GPS technology is transforming management of earthmoving operations by increasing productivity and compressing time schedules, while cutting production costs. Three contractors who have experience ...

Several months after the target date for their installation, there are still not any Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the Davis Square shuttles, affectionately called the "Joeys." The Joey GPS ...

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal last April was the first example of a large continental “mega-thrust” rupture that was captured by a GPS network that measures ground motion. The Himalayas are ...

February’s column focused on potential errors in orthometric heights using a digital barcode leveling system with multi-piece leveling rods. As stated in the column, businesses need to make decisions ...

A 4-1/4-mile section of Valley Road just south of Mio in Oscoda County is being reconstructed and widened as a gravel road. The $744,000 project began in June and is expected to be completed in ...

Sometimes droughts can be a good thing. Such was the case in late 2007 when state park officials decided to rebuild the beach and swimming area at Smith Mountain Lake State Park in Huddleston, ...

A 3,500-foot section of Earhart Road north of Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor Township has been widened. The project also included re-ditching and the installation of new storm sewer and culverts. The ...