Entries by SITECH

Connectivity at bauma 2016

bauma 2016, the 31st edition of the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, was held in Munich in April. This year’s show attracted 3 423 exhibitors and over half a million visitors from more than 200 countries. One of those exhibitors impressing visitors was Trimble, showing their connected site. They also showed how UAVs […]

Carving out residential construction sites

Western Earthmoving is a civil contractor who builds roads, subdivisions, services, and drainage with most of their work being residential and in Western Sydney and Wollongong. Even though Western Earthmoving was utilising a number of advanced site-positioning technologies, the company’s field managers couldn’t quickly determine current elevations on the job site. Rather, they had to […]

Road Construction Production Study

This road construction production study shows how Trimble Accugrade technology can take your road from layout to finished product in 47% of the time of traditional construction methods, saving you man hours, machine hours and fuel consumption.

How satellite technology works

Ever wondered how construction GPS satellite position works? Or how your mobile phone knows where you are for that matter? This short KnowHow video from our partners in the US takes a step back, and explores the basic technology and capabilities of the satellite positioning we simply call, GPS 100 foot = ~ 30m 10 […]

Efficiency helps complete earthworks project early

When Georgiu Group, a national building construction, engineering and property development company, were awarded a land development project, they took this opportunity to review their productivity and cost control. The six-month project in Alkimos, Western Australia, involved moving 600,000 cubic meters of sand, rock and limestone 1.5 kilometers between the cut and fill zones. The […]