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Optimizing Traffic Challenges
Optimizing Traffic Challenges In a ground-breaking move towards smarter traffic management, the Agency for Roads and Traffic in Belgium recently took to the skies by deploying drones to investigate th...
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Construction Digitalization with BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform
Construction Digitalization with BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform A Korean research team has developed a BIM-based digital collaboration platform that allows construction owners and engineers...
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Giving Mining Technology a dusting down with Radar
Giving Mining Technology a dusting down with Radar With advancements in industrial automation, and the use of camera technology, lidar and radar streamlining operations, giving machines ‘eyes’ to imp...
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Peikko and Bouygues Travaux Publics innovating Nuclear Plant Construction
Peikko and Bouygues Travaux Publics innovating Nuclear Plant Construction Peikko Group Corporation, a leading global supplier of concrete connections and composite structures, and Bouygues Travaux Pub...
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Minnesota Bridge Rehabilitation a benchmark for Modelling Standards
Minnesota Bridge Rehabilitation a benchmark for Modelling Standards For nearly 100 years, the rainbow arch of the Robert Street Bridge has been an iconic landmark in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Modern-st...
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Lafarge Canada goes high-tech with EXACT Technology investment
Lafarge Canada goes high-tech with EXACT Technology investment Lafarge Canada Inc. has announced their investment in EXACT Technology Corporation, a fast-growing Toronto company that offers digital so...
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Renesas 32-bit RX MCU with analogue front-end for Industrial Sensor Systems
Renesas 32-bit RX MCU with analogue front-end for Industrial Sensor Systems Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its 32-bit microcontro...
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Using Сoconut Shells to make durable Concrete
Using Сoconut Shells to make durable Concrete Scientists have found that concrete’s compressive strength can be increased by 4,1% and its flexural strength by 3,4% by adding a small amount of coconut...
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Topcon expands layout portfolio with LN-50 3D Laser
Topcon expands layout portfolio with LN-50 3D Laser Topcon Positioning Systems announces the launch of the LN-50 3D laser, the latest addition to the LN layout navigator family of instruments. Intende...
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GeologicAI going global with $10m financing for their Rock Analytics Platform
GeologicAI going global with $10m financing for their Rock Analytics Platform GeologicAI, a global leader in digital rock analysis, announced the closing of an additional US$10 million in funding from...
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Electrifying sustainability with Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Green Energy Leap
Electrifying sustainability with Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Green Energy Leap In line with its commitment to adopt clean energy sources and technologies, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. reports advanc...
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Bentley, Infotech, and AASHTO supporting Digital Delivery for DoTs
Bentley, Infotech, and AASHTO supporting Digital Delivery for DoTs Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company and Infotech®, a leader in infrastructure construction...
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MAC Liquid Tank Trailers now offer Road Ready Advanced Trailer Telematics
MAC Liquid Tank Trailers now offer Road Ready Advanced Trailer Telematics Road Ready, the advanced trailer telematics provider from global transportation technology leader Clarience Technologies, and...
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Bentley Systems acquires Geothermal Simulation company Flow State Solutions
Bentley Systems acquires Geothermal Simulation company Flow State Solutions Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced that Seequent, The Bentley Subsurf...
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Iteris Vantage Detection Platform expanded with Vantage Next Max™
Iteris Vantage Detection Platform expanded with Vantage Next Max™ Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it ha...
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40 metre Wireless Communication in Underground Mines
40 metre Wireless Communication in Underground Mines South Korean researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that enables wireless communication below the Earth’s surface, a significant d...
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SOCOTEC partners with Topcon for Project Monitoring in Europe
SOCOTEC partners with Topcon for Project Monitoring in Europe Topcon Positioning Systems and SOCOTEC have announced an agreement for Topcon to provide its specialized monitoring technology to SOCOTEC...
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Concrete’s Eco Revolution – Harnessing Carbonation for Greener Building
Concrete’s Eco Revolution – Harnessing Carbonation for Greener Building Even the biggest sinners can improve: This is also the hope of experts when it comes to the “climate sinner...
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New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings
New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings The summer of 2023 was by far the hottest in history. People were seeking solace in air-conditioned spaces or donning cooling attire. Here...
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ArcGIS upgrades help to efficiently and securely build solutions
ArcGIS upgrades help to efficiently and securely build solutions In 2021, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, released ArcGIS Platform, a geospatial platform as a service (PaaS) for deve...
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SketchUp now available on Meta Quest VR Headsets
SketchUp now available on Meta Quest VR Headsets Trimble has announced the launch of SketchUp Viewer for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3, a powerful, immersive way to view and present 3D...
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National Geographic MapMaker launched by Esri and National Geographic Society
National Geographic MapMaker launched by Esri and National Geographic Society By learning about mapping skills and geography, students, teachers, and others can gain a better understanding of how the...
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Esri now integrates with Microsoft Fabric adding Spatial Analytics
Esri now integrates with Microsoft Fabric adding Spatial Analytics To meet the growing demand for spatial analytics, Esri is extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with Microsoft through...
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Fully Autonomous Soil Compactor tested by Trimble on live jobsite
Fully Autonomous Soil Compactor tested by Trimble on live jobsite Trimble has completed its first test of a fully autonomous soil compactor on a live jobsite, taking another important step on the path...
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HD Hyundai celebrates two CES 2024 Innovation Awards
HD Hyundai celebrates two CES 2024 Innovation Awards HD Hyundai has once again won the CES 2024 Innovation Awards following its wins in 2023. The consecutive wins underscore the company’s potential an...
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Esri ArcGIS Basemaps and ArcGIS Living Atlas to be integrated with Autodesk
Esri ArcGIS Basemaps and ArcGIS Living Atlas to be integrated with Autodesk Digital transformation is rapidly changing the foundational processes powering the architecture, engineering, and constructi...
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Felt 2.0 hailed as the most powerful tool for Professional Map Making
Felt 2.0 hailed as the most powerful tool for Professional Map Making Felt, the world’s first collaborative mapping tool, today launched Felt 2.0 with powerful data transformation tools that enhance i...
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World RX Racetrack in Hong Kong transformed with VolvoCE solutions
World RX Racetrack in Hong Kong transformed with VolvoCE solutions Accelerating the sustainable transformation of both construction and motorsport, Volvo Construction Equipment is helping to build the...
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Ouster accelerating Smart Infrastructure Solutions Business
Ouster accelerating Smart Infrastructure Solutions Business Ouster, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics and smart infrastructure industr...
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2023 Construction Management Award Winners announced by Trimble
2023 Construction Management Award Winners announced by Trimble Trimble today announced the winners of the annual Trimble Construction Management Awards, which honours the successes that North America...
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Esri enhances 3D GIS Workflows by integrating 3D Tiles into ArcGIS
Esri enhances 3D GIS Workflows by integrating 3D Tiles into ArcGIS Organizations in national, state, and local governments; architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sectors; and more are impl...
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New AI powered, voice-enabled, Fleet Intelligence Management Platform
New AI powered, voice-enabled, Fleet Intelligence Management Platform Foresight Intelligence, the leading data analytics software provider for the construction industry, today introduced new AI-powere...
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Halliburton and Sekal Forge Alliance for Automated Well Construction
Halliburton and Sekal Forge Alliance for Automated Well Construction In a landmark collaboration poised to redefine the standards of well construction, Halliburton Company has forged an alliance with...
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Apple hails Archicad as scary fast on the new Macs
Apple hails Archicad as scary fast on the new Macs Graphisoft, the leading Building Information Modelling (BIM) software solution developer for architecture and multidisciplinary design, is featured b...
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Revolutionising Roadway Intelligence with Kistler and REKOR
Revolutionising Roadway Intelligence with Kistler and REKOR Kistler Instrument Corporation, the innovator and leading provider of Quartz Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) sensors and related electronics, is excit...
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Aurigo Software helping Orange County streamline Right of Way and Project Management
Aurigo Software helping Orange County streamline Right of Way and Project Management Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure a...
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bp chooses Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Lifecycle Information Management Solution
bp chooses Bentley’s AssetWise Asset Lifecycle Information Management Solution Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that bp has selected Bent...
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Robotic Revolution advancing Nuclear Decommissioning safety at Sellafield
Robotic Revolution advancing Nuclear Decommissioning safety at Sellafield Sellafield’s deployment of robotic technology is achieving ground-breaking progress in nuclear decommissioning, with the...
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Cat transforming Bagdad Mine with Autonomous Haulers in Arizona
Cat transforming Bagdad Mine with Autonomous Haulers in Arizona In a strategic collaboration, Caterpillar and Freeport-McMoRan Inc. have unveiled plans to automate a fleet of 33 Cat® 793 haul trucks a...
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Ground-breaking 1,250 Volt GaN Switcher IC announced by Power Integrations
Ground-breaking 1,250 Volt GaN Switcher IC announced by Power Integrations Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today released the...
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Bringing the power of AI to prevent Traffic Jams in Road Construction
Bringing the power of AI to prevent Traffic Jams in Road Construction Road construction is a logistical minefield of local council permissions, workforce and machinery planning, and financial consider...
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Improving Train Safety with IoT-Based Remote Monitoring
Improving Train Safety with IoT-Based Remote Monitoring Spanning 140,00 miles and supporting 167,000 jobs nationwide, the freight and passenger rail systems are a significant strength of the US econom...
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OnsiteIQ expanding Construction Intelligence with $14m investment
OnsiteIQ expanding Construction Intelligence with $14m investment OnsiteIQ, a leading construction intelligence platform for commercial real estate investors, developers, and owners, today announced t...
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Moxion Power Battery Technology a 2023 TIME Best Invention
Moxion Power Battery Technology a 2023 TIME Best Invention Today, Moxion Power, a California-based manufacturer of clean, mobile battery energy storage system (BESS) technology, made TIME’s Best Inven...
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Creating the most Water-Repellent Materials
Creating the most Water-Repellent Materials Researchers have developed a new mechanism to make water droplets slip off surfaces, described in a paper published in Nature Chemistry. The discovery chall...
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Scan to BIM allows Reverse Engineering from 3D Vision Data
Scan to BIM allows Reverse Engineering from 3D Vision Data Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed building scan to BIM (Building Information Modelling)-based revers...
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Worldsensing and Sensemetrics unveil Advanced Infrastructure Monitoring System
Worldsensing and Sensemetrics unveil Advanced Infrastructure Monitoring System In the wake of escalating climate challenges and tightening regulations, infrastructure stakeholders are under increased...
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Evolution of the Xwatch proportional Electric Over Hydraulic Control
Evolution of the Xwatch proportional Electric Over Hydraulic Control Tradition vs. Modernity: A Brief History In the initial stages, control systems predominantly relied on mechanical levers directly...
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Biggest Start-up Construction Competition names 2023 Winners
Biggest Start-up Construction Competition names 2023 Winners Construction Start-up Competition 2023, the biggest start-up competition in the construction industry, named its winners today. The competi...
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In-App Inspection feature for Safety Harnesses launched by Twiceme and Guardian
In-App Inspection feature for Safety Harnesses launched by Twiceme and Guardian Twiceme, a Swedish tech-ingredient in protective equipment and pioneer in worksite safety solutions, has announced the e...
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Revolutionizing traffic planning and management with PTV Group and Econolite
Revolutionizing traffic planning and management with PTV Group and Econolite This fall, PTV Group and Econolite will unveil their latest developments together under the umbrella brand Umovity for the...
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Trimble’s new Technology Labs advancing Agriculture and Construction Talent
Trimble’s new Technology Labs advancing Agriculture and Construction Talent Trimble and The Ohio State University have announced the opening of two state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Labs for t...
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Revolutionizing Road Safety with Autonomous Traffic Cones
Revolutionizing Road Safety with Autonomous Traffic Cones In a monumental step towards transforming road safety, Sacyr, a global infrastructure heavyweight, has entered into a pioneering partnership w...
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Driver Trucking App launched by Driver Technologies
Driver Trucking App launched by Driver Technologies Driver Technologies, Inc., an AI-based mobility tech company that delivers a safer driving experience, announced the launch of Driver Trucking, the...
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High-resolution Computer Vision improved by AI
High-resolution Computer Vision improved by AI The system could improve image quality in video streaming or help autonomous vehicles identify road hazards in real-time. An autonomous vehicle must rapi...
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Plant Hire Companies championing 3D Avoidance for Construction Safety
Plant Hire Companies championing 3D Avoidance for Construction Safety In the ever-evolving landscape of British construction, Plantforce Rentals has emerged as the latest company to embrace the cuttin...
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Augmented Reality in Manufacturing
Augmented Reality in Manufacturing In this article Wendy Mlynarek, Strategic Business Development Director at DELMIA takes a closer look at the many applications of augmented reality in the manufactur...
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Volvo and Boliden’s Autonomous Mining Collaboration
Volvo and Boliden’s Autonomous Mining Collaboration Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) and Boliden have forged a substantial, long-term partnership aimed at integrating autonomous transport sol...
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Purdue University and Trimble launch Construction Management Technology Lab
Purdue University and Trimble launch Construction Management Technology Lab Purdue University and Trimble are establishing a state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab at Purdue focused on teaching and r...
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Robotic first with Powerline installation of PLP Conductor Spacers and Bird Diverters
Robotic first with Powerline installation of PLP Conductor Spacers and Bird Diverters FulcrumAir is proud to announce that the company has completed its portion of the High Banks Wind Project in Kansa...
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3D Printed Moulds for Precast Concrete Manufacturing
3D Printed Moulds for Precast Concrete Manufacturing Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have conducted a comprehensive life cycle, cost and carbon emissions analysis on 3D-printed moulds for pr...
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Delhi Metro uses Digital Modelling to add 62km of Railway
Delhi Metro uses Digital Modelling to add 62km of Railway India’s city of Delhi is actually made up of two cities. To the north is Old Delhi, the historic city, and the south is New Delhi, the capital...
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Contractors using Automated Site Data Tools get a huge boost in project performance
Contractors using Automated Site Data Tools get a huge boost in project performance It is widely known that general contractors face persistent schedule, quality, safety and profitability challenges...
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Cooling and warming buildings with Chameleon-inspired Coatings
Cooling and warming buildings with Chameleon-inspired Coatings As summer turns to fall, many people will be turning off the air conditioning and firing up heaters instead. But traditional heating and...
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New SambaNova AI Chip powers Full Stack AI Platform
New SambaNova AI Chip powers Full Stack AI Platform SambaNova Systems, makers of the only purpose-built, full stack AI platform, announces a revolutionary new chip, the SN40L. The SN40L will power Sam...
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Damping models could enable faster construction of buildings
Damping models could enable faster construction of buildings Multi-storey buildings are assembled over cautiously to withstand wind strengths, researchers have found. This is because there are several...
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