Hexagon’s Geospatial Division Adds M.App Enterprise and M.App X to Education Program
Hexagon’s Geospatial Division will make its M.App Enterprise and M.App X solutions available through its global Education Program beginning 11 June 2019. This addition will offer students a chance to experience enhanced geospatial app building and deployment, giving them a technical edge in a competitive job market. “As the geospatial industry progresses into enterprise cloud-based applications, we need to equip universities with the proper tools to prepare students for the future,” said Mi...
Terra Drone India undertakes digital preservation of 16th century monument, Charminar, in India
Hyderabad, India – Hyderabad-based drone startup Terra Drone India has successfully completed a multi-sensor, multi-platform scanning of internationally recognized landmark Charminar. Built in 1591, the monument, which is often called as ‘Arc de Triomphe of the East’, suffered significant damage in May 2019 when a huge chunk of lime-plaster from its south-west minaret broke and fell off. This incident made the digital preservation of Charminar extremely time-sensitive and important for the India...
Wärtsilä Launches Modular Solution for Providing Ready-to-go Power Plants
The Wärtsilä Modular Block power plant solution is a pre-fabricated, modularly configured, and expandable enclosure for Wärtsilä medium-speed 34SG gas engine generators. Aside from the gas engine generator, the Wärtsilä Modular Block concept’s enclosure also incorporates engine-specific auxiliary units. The solution enables to reduce the on-site installation time from several months to a few weeks, depending on the full scope of supply. The concept thus makes Wärtsilä’s advanced medium-speed eng...
Hexagon’s Geospatial Division Unveils M.App Enterprise 2019
Hexagon’s Geospatial Division, a world leader in high-performance geospatial solutions, launched M.App Enterprise 2019 at HxGN LIVE 2019, Hexagon’s digital solutions conference. This latest version of M.App Enterprise integrates capabilities from Hexagon’s Luciad Portfolio to enhance data visualizations, analytics and management. An ideal platform to monitor assets, evaluate changes, and take action, M.App Enterprise is a privately-hosted solution that allows organizations to deploy Hexagon S...
New Domain-Centric Reality Capture Software Brings the Best of Point Cloud Processing into One Streamlined Application
(HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND) - Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, today announced Leica Cyclone 3DR, the new reality capture software that fuses technology for centralised, full-scale point cloud management from Leica Cyclone with advanced, automated point cloud analysis and modeling from 3DReshaper. The new software delivers a simplified platform for surveying, architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and tank inspection applications. With industry-centric guided workflows, Cyclone 3DR i...
Dow and USGBC Launch Carbon Challenge to Encourage Reductions in Buildings’ Operational Carbon Footprint
MIDLAND, Mich – Dow and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today a Carbon Challenge that looks to address the increasing built environment growth by encouraging reductions in the operational carbon footprint of buildings. The Carbon Challenge award will recognize office buildings and shopping centers in North Asia that have reduced their carbon emissions and improved energy efficiency beyond business as usual. Taking the methodology of standardized rating systems even further,...
New Handheld Imaging Laser Scanner Offers Unprecedented Efficiency to Surveyors
(HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND/LAS VEGAS) - Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, is showcasing the Leica BLK2GO handheld imaging laser scanner, a first-of-its-kind mobile scanner, that was announced yesterday at HxGN LIVE. The BLK2GO is designed to scan complex spaces with unprecedented efficiency and speed thanks to LiDAR, SLAM (simultaneous localisation and mapping) and edge computing technologies, which enables surveyors, professionals and users to expand their reality capture capabilities. The BLK...
HNTB Names Chris Price President of Central Division
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Price, PE, has been named president of HNTB Corporation’s Central Division. He oversees operations, project delivery and client service in nine states including Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas and Mississippi. Price leads approximately 600 professionals who provide aviation, highway, bridge, transit and rail, toll and construction management projects to improve mobility. Price is based in the firm’s downtown Kansas City, Missou...
Stantec Awarded the American Water Works Association’s 2019 Diversity Award
DENVER, CO, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, and design firm—received the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Diversity Award on June 10, 2019, during the Association’s Annual Conference and Exhibition (ACE19). The award recognizes an individual or organization that has created, promoted, and maintained diversity by establishing an environment that recognizes, encourages, and effectively utilizes each individual’s talents. Voted on by the AWWA Executive Committ...
Save the Date for the Vectorworks Design Summit in April 2020
Columbia, MD (June 13, 2019)—Mark your calendars for April 22 to April 24, 2020 because global design and BIM software solutions provider Vectorworks, Inc. will host the Vectorworks Design Summit in San Diego, California at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. Design professionals, educators and students in the architecture, landscape and entertainment industries are welcome at the fifth event that will offer industry workshops, product training for all levels of expertise, inspiring keynotes, networ...
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