Construction Industry Articles and Videos
Here Simlog presents some articles and videos of interest
for the construction industry.
Elsewhere on our Web site, you will find other articles
related to the
crane industry,
mining industry,
and forest industry.
We have also collected some
testimonials
from Simlog customers in the construction industry.
"Evaluating Operator "Aptitude" using Simlog's Hydraulic Excavator
Personal Simulator", Simlog Success Story, April 1, 2011.
"Las Vegas Southeast Career and Technical Academy using Simlog's
Hydraulic Excavator Personal Simulator in its Construction Technology Program"
(movie), Simlog Video Success Story, November 11, 2010.
"Rogers High School Brings Heavy Equipment Operator Training to
Toledo's Urban Students with Simlog's Affordable Personal Simulators"
(PDF file), Simlog Success Story, November 16, 2010.
"IUOE Local 701 Provides Over 24,000 Hours of Operator Training and
Saves Over $500,000 with Simlog's Personal Simulators"
(PDF file), Simlog Success Story, August 23, 2010.
"How the City of Kitchener's Hydraulic Excavator Personal
Simulator Saved 240 Man Hours and Produced 500% More Operators by
Promoting from Within"
(PDF file), Simlog Success Story, July 5, 2010.
"Southern Maine Community College Saves $50,000 Per Year on
Heavy Equipment Operator Training with Simlog’s Personal Simulators"
(PDF file), Simlog Success Story, December 14, 2009.
"Simulators Go Far Beyond Mere Games" (PDF file),
Grading and Excavation Contractor,
March/April 2009. © 2009 Forester Media. All rights reserved.
"Simulator-Based Help
for Training Heavy Equipment Operators" (PDF file), Simlog
presentation, 14 March 2008,
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008. © 2008
Simlog. All rights reserved.
"Experience with Simulator-Based Help for Operator Training at CFP Mont-Laurier
(Québec)" (PDF file), Simlog presentation, 2 October 2007,
3rd World Forest Engineering
Conference. © 2007 Simlog. All rights reserved.
The next two articles describe how Simlog's products helped a general contractor in Bangor, Maine (U.S.A.)
develop a new heavy equipment operator training program at a local school.
"Sargent Corporation aids UTC in Developing Training Program for Heavy Equipment Operators" (PDF
file), On Track Magazine,
Summer 2007. © 2007 Sargent Corporation. All rights reserved.
"Heavy Mettle UTC:
Students use construction equipment simulators to move 'earth'!" (PDF
file), Bangor Daily News, March
20, 2007. © 2007 Bangor Daily News. All rights reserved.
"Tools
for training: Zachry officials have high hopes for virtual simulator
software programs" (PDF file),
San Antonio Business
Journal, January 5, 2007. © 2007 American City Business Journals. All
rights reserved.
"Human Differences and
Operator Potential" (PDF file),
Lift & Access, July-August
2006. © 2006 Maximum Capacity Media. All rights reserved.
"Simlog a leader in low-cost
training systems for equipment operators" (PDF file),
Heavy Equipment Guide, May 2006. ©
2006 Baum Publishing. All rights reserved.
"Simulating The Job:
Cyber training for heavy equipment operators" (PDF file),
Atlantic Forestry
Review, March 2006. © 2006 George Fullerton. All rights
reserved.
"The Wave of the
Future: virtual training for equipment operators" (PDF file),
Government Buyer January-February
2006. © 2006 Baum Publishing. All rights reserved.
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