The Komatsu stand at the recent ConExpo exhibition in Las Vegas was one of the big draws of the show.

In particular, visitors were queuing to have their photo taken in the bucket of the massive WA800 wheel loader – one of the biggest machines at the show.

But just behind that machine, Komatsu had dedicated a large part of its stand to a theatre area in which it was talking about Intelligent Machine Controls and – more importantly – a concept that the company calls Smart Construction.

I was lucky enough to catch up with Komatsu’s Smart Construction Business Manager Chris Faulhaber to find out more.

And I started by asking him what Smart Construction actually is.