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telematics data coming off their machines and on-road equipment.
“The first question you need to ask is what do you want from this data and how is it going to make your operation better,” says Chris Caldwell, equipment superintendent with Roanoke, Virginia-based Branch Civil, which currently has a $70 million fleet, including around 100 pieces of heavy equipment.
Josh Munna, who manages Barriere Construction’s
Resource Optimization Center agrees. “You need to understand what you’re looking for,” he says. The Metairie, Louisiana-based company has around 200 pieces of off-road equipment and 40 pieces of on-road equipment.
Focus is key, adds Kevin Reimert, fleet coordinator with Schlouch Construction out of Blandon, Pennsylvania. “There are so many data points that you can easily get distracted and go down a rabbit hole that doesn’t have any value,” he says.