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Tech Product Spotlight
Vögele Introduces Witos to Paving Applications
At the end of a day's paving, job-site reports are sent automatically by e-mail to selected recipients • The app and the paver are networked via
WLAN, so information can be exchanged between the machine and the foreman’s smartphone even where there is no mobile phone connection
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Soil Connect Marketplace
Soil Connect combines technology and social networking capabilities to provide a fast, cost-effective way for construction professionals to transport and acquire soil, aggregates and other building materials. • Mobile and web-based app fully digitizes and streamlines the soil transfer process • Users can post listings and requests for soil, aggregates and other materials, and can upload supplier analysis and geotechnical reports • Enables soil providers and recipients to transact at shorter distances between jobsites
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MINDS Inc. LiveLoader App for Asphalt Plants
LiveLoader provides the loader operator with a realtime dashboard of practical contextual information regarding plant production. • All vital production information and statistics are now available inside the cab, in plain sight, updated in real-time • Current mix and percentages, next mix scheduled, feeders in use, amount of stone needed, levels and no-flow sensors, plus time-to-empty countdowns are displayed. Information is graphically displayed for intuitive understanding at a glance • LiveLoader is available for android devices
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BOMAG Bomap Compaction Assistant
Bomap from BOMAG is the solution for the digital earthworks and asphalt construction site; it can be used to document work results on site in real time. • The app can be installed on standard Android tablets and smartphones and documents passes via GPS for every roller, regardless of make • The result can be exported as a PDF and shows the customer the compaction performance achieved on the construction site in a transparent and comprehensible way • For BOMAG rollers, the app can record additional readings and thus create documentation for continuous compaction control (CCC) • BOMAG will also be launching the Bomap cloud platform via which the machines in use can network with each other
Topcon Pavelink App
The Pavelink cloud-based logistics application is designed to facilitate connected workflow between the asphalt plants, delivery trucks, company office and paving site. • Seamlessly integrates with existing planning and management tools, automatically gathering and centralizing relevant information such as quantities, temperatures,
number of trucks loaded, current truck locations, jobsite arrival estimations, number of trucks returning or queuing for more loads, current screed width, current paver speed and amount of roadway that has been laid
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Caterpillar Inc. eRoutes App for Asphalt Paving
This application for smartphones and the web allows paving contractors to track the location and productivity of haul trucks as they travel between the asphalt plant and jobsite. • Paving contractors can open up the app and quickly see where their trucks are and when they will arrive to a jobsite • Provides location tracking by placing devices at the plant and on the paver or material transfer vehicle that create a geofence at these locations • Trucks also outfitted with a small device that is constantly pinging its
GPS location • Geofence devices enable you to instantly see when a truck enters or leaves the jobsite or asphalt plant
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Sentinel GPS Truck/Asset Management Solution
With nearly 100 years combined expertise, Command Alkon and Libra Systems have joined forces to make it simple for materials suppliers to improve efficiency, maximize production and delivery operations and benefit from supply chain visibility. The Sentinel GPS Truck/Asset Management Solution allows users to gain more visibility into high-value trucking and hauling assets through one integrated, cloud-based solution. • Streamline your asset management tasks—saving time and money while improving asset utilization • Visual displays of truck status across all orders
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WEM Analytics
WEM Analytics is a manager’s go-to tool to help identify the operational opportunities that have the greatest impact to production. • Web-based software that can be accessed by a desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphones’ web browser • Easy drag n’ drop interface lets you create additional dashboards for monitoring various functional areas of your plant, across any time span • Data is accessed from your automation control system, both PLC and transactional data, stored on the
WEM SQL database. • Most dashboards have multi-tiered data – high level data that can be viewed with the option to dive deeper into additional details
Volvo Compact Assist Start
The Compact Assist line entry-level intelligent compaction package includes pass mapping and temperature mapping functionalities, providing the operator with real-time data about how the job is progressing. • Powered by the Volvo Co-Pilot, a 10-in. in-cab tablet • Pass mapping gives a clear on-screen view of the roller’s coverage of the asphalt, highlighting stop points and overlaps • Temperature mapping offers a color-coded map of surface temperatures plus the ability to set a maximum/minimum range • Available on DD110C, DD120C, DD128C and DD140C asphalt compactors. • Comes with all of the wiring and most of the needed hardware to upgrade to
Compact Assist
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TennaCAM Dashcam
The TennaCAM dashcam device is designed for capturing safety incidents and monitoring the behavior of drivers operating heavy trucks and vehicles in a construction fleet. • Captures footage that provides context and acts as a source of truth in the event of an incident, accident or safety violation • Uses Bluetooth technology to trigger real-time camera recordings when unsafe driving events are detected • Available to pair with both OBD-II and JBUS fleet trackers via WiFi
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HCSS Drone Flight Planner App
The HCSS Aerial drone-based analytics platform offers a free smart app, HCSS Aerial: Drone Mission, which can be paired with any drone. • Captures highresolution images of construction jobsites, analyzes job progress, calculates earthwork volumes, performs safety inspections and more • Fully automated flight plan can be set to be executed over the project's length for more accurate jobsite mapping, data visualization and safety insights • See real-time images during flight and gather data to make more informed decisions
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Stansteel Hotmix Parts & Service Accu-Track Advantage Control
Accu-Track Advantage Control is a comprehensive system for controlling your entire plant, from proportioning the cold feed bins to selecting the storage silos and everything in between. • With today’s high production rates and stringent state specifications, it is essential that all possible control be provided to insure maximum plant operation with minimum downtime and superior mix quality • The system is the only one in the asphalt industry to control all operations using standard components and designed, programmed, manufactured and supported in the USA
Trimble Roadworks is a highly accurate, automatic 3D screed control system that can significantly improve paving productivity and rideability by directly referencing the design rather than a surface or stringline to minimize usage, reduce waste and overruns and finish projects on time. • Android-based application runs on the 10-in. touch-screen Trimble TD520 Display and colorful graphics, natural interactions and gestures, and self-discovery features make the software intuitive and easy to learn • Using a Trimble SNM941 Connected Site Gateway, Trimble Roadworks allows the transfer of 3D designs from the office to the machine via the cloud so that the operator is always using the latest design. Productivity data collected from the machine is automatically synced back to the office • Trimble Roadworks 3D Paving Control Platform for Asphalt Pavers is now available globally through the worldwide SITECH distribution channel
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HaulHub JOBSlip e-Ticketing
Instead of lost paper tickets holding up payment, JOBSlip helps contractors easily see all of their key construction materials data in the palm of their hand. • Capture key project data: Create notes, record material temperature, and capture quality control data for individual loads. • Simplify paperwork: JOBSlip captures all the ticketing data from various locations in an intuitive and easy-to-use app • Digitally sign yousignature once during setup, and all your tickets will be eSigned
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This wireless telematics system for paving contractors uses load cycle analysis to allow users to see where problems are occurring and correct them in real time. • Electronic ticketing helps eliminate points of contact and ticket transfers inherent with paper ticketing • Creates individual scale tickets and provides material haul summaries for state-funded roadway projects • Provides accurate and timely reporting and scale ticket integration • Tickets and summary reports are available via cell phone • Integrates with popular accounting and payroll applications and scale systems
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HeadLight PhotoBased Inspection Technology
Designed for infrastructure construction professionals, HeadLight is a photo-based inspection technology that allows construction teams to capture, share and act on data from the job site in real-time, offering the visual source of truth needed to confidently deliver a total and accurate picture of progress from day one.
• HeadLight allows information to be shared from a job site in real-time, saving time, money, and reducing communication issues. • Enables you to be “on the jobsite” — seeing what’s happening in realtime to ensure the highest quality of work, even when working remotely. • Ensures customer success and value to every user starting on day one with an easy-to-use UI and proven deployment process (both virtual and in the field training programs are available).
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PlantDemand Online Scheduling Tool
PlantDemand software significantly improves material management and order scheduling at the asphalt plant, saving time and money. Streamline ordering process allows plant operators, sales people, the QC team, managers and engineers to store information in a centralized location • PlantDemand increases visibility by having a single true source of information which reduces the redundancy of order taking in multiple places • Visual order calendar helps users understand what plant must do in seconds on an intuitive order calendar with optimized order entry • Save time and frustration generating reports in a few clicks –instead of a few hours, the library of reports creates easy to read, clear reporting for more informed decisions
BUILT TO CONNECT
In an industry focused on manufacturing powerful equipment, our business remains decidedly human thanks to one simple belief: that our greatest achievement as a company is in mastering the art of connection. Astec helps build the infrastructure that physically connects the world, but the connections we build with people are what make us a true partner to the industry. We know the equipment we build is not our final product, because we’re not really in the business of building equipment. We’re in the business of building connections.
Connection is at the heart of everything we do
The primary use for asphalt is creating pavement for building the roads that connect goods and services to their markets, people to their communities and families to each other. Astec asphalt plants are essential to building and maintaining these vital connections. That’s what drives us to design, manufacture, and sell innovative, efficient, and reliable equipment. And that’s what inspires us to connect to our customers through knowledgeable sales, receptive engineering and responsive parts and service.
