5 Incredibly Useful Construction Equipment Telematics Tips
Top 5 Benefits of Construction Equipment Telematics Telematics has been the hottest phrase in the construction equipment industry for the last three to five years. Google it and you will find no shortage of articles preaching the ROI virtues and on-site benefits of telematics. However, finding a con
All About Going Green on the Construction Site
How to Build a Green Construction Site Clean Construction USA is a component of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC). The objective of those who initiated the plan was to, “promote the reduction of diesel emissions from construction equipment
A Guide to Top Construction Equipment Manufacturers
Top 5 Construction Equipment Manufacturers in the World International Construction magazine’s annual Yellow Table ranking of the world’s top construction equipment manufacturers for 2016 was released and, not surprisingly, the same manufacturers that have lead the world for more than a decade ar
Best Ways to Purchase Construction Equipment Technology
Don’t Check Your Brain at the Door When Spending on Construction Equipment Technology Equipment managers in today’s digital age of automated and semi-automated construction equipment and agricultural machinery must determine how to best use those tools according to an article that appear
What the Mining, Construction and Excavation World Is Doing to Better the Environment
With respect to greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (40 billion tons in 2014 alone) is the pollutant we produce the most of each year. That sum was a 0.7 percent increase from 2013. Yet in 2015, there was no increase in the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air and only a small rise of [&helli
Cut Heavy Equipment Operating Costs: Means of Reducing Waste
Business owners — particularly those of a heavy equipment operation — determine success by calculating two sums: gross profit and net profit. Gross profit is the amount of money a company makes. Net profit is how much money the company’s owner(s) makes. While gross profit is of greater importa
A Simple Plan For Truck Fleet Costs
Truck fleet costs fall under one of two types: owning costs and operating costs. Owning costs accumulate whether or not a fleet is in operation. Owning costs are expenses associated with the purchase of a truck or trailer as well as registration, permits, and insurance. Operating cost does not acc
Cut Costs of Agricultural Production: Understanding how to Increase Profit
Success in an AG business means accomplishing two things: generating a high gross profit and minimizing the difference between gross profit and net profit. Gross profit is how much money an operation makes. Net profit is how much money an individual or a company makes. Theoretically, an operation ca
Heavy Equipment Operating Costs Reduction on a Large Scale
Heavy equipment operating costs are extremely high relative to the operating costs of other industries and sectors. Not only is heavy equipment expensive to purchase, operating and maintaining heavy equipment is equally costly in the short term and more expensive over the long haul. The difficulty
How Efficient are Engines: Thermodynamics and Combustion Efficiency
How efficient are engines? Combustion engines are stupefyingly inefficient. Most diesel engines do not even have a thermal efficiency of 50%. Of every gallon of diesel burned by a combustion engine, less than half of the energy generated becomes mechanical energy. That is to say, of the energy produ