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sition the negative effects of economic fluctuations. These model companies will not be crawling when the economic turnaround happens. These companies will be running full speed and growing their business exponentially because they took advantage of existing opportunities. For example, Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) – a global, diversified company offering products, software and instruments in agriculture, construction, survey, GIS, telematics, and mobile control markets—is a company that commits resources to extensive R&D activities. “The fact is that technology will drive the economic recovery,” said Ray O’Connor, TPS president and CEO. “If you can buy construction technology that will enable a single dozer to do the work of two, 3D machine-control dozers, and give you the accuracy and speed of a grader, wouldn’t you jump at that opportunity?’ That technology innovation, using the best hydraulic control software, inertial sensors and GNSS receivers, is at work today at job sites around the world. “This technology provides more than 100 blade corrections per second, five times the industry average. Some of the construction industry’s newest products are examples of the most innovative technologies for construction to be announced in the last few years as examples of what can be done to make a good company better and a great company even greater. Machinery and systems are being introduced that cut down the time it takes to grade a site. In 2008 John Deere introduced a new track dozer that weighs 32,000 pounds and has the speed of a grader and the flotation of a crawler dozer. Right now, there’s a construction company owner somewhere sitting at a laptop in an office building in this country. At his fingertips is a bevy of construction-site information – oil pressure, idle time, fuel usage, maintenance records . . . even an in-cab view of the job site – on machines in South Africa, or China or South America. Pick a place on the map. Put a piece of machinery in that spot. Add specific software and GNSS positioning technology like Topcon Tierra’s remote asset management system. This web-based, telematics service provides real-time information on every piece of equipment. It is a unique on-site job management system that provides meticulous data to companies interested in maximizing productivity and drasti- cally reducing unexpected and unnecessary equipment maintenance. Many companies totally overlook or overtly ignore asset management. It is an all-important segment of company operations. Remote asset management is a crucial element in maximizing the machine production on every job site. In periods of economic instability, smart manufacturing companies focus Circle 143 • or www.SLDTonline.com/webcard www.SLDTonline.com 19 http://www.grpumps.com http://www.grpumps.com http://www.SLDTonline.com/webcard http://www.SLDTonline.com

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Sustainable Land Development Today - March 2009 Contents Our Voice: Energy Savings Accounts Mining the Sewers for On-site Reuse Modern Flood Disasters The Financial Challenge of Leed® Technology: Opportunities Exist to Buy in Now SLDI In Focus: A Look Inside Calendar of Events Energy: Solar Power on Rails Industry News Products & Services The Bottom Line: Green Lending – Class G Advertiser Index Editorial Board SLDT Resources Last Word: Not All Gloom & Doom

Sustainable Land Development Today - March 2009

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