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Stay up to date with the latest construction technology, earthwork estimating insights, drone solutions, product updates, and customer success stories from AGTEK. The Dirt Simple Blog delivers practical strategies, industry trends, and expert guidance to help contractors improve takeoff accuracy, streamline workflows, and build more profitable projects.
Dirt Before Desks: How Office and Business Parks Get Built
See how AGTEK helps contractors estimate earthwork, coordinate utilities, and manage phased office and business park site development as campuses evolve.
Building Around Patients: Healthcare Campus Construction Challenges in Civil Engineering
Healthcare construction leaves no room for error. See how AGTEK helps contractors verify grading, coordinate utilities, and track work on occupied sites.
Pipeline Construction Software: Estimate, Model, and Manage Underground Projects
AGTEK’s pipeline construction software helps contractors estimate quantities, catch utility clashes, and manage underground projects from bid to closeout.
A Beginner’s Guide to Construction Drones for Earthwork Contractors
Learn how construction drones and AGTEK’s dirt simple solutions help earthwork contractors estimate, track progress, and verify quantities with confidence.
Manufacturing Plant and Gigafactory Site Development: Precision at Scale
Manufacturing plants and gigafactories require precise grading and large-scale earthmoving. See how AGTEK supports projects from bid to groundbreak.
Behind the Fence: Correctional Facility Construction Challenges in Civil Engineering
Correctional facility construction demands security-driven planning and airtight documentation. See how AGTEK helps civic contractors manage the complexity.
Dirt Simple Express, September 2026
AGTEK’s Sept 2026 newsletter: Gradework 1.13, Reveal Transform 1.1, Earthwork 4D upgrade, upcoming events, and more.
Gradework 1.13: More Speed, More Accuracy, Less Manual Work
Gradework 1.13 adds materials assemblies, AI-generated SVG symbols, and improved reporting for less manual setup and more accurate earthwork estimates.
Logistics and Fulfillment Site Development: Keeping Pace
Logistics and fulfillment sitework are scheduled for fixed opening dates. See how connected earthwork takeoff and grading models keep you on schedule.
Hospitality Construction Estimating: Build Projects with Confidence from Bid to Opening Day
Learn how AGTEK helps contractors estimate, model, and manage complex hospitality projects with accurate quantities and integrated workflows.
Roads and Highway Construction: Building More Accurate, Profitable Transportation Projects with AGTEK
AGTEK gives road and highway contractors earthwork takeoff, 3D modeling, mass haul analysis, phasing, and machine control in one accurate workflow.
How to Choose Earthwork Takeoff Software
Compare 2D takeoff, earthwork modeling, design, estimating, drone and production workflows. Learn how contractors maintain quantity traceability from bid to build.
Webinars
Watch on-demand and upcoming construction software webinars focused on earthwork estimating, takeoff workflows, drone technology, machine control modeling, and project analysis. AGTEK webinars provide practical demonstrations, product training, and expert insights to help contractors work faster, improve accuracy, and get more value from their technology investments.
Introducing Reveal Cloud: Your Jobsite, Online
See how Reveal Cloud connects design models, drone reality capture, quantities, and field data to improve project visibility and collaboration.
Reveal Transform: AI-Powered Plan Prep for Faster, Smarter Takeoffs
This webinar demonstrates how Reveal Transform uses AI-powered automation to convert PDF plan sheets into clean, takeoff-ready data in minutes.
See What’s New in Gradework 1.13
Explore the latest Gradework 1.13 enhancements designed to improve accuracy and streamline workflows.
Customer stories
See how contractors across the construction industry use AGTEK to improve estimating accuracy, streamline workflows, reduce rework, and make more informed decisions. These customer stories highlight real-world results from companies using AGTEK solutions to win more work and deliver more profitable projects.
South Bay Grading: Getting Started with AGTEK
South Bay Grading shares how getting started with AGTEK helped them transition from manual methods to faster, more accurate digital takeoffs.
US Contractors Using AGTEK to Streamline Workflows
Peter Haddock talks with Alessio & Sons Company and William A. Hazel Construction about their AGTEK experience during CONEXPO.
Teichert Construction Turns Data into Decisions with AGTEK
Teichert Construction shows how AGTEK streamlines their work from bid to build.
Streamlined takeoff process empowers in-depth analysis
Integrated Gradework, Underground, and Materials saves time and reduces errors.
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