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22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UPDATE – Command Alkon's Batch AI Honored as a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award Winner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concrete Contractor, the nationally recognized magazine serving concrete construction professionals, names Command Alkon's Batch AI a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products award winner. The 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award represents the concrete industry's best products gaining interest from concrete contractors and general contractors who self-perform concrete alike. The awarded products, exhibiting innovation and utility, were chosen based on submitted nominations and audience engagement on then hand-selected by the publication's editorial team. 'This is my favorite time of the year for the magazine,' says Jonathan Kozlowski editor of Concrete Contractor and Rental. 'This award program not only celebrates the modernization and creativity of the industry but represents how concrete work is changing year over year. As always, I'm proud to announce the winning products of Concrete Contractor's Top Products Awards.' Command Alkon's Batch AI is an advanced optimization solution that brings intelligence to the batching process. Powered by machine learning algorithms, Batch AI analyzes real-time production data to dynamically improve material dosing, reduce waste, and minimize downtime. By continuously adapting to changing plant conditions, it enhances operational efficiency and ensures consistent, high-quality output across every batch. Batch AI empowers operators to streamline workflows, ensure precise mixing, and maintain consistent quality in concrete production. By integrating seamlessly with existing workflows, Command Alkon's Batch AI transforms traditional batching processes into a smart, data-driven operation, ultimately leading to cost savings and improved productivity in the construction industry. Additional information on award recipients can be found in the May/June issue of Concrete Contractor and at ABOUT COMMAND ALKON. Command Alkon is the global leader in software and technology solutions for ready mix, concrete products, asphalt, aggregate and cement suppliers. With over 45 years of industry expertise, Command Alkon's services and products empower heavy building materials suppliers to improve production and quality control, dispatch and trucking, and office efficiency and performance. Karli LangnerCommand Alkon(205) 879-3282 x 3968klangner@ in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UPDATE – Command Alkon's Batch AI Honored as a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award Winner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concrete Contractor, the nationally recognized magazine serving concrete construction professionals, names Command Alkon's Batch AI a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products award winner. The 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award represents the concrete industry's best products gaining interest from concrete contractors and general contractors who self-perform concrete alike. The awarded products, exhibiting innovation and utility, were chosen based on submitted nominations and audience engagement on then hand-selected by the publication's editorial team. 'This is my favorite time of the year for the magazine,' says Jonathan Kozlowski editor of Concrete Contractor and Rental. 'This award program not only celebrates the modernization and creativity of the industry but represents how concrete work is changing year over year. As always, I'm proud to announce the winning products of Concrete Contractor's Top Products Awards.' Command Alkon's Batch AI is an advanced optimization solution that brings intelligence to the batching process. Powered by machine learning algorithms, Batch AI analyzes real-time production data to dynamically improve material dosing, reduce waste, and minimize downtime. By continuously adapting to changing plant conditions, it enhances operational efficiency and ensures consistent, high-quality output across every batch. Batch AI empowers operators to streamline workflows, ensure precise mixing, and maintain consistent quality in concrete production. By integrating seamlessly with existing workflows, Command Alkon's Batch AI transforms traditional batching processes into a smart, data-driven operation, ultimately leading to cost savings and improved productivity in the construction industry. Additional information on award recipients can be found in the May/June issue of Concrete Contractor and at ABOUT COMMAND ALKON. Command Alkon is the global leader in software and technology solutions for ready mix, concrete products, asphalt, aggregate and cement suppliers. With over 45 years of industry expertise, Command Alkon's services and products empower heavy building materials suppliers to improve production and quality control, dispatch and trucking, and office efficiency and performance. Karli LangnerCommand Alkon(205) 879-3282 x 3968klangner@
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Command Alkon's Batch AI Honored as a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award Winner
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Concrete Contractor, the nationally recognized magazine serving concrete construction professionals, names Command Alkon's Batch AI a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products award winner. The 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award represents the concrete industry's best products gaining interest from concrete contractors and general contractors who self-perform concrete alike. The awarded products, exhibiting innovation and utility, were chosen based on submitted nominations and audience engagement on then hand-selected by the publication's editorial team. 'This is my favorite time of the year for the magazine,' says Jonathan Kozlowski editor of Concrete Contractor and Rental. 'This award program not only celebrates the modernization and creativity of the industry but represents how concrete work is changing year over year. As always, I'm proud to announce the winning products of Concrete Contractor's Top Products Awards.' Command Alkon's Batch AI is an innovative solution designed to optimize the batching process in construction materials management. Leveraging advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, Batch AI enhances operational efficiency by predicting demand, automating batch scheduling, and improving material usage. This intelligent system analyzes real-time data from various sources, allowing users to make informed decisions that reduce waste and minimize downtime. With its user-friendly interface, Batch AI empowers operators to streamline workflows, ensure precise mixing, and maintain consistent quality in concrete production. By integrating seamlessly with existing workflows, Command Alkon's Batch AI transforms traditional batching processes into a smart, data-driven operation, ultimately leading to cost savings and improved productivity in the construction industry. Additional information on award recipients can be found in the May/June issue of Concrete Contractor and at ABOUT COMMAND ALKON. Command Alkon is the global leader in software and technology solutions for ready mix, concrete products, asphalt, aggregate and cement suppliers. With over 45 years of industry expertise, Command Alkon's services and products empower heavy building materials suppliers to improve production and quality control, dispatch and trucking, and office efficiency and performance. Karli LangnerCommand Alkon(205) 879-3282 x 3968klangner@ in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
09-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Teletrac Navman's Asset Trackers Honored as a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products Award Winner
NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Teletrac Navman, a leading connected mobility platform and Vontier company, today announces that Teletrac Navman Asset Trackers have been named as a 2025 Concrete Contractor Top Products award winner. Concrete Contractor is a nationally recognized magazine serving concrete construction professionals. The award represents the concrete industry's best products gaining interest from concrete contractors and general contractors who self-perform concrete alike. 'This award acknowledges our commitment to serving the construction industry with innovative products,' said Carlos Caponera, Chief Marketing Officer at Teletrac Navman. 'We are grateful to be recognized by Concrete Contractor – and the industry – for our innovation in asset tracking.' Teletrac Navman innovated with its new indoor/outdoor Asset Trackers with a long, 10-year battery life and integration with Teletrac Navman's TN360 ACM (Asset Construction Management) platform designed specifically for asset and equipment management. The battery's long life means that equipment operators need to install the trackers just once, removing disruption and equipment loss from depleted batteries and lowering the maintenance cost and challenges of installing new ones. The awarded products, exhibiting innovation and utility, were chosen based on submitted nominations and audience engagement on then hand-selected by the publication's editorial team. 'This is my favorite time of the year for the magazine,' says Jonathan Kozlowski editor of Concrete Contractor and Rental. 'This award program not only celebrates the modernization and creativity of the industry but represents how concrete work is changing year over year. As always, I'm proud to announce the winning products of Concrete Contractor's Top Products Awards.' Additional information on award recipients can be found at About Teletrac Navman Teletrac Navman's goal is to empower the industries that transform and sustain our futures with simple and intelligent solutions that enhance the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of their operation. As a connected mobility platform for industries that manage vehicle and equipment assets, Teletrac Navman simplifies the complex so that its customers can transform the way they work through cloud-based solutions that leverage AI to unlock the power of operational insight. Teletrac Navman manages more than 700,000 vehicles and assets around the world. The company operates globally, with offices worldwide and headquarters in Northbrook IL. For more information visit Teletrac Navman is a Vontier company. About Vontier Vontier (NYSE: VNT) is a global industrial technology company uniting productivity, automation and multi-energy technologies to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving, more connected mobility ecosystem. Leveraging leading market positions, decades of domain expertise and unparalleled portfolio breadth, Vontier enables the way the world moves – delivering smart, safe and sustainable solutions to our customers and the planet. Vontier has a culture of continuous improvement and innovation built upon the foundation of the Vontier Business System and embraced by colleagues worldwide. Additional information about Vontier is available on the Company's website
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Andy Biggs would nix worker protection to appease billionaires
How does an Arizona politician tell you he sides with billionaires over working people without telling you? In the case of U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, it's easy. He introduces H.R. 86, which reads in its entirety: 'The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is repealed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is abolished.' OSHA was created in 1970 and signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon at a time when Congress finally decided there simply were too many workplace deaths, and that they needed enforced safety standards, training and protection for whistleblowers. Among other things. In a press release accompanying the announcement of his bill, Rep. Biggs said, 'OSHA's existence is yet another example of the federal government creating agencies to address issues that are more appropriately handled by state governments and private employers.' He added in par, 'It's time that we fight back against the bloated federal government and eliminate agencies that never should have been established in the first place. 'I will not let OSHA push Arizona around with their bureaucratic regulations and urge my colleagues to support my effort to eliminate this unconstitutional federal agency.' Never should have been established in the first place? I grew up in steel mill and coal mining country and spent years in a mill to earn money for college. I was among the first generation to receive some OSHA protections on the job, unlike the generations before mine, whose losses were well known in my neighborhood. Biggs' bill does not require states to offer any protection for workers. It doesn't require protection for whistleblowers. It simply dissolves the system. The folks at an important website for contractors, also point out that 'in the asphalt and road building industries it's not uncommon for an employee to travel across state lines for a job on a given day, especially in rural or high-traffic interstate regions. 'When they go to the jobsite, should construction workers have to be concerned that the quality and standard for safety could dramatically change depending on their geographic location, or should the same standard of human safety be consistently applied for all those who put their lives on the line?' Opinion: Arizona workers should never trust Trump's buyout I believe — as did those who created OSHA — that the standard for human safety should be 'consistently applied for all those who put their lives on the line.' Since the law creating OSHA was enacted, the agency reports that worker deaths in America are down from roughly 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to 15 a day in 2023, and that worker injuries and illnesses have gone from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to 2.4 per 100 in 2023. And even that is too many. Rep. Biggs apparently does not care about those statistics, however, or the lives saved by OSHA. He is a multi-millionaire who earned his riches the old-fashioned way … through blind luck. Back in 1993, Biggs was handed a $10 million check by Ed McMahon and Dick Clark as the winner of the American Family Sweepstakes. The people who hate OSHA and want to abolish it are people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk, people who operate businesses where protecting workers cuts into profit margins. It's some of those very workers, sadly and ironically, who keep Biggs in office. But it's the billionaires he loves. Reach Montini at For more opinions content, please subscribe. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: OSHA keeps workers safe, but Biggs doesn't care for them | Opinion
