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How to Improve the Safety Culture at Your Aggregate Quarry Site
As an industry, we’re doing a better job of keeping workers safe on the job site, all of which supports better morale and our bottom line. But how can we rein in the injuries that the...
The Solution to a 63-Year Productivity Problem
New production processes can have a dramatic effect on the productivity within an industry, and most industries have realized great productivity advances. The construction industry, however, has...
Committed to Quality: A Journey With COMMANDqc
The Strata Corporation is a 100-year-old company located in North Dakota and Minnesota. Its materials division provides ready mixed concrete and aggregate. Its heavy construction division provides...
The Advantage of On-Demand, Pay As You Go Solutions
Our industry is a mobile industry, so being able to complete tasks on-the-go is becoming a major competitive advantage. Having information at your fingertips eliminates communication delays in any...
Welsch COMMANDqc Case Study
Chris Pusateri, Welsch’s QC manager, became aware that as their company grew, it was harder for their existing staff to keep pace with the increased demands for their technical services...
Strata COMMANDqc Case Study
From the late 1980’s through 2010 Strata Corporation expanded through acquisitions. Like many other companies that have purchased other businesses, Strata found itself in a situation where many of...
Graniterock COMMANDqc Case Study
Like many other concrete producers whose QC programs evolved while personal computers became commonplace, Graniterock’s QC information was managed in multiple programs. Aggregate gradings were...
Delta COMMANDqc Case Study
Concrete and materials test results were stored in file folders throughout the company and the data could not be easily accessed and examined. Verifying batch tolerances required going to the plant...
Pan Pacific Cement Apex Case Studies
Pan Pacific Cement, a subsidiary of the Caillier Investment Group, was looking for a system that could expedite the ticketing process for a high volume of truck traffic at a facility with an...
Powering up Productivity by Streamlining Workflows
A. Jansen B.V. is the holding company for six operating companies that specialize in ready mix and precast concrete, groundwork and demolition, road construction, soil remediation, recycling...
What Could the "Cost of Doing Business" Be Costing You?
Producers accept that there is a cost associated with the time spent during the delivery process testing the slump of the load, making slump adjustments, and washing out the drum upon return to the...
Command Alkon’s COMMANDbatch Named Best Product in Show at the UK Concrete Show
Command Alkon is pleased to announce that COMMANDbatch has secured the “Best Product in Show” award at the annual UK Concrete Show in Birmingham...
Three Reasons Automation is En Vogue
Remember a time before the iPhone created the “app economy?” Remember when you used to have to leave your cozy home on a Friday night and drive 3 miles to the nearest Block Buster to rent the latest c
Improve Your Concrete Craft by Integrating Color
COMMANDbatch can be integrated with Euclid Chemical’s Color-Matic G color dispensers to provide direct control of color system start and discharge commands. Graphic indicators can be added to the...
Construction's Five “C” Equation for 2019 and Beyond
The formula for break-through productivity performance and outcome assurance across the construction industry is as follows: Collaboration + Customer Experience + Communications + Certainty...
8 ½ Predictions for 2019 and Beyond
The construction industry this year will continue to be as strong as it was in 2018, according to the Dodge Outlook Report. The report predicts that total U.S. construction starts for 2019 will be $80
See the Dynamic Links in Your Supply Chain, Together
Supply chains involve a network of resources scattered across facilities, entities and projects, not just within the four walls of one company. For them to be managed properly, supply chain...
Command Alkon’s COMMANDassurance Named One of Construtech’s Top Products of 2019
Command Alkon is proud to announce that COMMANDassurance has been named one of Construtech’s Top Products of 2019. Command Alkon’s solution was chosen for this prestigious award in the...
If You Can Measure It, You Can Improve It - Featured on Constructech
COMMANDassurance has been named one of Constructech’s Top Products 2019! Check out this article that has been featured on Constructech.com.
How E&C Companies are Mining the Gold in Big Data