...
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 What do I want with Machine Control? by Nigel Adams: – As an addendum to my recent article "Don't sell machine control short" I am putting forwards some of the arguments against machine control from the point of view of potential customers that I have encountered over the past year or so. I am certain that those who sell this stuff on a daily basis are familiar with these ...
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 Where Am I? by Ron Ciccarone, LS: – I am changing topics for at least one article. The title might be confusing, but I thought I would cover some issues that have happened to me recently while preparing data for a few different clients. When the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland answered Alice's question about which fork in the road to take, he first asked a question ...
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