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Ron Oberlander and Brian Lingobardo from Topcon Positioning Systems talk with Global Highways about how advanced technologies are changing the way roadbuilding projects are planned, built and maintained.

Cody Eccard is all about efficiency. As owner of Pleasantville, Ohio-based Eccard Excavating LLC, he heads up a team of five who specialize in commercial and residential septic installation and repair, excavation and utilities installation. As a small business, no adage carries as much weight for him as the classic “time is money.”

The road paving process is often viewed as something that takes place in the latter stages of any project — a wrap-up function, if you will. Get the road in, then: open the distribution center, bring prospective tenants in to view houses in the new residential development, cut the ribbon on the wastewater treatment facility, etc. While that can be true in many cases, progress can sometimes be dictated by the very need for a road — when municipal restrictions dictate it, for example.