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June 3, 2008:
Harry O. Ward, PE, Named VP of Carlson Software
In recognition of the growth that Carlson Software has been experiencing in civil engineering sales and its training division, Harry O. Ward, PE, has been named a vice president and as such, he will be directing the operations of Carlson College and the Civil Engineering Division.
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April 21, 2008:
Carlson Software and HydroCAD Form Alliance
A new alliance between Carlson Software Inc. and HydroCAD Software Solutions, LLC, to take advantage of the strengths of both companies and to benefit both companies' customers was recently revealed at the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference. HydroCAD is a Computer Aided Design tool used by civil engineers for modeling stormwater runoff.
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April 14, 2008:
Carlson Software to Give Users CAD Platform Choice.
At the opening session of the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference, Bruce Carlson, president and founder of Carlson Software Inc., announced the addition of the ability to run on IntelliCAD® (ICAD) to the 2009 releases of Carlson Software.
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April 10, 2008:
Carlson Software Supports JAVAD GNSS.
Carlson Software recently announced that it will provide support for the all-new receiver technology provided by JAVAD GNSS.
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March 11, 2008:
Carlson Software and Prolec U.K. Announce OEM Partnership.
Under a new agreement with Carlson Software, Prolec U.K. will be providing European distribution of Carlson machine control software and products.
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March 11, 2008:
All-New Carlson Grade 3.0 Introduced by Carlson Software.
Now contractors and heavy equipment operators have no need to buy or install more software than they need. Learn about Grade's Upgrade Option Authorization, Open Positioning Architecture, and User Defined Interface.
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March 3, 2008:
Carlson Software forms new Positioning & Machine Control Division
The construction industry is rapidly embracing technology and Carlson Software is ready with the newly formed Positioning & Machine Control Division incorporating its machine control software development team, a specialized sales force and global OEM distribution.
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Today,
local positioning
systems (LPS), global
positioning systems
(GPS) and computer-aided-design
(CAD) not only make
excavation quicker
and more accurate,
but there are no
stakes to run over.
When Wal-Mart asked for bids in 2000 for a proposed distribution center in Harrisonville,
MO, just south of the Kansas City metro area, Damon Pursell Construction won
the nod for the 180-acre site work. But delays at the front end left the
company with just 21 days to move 750,000 cubic yards. “GPS, with
Carlson Software’s SurvCadd as an engine, has become a very valuable tool
to us,” declares Gary Sheumaker, estimator and site project manager. “We
had 20 scrapers on the site and one man kept up with them. He used the
electronic rover mounted on a Kawasaki Mule. His job provided machine operators
instant information as far as location and grade control. He went throughout
the site keeping everyone on track.”
“ If you do highway work, you’ll want GPS software than can use drawings
from AutoCad and Microstation.” He also reports anyone with a fair
amount of experience with electronic instruments will find it takes but a few
days to get used to GPS. “Even before you start moving dirt, you’re
saving time because setup takes just 30% as long as with traditional staking. During
the Wal-Mart project we had no need to reset up anywhere on the site—and
no stakes were accidentally lost because there weren’t any to lose.”
Supplier Bruce Carlson, president of Carlson Software, Maysville, KY, notes that
software standardization in design files is making the switch to GPS even more
affordable to contractors. “For example, in the area of automated
grading, the emerging common form is a DXF of 3D faces. This format is
read by a number of grading products, so is becoming a de facto standard for
machine operators.” This digital terrain model (DTM), together
with a plan view of the site, guide the operator and even drive the grader and
dozer hydraulics, bringing the site to grade automatically.
The above article references two Carlson products: (1) Carlson Field, adaptable
for use on an ATV for survey work or to guide multiple pieces of equipment, and
(2) Dozer 2000 and GradeStar, PC-based machine control products for dozer and
grader operators produced by Carlson Software for Leica Geosystems. To
learn more, go to Products and click Carlson Field and Dozer 2000. |
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