Con-Cure Maturity Systems
- Determines in-place concrete strength instantly
- Fully reusable meters and sensors
- Eliminates the hassle, expense and delays associated with test cylinders
- Uses advanced thermal modeling protocols to estimate real-time concrete strength with a single mouse click
- Predicts future target strength even when tested at early stages
- ZoneCure system delivers strength data to your desktop wirelessly
- ASTM-approved test method
Con-Cure Corp.
Ultra Scale Master Pro
- Designed for contractors, estimators and professionals in the building trades
- Complete, stand-alone digital area takeoff tool that lets users measure data from blueprints, plans and scaled drawings to compute linear, area and volume values for lines, curves and shapes
- Measures plan sizes up to 24" x 36"
- Connect it to your PC for use with spreadsheets, estimating software or graphic digitizing programs
Ruggedized LoJack
- Designed to get off-road construction equipment back from thieves
- Made to withstand the impact and punishment of an active construction site
- Self-contained, one-piece unit allows for easy concealment and mounting location flexibility
- Features a sealed, weatherproof enclosure that is water-, dust- and chemical-resistant
- Meets SAE design standards for heavy-duty vehicles
LoJack Corp.
Vulcan Onboard Concrete Mixer Scale
- Onboard concrete mixer scale for McNeilus mixers
- Meter in cab displays net payload weight and allows driver to monitor offload weights and remaining weight in drum to within 1/4 yd.
- Standard option for all new McNeilus mixers
- Retrofit kits available for existing vehicles
Stress-Tek Inc. (Vulcan On-board Scales)
Exaktime PocketClocks
- Allows multiple users to clock in and out directly on a Palm Pilot
- Designed for workers who regularly visit multiple jobsites or frequently change cost codes
- Individual workers can clock themselves in or it can be set to "Supervisor Mode" where a supervisor clocks in and out for the workers
- Can be used by itself or in conjunction with the JobClock system
Exaktime
DispatchThis Version 3.0
- Dispatching and resource management software suite for the concrete pumping industry
- Integrates processes from order entry to dispatching to invoicing to collections
- GPS integration for real-time awareness of pump positions
- Allows for analyzing of historical data
DispatchThis, Inc.
Concrete-Traker
- Database program designed to handle the daily activities of a concrete testing laboratory
- Windows 2000/XP compatible
- Automatically generates daily test reports and compressive strength reports
- Automatically imports strength results from the testing machine
Admet, Inc.
Qualcomm GlobalTRACS 4.0
- Software and over-the-air firmware update resulting in maintenance profiles and curfew security
- Multiple maintenance profile feature provides notifications when various types of service is due on a piece of equipment
- Engine-start curfew function allows users to define the acceptable range of time an engine can run, as well as establish a time-sensitive electronic curfew boundary around each piece of equipment
QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions
MyAssistant
- Integrates with Sage Timberline Office to create a "virtual assistant"
- Helps business and operations managers identify the information of greatest relevance to their jobs
- More than 200 prebuilt scenarios and the option to create more
- Provides daily updates and alerts to things like change orders and cost overruns and reports that help executives mine the enormous amount of everyday data
Sage Software
OEM DD System
- Captures detailed information on service and repair activities in a shop or field environment
- Gathers information on location, equipment being maintained, date/time, type of work and specific task or reason for service
- Also tracks disposition of equipment and helps to capture indirect costs
- Uses radio technology to transmit data
- Data management module generates e-mail alerts regarding specified events, trends or benchmarks
Spanish In-a-Pinch
- Laminated, easy-to-carry translation cards for on-the-job Spanish-to-English or English-to-Spanish
- Uses speaker's native language to phonetically explain the foreign pronunciation
- Cards available in several concrete-specific subjects; HR, safety and other general topics also available
2nd Language Success
Sed de Saber Construction Edition
- Helps construction workers learn English as a second language
- Program teaches users 500 vocabulary words, sentence structure and 340 phrases useful in a construction site work environment
- Users can learn at their own pace or follow the study guidelines of 30 minutes a day for four months
- Kits are fully reusable
Retention Education, Inc./Home Builders Institute
2FR Water Management System
- For concrete truck applications in water-add and chute washout
- Designed to record flows of water added to the concrete batch and gives a flow alarm when washout occurs after the concrete pour
- 1% accurate water add for critical jobs
- In-cab water-add flow display
ConcreteIron.com
- Website connects contractors to concrete industry
- Buy or sell used equipment
ConcreteIron.com
Hard Hat Safety Training Series
- CD kits to conduct your own safety training classes
- Training on backhoe/loaders, RT cranes, forklifts, bucket trucks, excavators, knuckle trucks, aerial lifts, confined space, boom truck cranes, telehandlers, trench safety and overhead cranes
- Includes instructor guide/notes, laws and regulations, student manuals, PowerPoint slides, accident profiles, inspection guidelines and more
Otter Box
- Boxes to protect and ruggedize your construction technology
- Available for laptops, Treos, BlackBerrys, HP iPaqs, PDAs, iPods and cigars
- Waterproof , dustproof, crush-proof, drop-proof
- Ergonomic design
AccuGrade
- Entry-level site reference system enables operator to excavate to predetermined coordinates
- Advanced laser reference system utilizes an off-board laser transmitter typically used to set a grade reference over an entire work area
- Cylinder position sensors located on boom, bucket and stick
- In-cab display features an easy-to-read grade indicator and elevation display
Caterpillar, Inc.
Concrete Foundations Association
- Informational and networking tool for poured wall contractors
- Offers educational seminars, publications and promotional materials
- Develops residential concrete codes in conjunction with the American Concrete Institute
The American Society of Concrete Contractors
- Members include contracting firms, manufacturers, architects, specifiers and distributors
- Member benefits include safety bulletins and videos, publication discounts and troubleshooting hot lines
- The Decorative Concrete Council, a council of ASCC, advances the quality and use of decorative concrete systems
- Offers worldwide consulting, education and training to the decorative concrete industry
- Hands-on training led by best-selling author and Concrete Contractor columnist Bob Harris
- Topics include stains and dyes, concrete countertops, skim coats, decorative epoxy systems, vertical stamping, stamped concrete and more
- Offers intensive, engineering-based training in precast, cast-in-place, sinks and mold making
- Maintains Concrete Connections, an online information resource and discussion forum dedicated to concrete countertops
- Produces three-day annual Concrete Countertop Industry Conference with exhibitors, seminars and demos
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