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When Huey Stockstill Sr. created his construction company in the 1960s, he only had a few employees and one dump truck. However, due to the company’s success, it soon noticed significant growth, ultimately leading to more than 275 employees, three asphalt plants, seven ready mix plants, two aggregate mining operations, and a large fleet of construction equipment and trucks.

Some days running a business can feel like you’re treading water just to stay afloat. But on good days business leaders will have just enough bandwidth to manage their current day while planning for tomorrow. On days like this Walker Construction’s Scales/Truck Supervising Manager, Kevin Howard, is happy that his company has the telematic tools to prepare themselves to excel in tomorrow’s business climate.

Telematics are an invaluable addition to any equipment fleet,
including compact equipment like skid steers, compact excavators, dump trucks, and even company vehicles. Here are a few ways that telematics platforms are proving their worth to this important industry segment.

Driver safety is a concern for virtually any company that has vehicles on the road. In addition to the conduct of the drivers themselves, and interactions with those around them, there is the concern of how bad driver behavior might be perceived by the public. One Georgia contractor who operates an asphalt plant for their own paving projects and others and has a division that engages in heavy civil construction projects is using FleetWatcher telematics to rein in driver behavior. Here’s how they are using technology to reduce incidents of speeding (relative to the posted speed limit), hard braking,
fast starts and hard turns among their fleet of 150 on-road vehicles.

As paving contractors and heavy construction contractors increasingly adopt technology to operate more efficiently, FleetWatcher is leading the way with seamless integration with popular software programs.  Providing a seamless flow of data to further enhance the functionality of programs like Viewpoint, B2W, OnStation, and many more.  Data from e-ticketing, cycle counts, tonnage, and more automatically flows from FleetWatcher’s Materials Management Solution (MMS) into the appropriate areas within the software programs, saving time and enhancing accuracy, efficiency, and productivity.  With the Fleetwatcher Construction Management Solution (CMS) information like hour meter readings, location, job assignment and equipment move information is available for import.  Directly importing the data eliminates manual input of data and eliminates errors caused during that process.  Additionally, data can be imported into Fleetwatcher from Vista such as project and equipment information creating a central source of truth and eliminating duplicate entry of the information.

It's as easy as tracking a pizza delivery....

With FleetWatcher's FOB Delivery Tracker, you will always know when your materials will arrive and where they are being delivered. The FOB Delivery Tracker allows you to send a delivery notification to clients when purchased material has shipped and is en route to their projects, giving them live visibility into the trucks carrying their material.

• CONEXPO is quickly approaching and we are excited to announce that we will be hosting a happy hour on Tuesday, March 14 & Thursday, March 16 from 1-5 PM! We will be giving out free cold beers and booth N12453. 

In addition to our happy hour, we will also be filming an episode of Hops & Highways live at CONEXPO. Hops & Highways is a newscast dedicated to discussing issues and topics surrounding road building. We are looking forward to joining the conversation and sharing our thoughts on the heavy highway industry.

If you plan on visiting our booth to take advantage of our happy hour event, click here to download your FREE drink ticket. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out via email at info@fleetwatcher.com.

We look forward to seeing you!