Liebherr releases “Compendium Deep Foundation”
Deep foundation construction has made great progress in
recent years and the scope of application has become ever
more varied. In order to provide a wide audience with an
overview of cutting-edge technology and comprehensive
information about the various drilling processes, Liebherr
has released a new reference book, Compendium Deep
Foundation, Part 1: Drilling.
The Compendium is intended as a reference work for
planners and contractors, and newcomers to the deep
foundation industry who wish to learn more about drilling
technology. Currently used processes, equipment, areas of
application and IT solutions for drilling technology are covered
in detail. Numerous illustrations, renderings and site photos
supplement the descriptions in the text and should ease
understanding for the reader. Technical data, as well as
the mechanical and application limits of deep foundation
machines round off the information needed for the planning
of deep foundation works.
Result of collaboration
The Compendium Deep Foundation is the result of collaboration
between engineers and technicians from contractors
and equipment manufacturers, and is based on technical
regulations, current construction processes and extensive
practical experience. It covers kelly drilling, continuous
flight auger drilling, double rotary drilling, full displacement
drilling, grab drilling, reverse circulation drilling, downthe
hole drilling, applications of the drilling processes and
IT solutions.
Liebherr is promoting further development in deep
foundation engineering through innovative machines and
equipment, tools and IT solutions. In addition to the wide
range of equipment technology, Liebherr offers – with the
help of engineers and technicians – comprehensive advisory
and technical support. Thus, the company has developed
into a system provider for deep foundation engineering in
recent years.
Unprecedented anytime, anywhere tracking capabilities
With the growth of the digital workplace dramatically
transforming the way people work, leading global time
management expert HMS Software has announced the
launch of TimeControl 8, a breakthrough automated time
sheet system that fills an important industry gap by providing
managers with unprecedented capabilities to remotely manage
their workforce.
This first-of-its-kind technology provides supervisors of
medium and large enterprises with a real-time holistic view
of their resources, taking the efficiency and intelligence of an
organization’s time management operations to the next level.
“Since the release of our first mobile product two years
ago, we have received an overwhelming number of requests
from clients worldwide for software that enables managers
to make enterprise-wide time management decisions on
a mobile interface,” said HMS Software president Chris
Vandersluis. “TimeControl 8 uniquely gives supervisors realtime
access to key data at their fingertips, enabling them to
increase productivity by making accelerated, data-driven
decisions anytime and anywhere, using a dynamic and
modern interface.”
Calling the new version, “a powerful business tool that is
a significant release in the timesheet industry,” Vandersluis
says that the new mobile interface for the TimeControl
Mobile app – available on Google Play for Android users
and on the App Store for iOS users – has been enhanced with
functionality to empower supervisory and administrative
staff from the convenience of their smartphones or tablets.
Beyond the TimeControl Mobile App, other new features
of TimeControl 8 – a multi-function system that includes
support for time and attendance, time and billing, project
tracking, human resource tracking and research tax credit
tracking – include:
1. Links to the widely-popular Jira tool, used for bug tracking,
issue tracking and project management. According to
Vandersluis, the integration between these two products holds
the potential for a revolution in how time is accounted for
in software development projects.
2. Dynamic data analysis for management of all timesheet
data. Instant graphics in numerous formats enable rapid
decision-making based on an easy-to-view big picture of
where time is being spent.
3. A unique resource planning feature that allows managers to
not only track actual time reporting data, but also to make
plans directly in the system of where future resources are
required for maximum efficiency.
4. A completely rewritten front-end interface that delivers a
new standard in web and mobile designs, providing simplified,
at-a-glance overviews of time-tracking data collection.
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