The Bottom Line: 3D Machine Control in the Landfill Industry - We, as a people generate an incredible amount of trash. Where does it go? Some is dumped into our oceans, which the marine life isn’t crazy about. Other volumes of trash end up in landfills. These landfills...

It's All About the Data: Welcome to the world of data prep, “The Glamour Life”  - When I started doing data preparation years ago, a lot of my friends wanted the “Marco Deal”. What they said it meant, was they would roll out of bed at the crack of 8 in the morning, and put in a leisurely 9 to 5 shift in a converted bedroom in their house. These were guys that...

If not the land surveyor, then who?: Keeping Pace with the Technology Race - I have received quite a bit of correspondence from land surveyors and it appears that more and more are entering the machine control market.† Many understand what machine control means to the construction industry and realize the opportunity for their land surveying business...

Data Prep: Tips, Tricks & Techniques: The Road that doesn’t lead to Contours  - In my previous article, I began my multi-article discussion regarding proposed grade contours. As I mentioned in that article, proposed grade contours are almost universal for every project. Your projects are more likely to contain this grading information than any other and the...

Site Connectivity: Let’s All Get Along  Command and control – what does that make you think of? A slave labour workforce, your own robot army (yes please), kids that do what you want when you want? All highly plausible (except for the last, that will never ever happen, well not for me anyway!) And each having its own merits, but this is Machine Control...