Entries by SITECH

Getting ahead of the game

Staying ahead of the pack and remaining competitive now and into the future was a big motivator for Marino Excavation’s owner/operator Grant Marino and his decision to adopt Trimble’s Earthworks Grade Control Platform as soon as possible. So soon, in fact, he is the first to purchase and run an excavator with the platform in […]

Stockpile Reports Lite is now available in Australia.

Measuring stockpiles on your iPhone  Innovative technology is enabling builders to measure stockpiles more quickly and easily than ever, saving significant time and costs, explains URC Ventures CEO David Boardman. Measuring stockpiles of material has traditionally taken considerable time, money and effort. Accurate measurement reports are crucial to finance and accounting – and getting it […]

Sub-millimetre maintenance

The Wivenhoe Power Station, located on Wivenhoe Dam, about 90 kilometres from Brisbane, contains the largest hydromachines in Australasia. These machines consist of a turbine and pump set, weighing 1 450 tonnes each, and are housed inside a concrete silo. They have an impressive spin rate of 120 rpm. Vibration in the power station can […]

Quarry Keeps Finding New Savings with Drone Data

Getting stockpiles surveyed for volume to complete Vista’s month-end reconciliations was a time-consuming routine. Surveyors could deliver data on the quarry’s 40 or more acres of stockpiles in about five days. The company bought their fixed-wing UAV in 2015 to save time and surveying costs on monthly stockpile volumetrics. They quickly discovered production efficiencies can […]

Real-Time QA on the Job Site

Georgiou Group is an Australian building and civil construction company that delivers a wide range of engineering services across industries such as urban development, oil and gas, transport, precast, water infrastructure and ports and marine. Jason Carolan, a quality representative for Georgiou, is currently overseeing a road upgrade project in the suburb of Narellan in […]