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Summers-Taylor Inc. understands landfills and the complexities of building them. It regularly constructs landfill cells as part of its portfolio of services. Based in Elizabethton, Tenn., the mid-sized construction contractor serves the Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina markets. Constructing new landfill sites or adding cells to existing ones is a company specialty. And using construction ma…
The hallmark of most highly-successful companies is an ability to adapt to change. Case in point: when confronted with a change in regulatory policy affecting how its stockpiles could be verified, coal mining operations in central Alabama demanded immediate compliance from the engineering firms that oversee that activity for them.
As laser scanning continues to grow in popularity within the construction realm, users are finding new and more varied ways to benefit from this innovative approach. For Blue Goose Construction (BGC), that recently meant augmenting traditional survey approaches in a central Florida water treatment project with a high-density laser scanning system. For Blue Goose it proved an opportunity to further…
With decades of survey experience under his belt, Barry Hennessy is no stranger to, nor is he resistant to, change. He has seen the industry, the technology that supports it, and his business evolve over time. So when presented with the opportunity to employ new laser scanning technology, it’s not surprising that he embraced it for the opportunities it presented.
Using all the Takeoff data that has been computed, the results are pushed over to MAGNET Office Mass Haul with one button-click, and all the mass excavation planning is computed automatically, streamlining the hauling plans for the entire Jobsite based on pre-defined conditions. Watch the video to learn how.
