Construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu has announced a partnership with Cesium, a 3D and geospatial data analysis platform, to advance smart construction.

Komatsu made the announcement at ConExpo 2020, held this week in Las Vegas. The partnership between the second largest construction manufacturer in the world and an analytics company may seem a stretch. However, in a world where construction needs desperately to digitize and take advantage of new data collection techniques, it makes perfect sense, says Rod Schrader, Chairman and CEO of Komatsu’s North American operation.

“Together, Komatsu and Cesium are bringing a new era of innovation to the construction industry. As experts in 3D data visualization, computer graphics and open source software, Cesium’s technology will help power our Smart Construction Dashboard.”

Just what is a “Smart Construction Dashboard”? The dashboard is an application used to monitor construction sites, observe progress over time, and compare the design with as-built through the construction lifecycle. Komatsu’s suite of intelligent machines, that include heavy equipment such as excavators, dump trucks and bulldozers will be able to incorporate other data to make them even more intelligent.

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