Entries by SITECH

Oitagawa Dam Build with Trimble Grade Control

When your city has suffered a significant flood, the development of your reservoirs becomes even more important. This was certainly the case with the Oitagawa Dam, located in Kyushu, the third largest island in Japan. The construction of this new dam requires moving 1.39 million cubic meters of earth, and constructing the dam wall to […]

Launching the new Cat machines with a show

The Official Opening of the Caterpillar Distribution Centre at Yatala went ahead last Friday (20th May). The 80 plus customers that attended the invite only event were treated to a tour of the new facility. They also watched a demonstration featuring several new machines, some of which were shown for the first time in Australia […]

But “Old School” ways are working

Do you hear about the machine control systems out there and think ‘I could change, but the “old school” ways are working for me, so why bother’? That was what Silver Spur Constructions, from Oklahoma thought too, until they started testing machine control systems out. Silver Spur Construction is a site prep, erosion control, and […]

High school build completed 50% faster

Big Dipper Construction Inc, is an excavation company based in Alaska. As the company has grown they have moved from site development work for residential properties to larger-scale commercial projects. In early 2015, Big Dipper Construction won a bid to build a local high school. The scope of work involved everything prior to paving and […]