Stora Enso and EcoTelligent partner to advance sustainable wood-based telecom towers.
Within the partnership, Stora Enso and EcoTelligent Oy will establish mass timber as the material of choice for telecommunication support structures. The collaboration is set to provide an alternative that will reduce the dependency on steel and concrete in telecom masts, through sustainable towers that naturally blend in with the environment. EcoTelligent is a Finnish-based company committed to adding renewable wooden elements to communication towers. Their towers are proving to be a signifi...
Autodesk and Epic Games to Deliver Real-Time, Immersive Design Capabilities to Customers
New Orleans – September 27, 2022 – Today, at Autodesk University, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced a strategic collaboration with Epic Games to accelerate immersive real-time (RT) experiences across industries, with an initial focus on Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC). Autodesk customers face pressing challenges to deliver project outcomes at a faster pace, at lowered costs, and with labor shortages, which require more open, connected workflows, and third-party integrat...
Autodesk Fusion 360 extensions, partnerships, broader online availability announced at AU 2022
Autodesk customer DSI Spaceframes, with its factory in Chicago, is at the forefront of space frame design, engineering, fabrication, and installation. Digital transformation is bringing better, smarter, more sustainable products to market faster than ever. And yet. Endless iteration cycles still set back new product launches and carve away profits. Factory floors still stall while programmers tell machines how to make parts. Materials still go to waste during prototyping and ma...
Slam and UAV technology combine to improve safety and accuracy for aggregates industry
With onsite safety an increasingly important consideration, UAV combined with simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) LiDAR technology has been put to use by a major cement plant in France in order to improve its stockpiling measures. Using Flyability’s Elios 3 drone and LiDAR capabilities, alongside GeoSLAM’s leading software GeoSLAM Connect, plant operators were able to create a 3D digital replica of cement material containers, offering a unique look into storage management and stockpi...
WSP Completes Acquisition of the Environment & Infrastructure Business of John Wood Group plc, Expanding Its Environmental Leadership
MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. (TSX: WSP) ("WSP" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Environment & Infrastructure business ("E&I") of John Wood Group plc ("Wood"), through a sale and purchase agreement (the "Acquisition"). E&I provides engineering, remediation consulting, environmental permitting, inspection, monitoring, and environmental management services to government, industrial, infrastructure, oil and gas, power, water...
ZGF Aims A Mile High: Expands Presence With Launch Of Denver Office
DENVER, CO – ZGF, a global interdisciplinary design firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver B.C., and Washington D.C., today announced the opening of a dedicated office in Denver to comprehensively serve clients throughout the Western United States. “Denver has seen tremendous growth in the last decade and ZGF has enjoyed not only witnessing the city’s transformation but the opportunity to play a part in shaping the city that Denver is today, and will be in...
Trimble Ventures Invests in Civ Robotics—A Construction Tech Startup Focused on Autonomous Surveying Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble Ventures, Trimble’s (NASDAQ: TRMB) corporate venture capital fund, announced today its investment in Civ Robotics, a San Francisco-based construction tech startup focusing on transforming surveying layout for civil engineering and infrastructure projects. This investment supports Trimble Ventures’ mission to invest in early and growth-stage companies that are accelerating innovation, digital transformation and sustainability in the industries Trimble serves—such as agri...
GCU - Aurecon to bring Jotun’s state-of-the-art Southeast Asia R&D facility to life
Malaysia – GCU Consultants Sdn Bhd (an Aurecon Malaysia Group company) has been appointed by Jotun Paints Malaysia Sdn Bhd to design and project manage its state-of-the-art Southeast Asia research and development (R&D) facility in Selangor, Malaysia. Slated for completion in 2025, the development will bring together staff from Jotun’s regional offices and R&D facilities across Malaysia, under one roof, to enhance collaboration and innovation. Jotun has 40 production facilities in 23 countries...
Epiroc to acquire majority ownership in Australian mine connectivity provider
A Radlink-built communication network site Stockholm, Sweden: Epiroc, a leading productivity and sustainability partner to the mining and infrastructure industries, has agreed to acquire a majority stake (53%) of Radlink, an Australian company that provides mines with wireless connectivity solutions. Radlink, headquartered in Perth, Australia, designs, delivers, and integrates wireless data and voice communication networks and supporting infrastructure to surface and underground mine...
Blyncsy Partners With Summit Design and Engineering Services to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Our Roadways
AI and imagery to bring automated maintenance detections on roadways SALT LAKE CITY - Summit Design and Engineering Services and Blyncsy are partnering to roll out the use of AI-powered computer vision on roadways. Blyncsy's Payver technology and Summit's insights will allow a smart and streamlined process for Departments of Transportation, cities, local governments and other agencies to collect data on safety-critical transportation assets and to extend the useful life of their infrastruc...